August 18, 2015 – Author J.A. Kazimer

So it’s August 18th, and so amazing things have happened on this day.

Let me share a few:

1634 – Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. (Not sure who Urbain was, but apparently the French weren’t fans)
1840 – Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded (Go teeth!)
1872 – 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward (and then quickly came mail order brides)
1920 – US ratifies the 19th Amendment to the constitution bringing in women’s suffrage (Hell’s yes!)
1946 – Golf Writers Association of America forms (Because we need more golf writers)
1958 – “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov published
1969 – Woodstock Music & Art Fair closes with Jimi Hendrix / Band of Gypsys as the final act