Elly
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Aug 30, 2005 10:01:17 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Aug 30, 2005 10:01:17 GMT 10
August 30 1870 Birth of golf course designer Dr Alister Mackenzie; he was responsible for Augusta National and Cypress Point, among others.
August 30 1901 Scottish born Hubert Cecil Booth patented his design for a vacuum cleaner which sucked in the dust and retained it by means of a filter.
August 30 1991 Liz McColgan won the World Athletics Championship 10,000 metres in Tokyo by a margin of 20 seconds.
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Aug 31, 2005 15:26:27 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Aug 31, 2005 15:26:27 GMT 10
On 31 August 1946 the first Edinburgh Film Festival opened. The festival was officially opened on this date by the Lord Provost at the Playhouse Cinema. The festival was originally known as the International Festival of Documentary, but has now grown to become recognised as one of the great worldwide film festivals.
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