Social Media Ideas Generator 20 August
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Post Ideas
Today is Tuesday! We might only be two days into the working week but why not get your audience motivated with some words of wisdom.
Give your audience a helpful tip or technique that shows how much you know about your industry. Better still, share tips that your customers have already posted on social media.
We all love free stuff, and your followers do too. Share links to free resources that you know about, even if they weren't created by you.
Ask your followers a "Like if / Share if" post, which gives them a choice of options. Great for engagement.
Historic Events
On this day in 1998: The United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.
On this day in 1998: The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
On this day in 1998: The Supreme Court of Canada states Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
On this day in 1998: U.S. embassy bombings: The United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.
On this day in 1994: In Honolulu, Hawaii, during a circus international performance at the Neal Blaisdell Arena, a female elephant named Tyke crushes her trainer Allen Campbell to death before hundreds of horrified spectators.
On this day in 1994: Circus elephant trainer Allen Campbell is crushed to death in Honolulu, Hawaii, by the performing elephant Tyke.
On this day in 1993: After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Peace Accords were signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the next month.
On this day in 1992: Kristiansund's connection to the main land of Norway, Krifast, opens.
On this day in 1992: The Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas renominates U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle. Pat Buchanan, one of Bush's opponents in the primaries, delivers a controversial convention speech, in which he refers to a religious war in the country.
On this day in 1991: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup that deposed President Mikhail Gorbachev.
On this day in 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev. Estonia reclaimed its independence and seceded from the Soviet Union. Estonia had been occupied by the Soviets for more than 50 years.
On this day in 1990: New York Yankees' player Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 home runs (approx 132 at bat).
On this day in 1990: Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields).
On this day in 1989: Fifty-one people die when the Marchioness pleasure boat collides with a barge on the River Thames adjacent to Southwark Bridge.
On this day in 1989: In Beverly Hills, California, Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot and kill their wealthy parents.
On this day in 1988: Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21).
On this day in 1988: In the Nepal-India border region, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs. 721 people killed, 6,553 injured and 64,470 buildings damaged in eastern Nepal. At least 277 people killed, thousands injured and extensive damage in northern Bihar, India. Felt in large parts of northern India from Delhi to the Burma border and in much of Bangladesh.
On this day in 1986: In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide.
On this day in 1986: In Edmond, Oklahoma, US Postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
On this day in 1985: Hanspeter Beck of South Australia finishes a 3,875-mile, 51-day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle.
On this day in 1985: First National League pitcher to strike out 200+ in first two seasons (Dwight Goodin).
On this day in 1982: Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress, dies in Vienna Austria at age 53 of bone cancer.
On this day in 1982: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon.
On this day in 1982: Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon.
On this day in 1980: Reinhold Messner of Italy is first to make solo ascent of Mount Everest.
On this day in 1980: United Nations Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jersualem is its capital.
On this day in 1980: New York Yankees' Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, second straight day.
On this day in 1978: Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London, England.
On this day in 1978: Mark Vinchesi of Amherst, Massachusetts keeps a frisbee aloft 15.2 seconds.
On this day in 1975: Soviet-made Il-62 airliner crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126.
On this day in 1975: Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
On this day in 1955: First airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph) - HA Hanes, Palmdale, California, USA.
On this day in 1955: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria, raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
On this day in 1953: The Soviet Union acknowledges that it had tested the hydrogen bomb.
On this day in 1912: Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in six innings.
On this day in 1900: Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
On this day in 1866: President Andrew Johnson officially declares the American Civil War to be ended.
On this day in 1833: Nat Turner leads his revolt against the Southern plantation owners of Southampton County, Virginia
On this day in 1804: Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery, exploring the Louisiana Purchase, suffers its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd dies, apparently from acute appendicitis.
On this day in 1794: Battle of Fallen Timbers - American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.
On this day in 1781: George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis.
International Awareness Days
World Mosquito Day
World Senior Citizens Day
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
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Births
Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (Pantera and Damageplan) (d. 2004) was born on this day in 1966.
Giuseppe Giannini in Rome, Italy; soccer player (Rome A Team). was born on this day in 1964.
Cindy Nicholas in Canada; swimmer, swam English Channel 19 times. was born on this day in 1957.
Peter Horton in Bellevue, Washington, USA; actor (Gary-30 Something). was born on this day in 1953.
Robert Plant; rocker (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven). was born on this day in 1948.
Connie Chung in Washington, DC, USA; TV newscaster (NBC, CBS). was born on this day in 1946.
Graig Nettles; third baseman (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians). was born on this day in 1944.
Rajiv Gandhi; Prime Minister of India (1984-1991). was born on this day in 1944.
Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor was born on this day in 1942.
Hans-Joachim Klein in Germany; 100m swimmer (Olympic-bronze-1964). was born on this day in 1942.
Slobodan Milosevic; president of Yugoslovia (dies 2006). was born on this day in 1941.
William H Gray III in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Pennsylvania, 1978-). was born on this day in 1941.
Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and presidential candidate was born on this day in 1939.
Jean-Loup ChrTtien; first French traveler in space (on Soyuz T-6). was born on this day in 1938.
George Thoma in Germany; cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1960). was born on this day in 1937.
Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on this day in 1936.
Justin Tubb in San Antonio, Texas, USA; country singer (Grand Ole Opry). was born on this day in 1935.
George Mitchell; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Maine, Senate Whip 1989-). was born on this day in 1933.
Jacqueline Susann Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author (Valley of the Dolls). was born on this day in 1921.
Istv?n Sziv=s Hungary, water polo player (Olympic-gold-1976). was born on this day in 1920.
Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994) was born on this day in 1913.
Alfonso Lopez baseball player (American League Manager of the year 1959). was born on this day in 1908.
Alan Reed New York City; actor (Mr Adams and Eve/voice (Fred Flintstone). was born on this day in 1907.
Shirley Booth New York City, actress (Hazel-Hazel, A Touch of Grace). was born on this day in 1907.
Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973) was born on this day in 1905.
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) was born on this day in 1901.
Salvatore Quasimodo Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel Prize 1959). was born on this day in 1901.
Edgar Albert Guest Detroit Michigan, poet/newspaperman. was born on this day in 1881.
Eliel Saarinen Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Michigan). was born on this day in 1873.
Raymond PoincarT in France; Prime Minister (1912), president. was born on this day in 1860.
St. Albert Chmielowski, Polish Catholic Saint (d. 1916) was born on this day in 1845.
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901) was born on this day in 1833.
Benjamin Harrison in North Bend, Ohio, USA; (Republican) 23rd President (1889-1893). was born on this day in 1833.
Oliver Hazard Perry US Naval hero (We have met the enemy). was born on this day in 1785.
Charles-Frantois de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791) was born on this day in 1719.
Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in 1632.
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586) was born on this day in 1517.
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