At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to its own feed with no attribution necessary.
P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!
August 1
MTV premiered at 12:01 am #onthisday in 1981. Did you know the first video they played was by the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star”? Learn more about the history of television at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=television&subjects%5B%5D=117&subjects%5B%5D=86
August 2
The first U.S. census was conducted #onthisday in 1790. The population was 3,939,214. In 2020, the population was 331,449,281. Learn more about the U.S. Census at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=census
August 3
Happy birthday, Tom Brady, legendary NFL quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl champion. Learn more about the Super Bowl at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Super%20Bowl
August 4
Happy birthday, Barack Obama, born #onthisday in 1961. Did you know Obama was sworn into office with the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used? Learn more about our 44th president at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Barack%20Obama
August 6
Happy Sandcastle Day! Whether you’re just having fun or have taken your skills to pro level, sandcastles should be celebrated any day of the summer. Learn more about the art of sculpting at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=sculpture
August 7
It’s Psychic Day! But you probably already knew that if you have the sixth sense. Learn more about parapsychology at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=parapsychology
August 9
#onthisday in 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States. Learn about the Watergate scandal that led to our 37th president’s resignation at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Watergate
August 9
Sharon Tate and four others were murdered #onthisday in 1969. Learn more about how the Manson murders shocked the nation at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/sagehcp/manson_charles/0
August 11
Happy birthday to actor Chris Hemsworth, born #onthisday in 1983. Learn more about Thor, the Nordic deity he plays in the Avengers films, at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Thor
August 12
The last quagga (a zebra subspecies) died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam #onthisday in 1883. Learn about conversation efforts to protect our wildlife at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/heliconhe/conservation/0
August 13
Michael Phelps won 3 gold medals, all in world record time, at the Beijing Olympics #onthisday in 2008. Learn more about the most decorated Olympian in history at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Michael%20Phelps
August 14
King Duncan I of Scotland was killed in battle #onthisday in 1040—not in his sleep, as depicted in the play “Macbeth.” Learn more about Shakespeare’s classic tragedy at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/pcpdshakes/macbeth/1
August 15
Half a million hippies flocked to Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm #onthisday in 1969. Learn more about the music festival that defined a generation at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Woodstock
August 17
It’s National Thrift Shop Day, a fun way to be kind to the Earth! Thrifting keeps clothes and household goods out of landfills. Learn more about sustainability at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Sustainability
August 19
Today is World Humanitarian Day, established by the U.N. in 2009 to honor humanitarian aid workers all over the world. Learn more about the United Nations at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=United%20nations
August 21
Walt Disney’s animated film “Bambi” is released #onthisday in 1942. Learn more about the pioneer of family entertainment at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Walt%20Disney
August 22
Happy National Tooth Fairy Day! Avoid an unnecessary nocturnal visit from the tooth collector by taking care of your teeth. Learn about the importance of good oral health at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=oral%20health
August 23
Happy birthday, Kobe Bryant, born #onthisday in 1978. Find out more about the Los Angeles Lakers legend at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Kobe%20Bryant
August 24
After nearly 80 years as an official planet, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet #onthisday in 2006. Still bitter? Us, too. Learn more about the solar system at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=solar%20system
August 25
#Onthisday in 1916, the Department of Interior formed the National Park Service. Celebrate by learning more about our national parks at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=national%20parks
August 26
What’s that up in the sky? It’s Halley’s Comet, first observed by Edmond Halley #onthisday in 1682. Learn more about the English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Edmond%20Halley
August 28
Chicago Black teenager Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, and shot dead by white men in Mississippi who were acquitted of the crime #onthisday in 1955. Learn more about the civil rights movement ignited by this case at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=civil%20rights
August 29
Netflix binging took some pre-planning when it was founded #onthisday in 1997—back then, you had to wait for those iconic red envelopes to arrive in your mailbox. Learn more about the history of DVDs at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=DVD
August 30
#Onthisday in 1967, the U.S. Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the 1st African American Justice. Learn more about the U.S. jurist, civil rights leader, and prominent civil rights lawyer at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Thurgood%20Marshall
August 31
#Onthisday in 1997, Princess Diana of Wales was killed in a car crash in Paris, France, after being chased by the paparazzi. Learn more about the People’s Princess at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Princess%20Diana
