On This Day In History – August 25th

Singing girls sing, exploding volcano's explode, chowing down waffles, rock stars driving into pools, and missing ladies flying airplanes.

1,943 years ago - In 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering the city of Pompeii, Italy, with 13 FEET of ash . . . enough that people were instantly killed and "frozen" in the position they died in for centuries.

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153 years ago - In 1869, brilliant Cornelius Swarthout, of Troy, New Jersey, patented the Waffle Iron.

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90 years ago - In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a nonstop flight across the U.S. She flew from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 19 hours and five minutes.

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55 years ago - In 1967, in the early morning, Keith Moon finished celebrating his birthday from the day before by driving a Lincoln Continental into the Holiday Inn swimming pool in Flint, Michigan.

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23 years ago - In 1999, Christina Aguilera released her self-titled debut album . . . featuring her hits "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and her version of the "Mulan" song "Reflection"

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