Did you know that August marks the culmination of tornado season in the United States?

The five-month period, beginning in March, sees the highest average number of twisters, although tornadoes can and do strike during any month of the year. While tornadoes occur anywhere worldwide, they are most prevalent in the United States and four times more likely to strike here than in Europe.

We’ll be presenting a new “Did You Know?” fact each day as we countdown to the month of August! So stop by again tomorrow.

Sysadmin Day / System Administrator Appreciation Day

A sysadmin is a professional, who plans, worries, hacks, fixes, pushes, advocates, protects and creates good computer networks, to get you your data, to help you do work — to bring the potential of computing ever closer to reality.*

Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do*.

*source: System Administrator Appreciation Day

Feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola (Catholic)
The patron saint of my childhood church*, “St. Iggy” was the founder of the “Society of Jesus,” the Catholic religious order know as the Jesuits.

*Saint Ignatius Loyola Parish, Hicksville, New York

No Autographs Please!

Oh look! Its us!! Yes were were recently featured in, and insipred, a recent episode of Sometimes Daily! Check out the episode – “Today I took my houseplant for a walk”.

Thanks Amanda

Did you know that on August 9, 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, officially bringing an end to World War II?*

Other famous historical events to occur in August include:

• The first Gulf War began on August 2, 1990
• The dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb used in war (Hiroshima, Japan) on August 6, 1945*
• Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing U.S. troops to enter the Vietnam War on August 7, 1964
• US President Richard Nixon resigned the Presidency in the face of likely impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal on August 9, 1974
• The Berlin Wall was erected on August 15, 1961
• Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States on August 24, 1932
• Lady Diana died in a car crash in Paris, on August 31, 1997

*To date these are the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.

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