Everybody has a different way of waking up in the morning. Here's a way to start out your morning, by gathering with a like minded bunch of people to swap stories about geocaching over a cup of Joe.
It's the first Saturday of the month again and so it's time to come out and have a cup of coffee with us. The Dog Days of Summer are definitely upon us and yet school is about to start in the next couple of days for many schools in the surrounding area. Come out and enjoy a brew of either hot or cold cafienated (or not) beverage and talk geocaching. Heck, we might even talk baseball this morning seeing as how baseball is in full swing at this point in the season.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage.
This event will be held at the Starbucks in the Colonies Crossroads in Upland. The event will start at 7:30 AM and end somewhere around 8:45 in the morning. That way, you'll still have plenty of time to do whatever you wanted to do for the rest of the day. There should be plenty of parking for this event and there's a nice outdoor patio if you want to bring your pooches to the event. If it's cold or rainy, we will be inside however.
On this date in history:
August 4, 1693 : Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
August 4, 1790 : A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
August 4, 1892 : The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
August 4, 1914 : In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
August 4, 1944 : A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
August 4, 1977 : U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
Notable birthdays on this date in history:
August 4, 1821: Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)
August 4, 1834: John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)
August 4, 1900: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
August 4, 1955: Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director, and screenwriter
August 4, 1961: Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
August 4, 1981: Meghan Markle, American actress and humanitarian, and member of British Royal Family
Notable deaths on this date in history:
August 4, 1875: Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
August 4, 1886: Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
August 4, 1981: Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
August 4,1997: Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)
August 4, 1999: Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913)
August 4, 2014: James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)
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