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August 12, 1877

Entertainment: Edison develops the phonograph
Thomas Edison describes the fundamentals of the phonograph to an assistant and instructs him to construct one. Edison had discovered the principles behind the phonograph when trying to invent a telegraph repeater. In the process, he developed a cylinder covered with foil that made sounds when played by a needle. Edison patented the phonograph six months later.


August 12, 1964

Crime: Great Train robber escapes from prison
On August 12, 1964, Charlie Wilson, part of the gang who pulled off the 1963 Great Train Robbery, one of the biggest heists of its kind, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England. Several men broke into the maximum-security facility to free Wilson, who remained on the loose until 1968. The so-called Great Train Robbery took place on August 8, 1963, when 15 masked men attacked the Glasgow to London Royal Mail train near Buckinghamshire, England. The thieves hauled off 120 bags of money totaling a record 2.6 million pounds


August 12, 2000

Disaster: Russian sub sinks with 118 onboard
A Russian nuclear submarine sinks to the bottom of the Barents Sea on this day in 2000; all 118 crew members are later found dead. The exact cause of the disaster remains unknown. On August 12, the Kursk was scheduled to fire a practice torpedo; at 11:29 a.m., before doing so, two explosions spaced shortly apart occurred in the front hull of the submarine and it plunged toward the bottom of the sea.
It was the largest attack submarine in the world, approximately three times the size of the largest subs in the United States Navy. Using $100 million, the best available technology and an international team of experts, the Kursk was raised on September 26, 2001, about a year after the accident.


Quote of the Day:
Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.
- Marlene Dietrich

Quote about Music:
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.
- Johann S. Bach, composer and organist

Song Quote:
I go 2 bed early every night so I can dream
Of another space and another time when U belonged 2 me
- Elisa Fiorillo, Love's No Fun