Saturday 9th August
- 1173 Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa.
- 1936 Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.
- 1945 US drops the second atomic bomb used in warfare on the city of Nagasaki in Japan.
- 1995 Netscape launches IPO.
- 2006 MySpace reports the sign-up of its 100,000,000th registered user.
- 2008 6 people submit great photographs for Saturday Scenes!
It looks to me like everyone is trying to beat the heat!
- Chalandri, Athens
- Costa del Sol
- Vienna
- Las Alas Lodge
- A Living Room in the UK
- Lake Whitney
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