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• No one has ever read the writings of Greek philosopher and teacher Socrates because he never wrote anything down! His contributions to the fields of ethics and philosophy were mainly recorded by his student Plato after Socrates’ death. Born around 470 B.C., Socrates was a kingpin in the field of epistemology, a big word for the study of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief. For example, epistemology might ask the confusing question, “How do we know that we know?” Socrates is credited with the statement, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” His beliefs and teachings led to his death, as he was found guilty of impiety (a lack of respect for the Athenian polytheistic view of religion), and for “corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens” with those beliefs. He was sentenced to death, and died from drinking the mandated brew of poison hemlock. • The color solferino is a vivid purplish red, similar to the more-familiar magenta. It was named after a village in northern Italy, where, in 1859, the Battle of Solferino was fought between the French and Sardinian Armies. The dye of the color was discovered shortly after the battle, one that resulted in 40,000 casualties in one day, and the color was named to represent the hue of the bloodshed of the battlefield. • The word “sol” has several different meanings. In music, it’s the fifth tone of the scale – do, re, mi, fa, sol. In currency, sol is the basic monetary unit of Peru. Sol is also often referred to as the sun, taking the name from the Latin word. “Solar” also takes its meaning from that same Latin root word. • The Latin language also gives us the word “sorority,” a social club for female students. The word comes from the Latin word for sister, “soror.” ...continued

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• On Aug. 30, 30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, takes her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome. She may have committed suicide by means of an asp, a poisonous Egyptian serpent and symbol of divine royalty. • On Aug. 29, 1876, Charles F. Kettering, inventor of electric self-starter, is born in Ohio. Kettering's inventions spread far beyond the automotive industry: He helped develop the refrigerant Freon and an incubator for premature infants. • On Aug. 27, 1883, the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau, an uninhabited volcanic island west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The explosions threw 5 cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis and killed 36,000 people.

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• On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of struggle by woman suffragists. • On Aug. 25, 1944, after more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French and the U.S. infantry. Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison, defied an order by Adolf Hitler to burn Paris to the ground and instead signed a formal surrender. • On Aug. 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over its stance on Vietnam. • On Aug. 24, 1981, Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles. After the shooting on Dec. 8, 1980, Chapman stayed at the scene, reading "The Catcher in the Rye," a book he was obsessed with, until the police arrived. His requests for parole have all been denied. ©2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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August 14 has been designated Social Security Day in commemoration of that day in 1935 when the original Social Security Act created benefits for retired workers. Follow along as Tidbits looks into the particulars of this government program. • In June of 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Committee on Economic Security to research an insurance system to cover personal economic hazards, especially for the unemployed and aged. In 1932, only 15% of the labor force had any employment-related pension. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, poverty rates among senior citizens surpassed 50%, with only about 5% of seniors receiving any retirement pension. The original Social Security Act, enacted on August 14, 1935, provided retirement benefits only to the worker, those 65 or older. It wasn’t until 1939 that an amendment enlarged the benefits to include payments to a worker’s spouse and minor children, along with survivor benefits in the event of a worker’s premature death. The Act also created the first federal unemployment insurance program. • In order to fund Social Security, the Act established a payroll tax collected from employers, as well as requiring employees to contribute equally to the tax. This tax, known as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax, was first collected in January, 1937. • The first enormous undertaking was to register employers and employees and create Social Security numbers. This was accomplished with the help of the U.S. Post Office, who distributed application forms beginning in November, 1936. Over 30 million SSN cards were issued in local post offices, with the lowest SSN, 001-01-0001, issued to Grace Dorothy Owen, a New Hampshire resident. ...continued

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• Benefits were based on payroll tax contributions made by the worker throughout his/her working life. Monthly benefits were set to begin in 1940, but from 1937 to 1940, benefits were paid in a single, lump-sum payment, in order to provide to those who had contributed but wouldn’t be in the program long enough to qualify for monthly benefits. • The first to receive a lump-sum benefit was Ernest Ackerman, a Cleveland motorman who retired only one day after Social Security began. Ackerman paid in 5 cents to the program in his final paycheck, and received a lump-sum payout of 17 cents. • During its first year, $1.2 million dollars was distributed to 53,000 participants. In 1940, total benefits totaled $35 million. By 1950, that number was $961 million, and by 1960, $11.2 billion in benefits was being paid out. In 2015, the total exceeded $897 billion. In 2018, 19% of the U.S. population received monthly Social Security benefits. • The Social Security program worked well for Vermont worker Ida May Fuller. During the first three years, 1937, 1938, and 1939, Ida May paid in $24.75. She was the first to receive a monthly Social Security payment on January 31, 1940, amounting to $22.54. By the time her second check arrived, she had received more than she had contributed, and by the time she passed away in 1975 at age 100, she had collected $22,888.92. • Nearly 70 million people receive benefits from the programs administered by the Social Security Administration, which now includes Medicare and Medicaid. The current tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee. Once a worker earns above the “taxable maximum” for Social Security payroll taxes, earnings are no longer taxed. For the year 2020, this amount is $137,700.

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