# Baker’s Dozen III
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 135
### Author:  [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2681 "2023-08-01T17:02:22Z")
[quote=“SpoilerVirgin, post:2680, topic:970093, full:true”]
**Creators of sci-fi television series**
1. Seth MacFarlane (The Orville)
2. Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape)
3. Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek)
4. Joss Whedon (Firefly)
5. Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé (Sliders)
6. Larry Cohen (The Invaders – a Quinn Martin production)
7. Rod Serling (_The Twilight Zone_)
8. Glen Larson (_Battlestar Galactica_)
9. J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5)
10. Irwin Allen (The Time Tunnel)
11. Donald Bellisario (Quantum Leap)
12. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2682 "2023-08-01T18:15:00Z")
**Creators of sci-fi television series**
1. Seth MacFarlane (The Orville)
2. Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape)
3. Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek)
4. Joss Whedon (Firefly)
5. Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé (Sliders)
6. Larry Cohen (The Invaders – a Quinn Martin production)
7. Rod Serling (_The Twilight Zone_)
8. Glen Larson (_Battlestar Galactica_)
9. J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5)
10. Irwin Allen (The Time Tunnel)
11. Donald Bellisario (Quantum Leap)
12. Rob Grant and Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf)
13. Matt Groening (Futurama)
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2683 "2023-08-01T18:27:39Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
---
### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2684 "2023-08-01T18:32:40Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
---
### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2685 "2023-08-01T18:33:10Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2686 "2023-08-01T19:36:27Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
---
### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2687 "2023-08-01T19:43:36Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2688 "2023-08-01T19:51:11Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
---
### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2689 "2023-08-01T20:42:50Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, Madame Pepperwinkle was born.
2. 28th, SpoilerVirgin was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. National Airborne Day
---
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2690 "2023-08-01T20:57:01Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, **Madame Pepperwinkle** was born.
2. 28th, **SpoilerVirgin** was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. 16th, National Airborne Day in the U.S.
9. 4th, U.S. Coast Guard Day
---
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2691 "2023-08-01T21:59:24Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, **Madame Pepperwinkle** was born.
2. 28th, **SpoilerVirgin** was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. 16th, National Airborne Day in the U.S.
9. 4th, U.S. Coast Guard Day
10. 30th, Titus destroys Herod’s Temple, ending the siege of Jerusalem, 70 C.E.
---
### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2692 "2023-08-02T19:12:33Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, **Madame Pepperwinkle** was born.
2. 28th, **SpoilerVirgin** was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. 16th, National Airborne Day in the U.S.
9. 4th, U.S. Coast Guard Day
10. 30th, Titus destroys Herod’s Temple, ending the siege of Jerusalem, 70 C.E.
11. 2nd, Airmobile Forces Day in Ukraine
---
### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2693 "2023-08-02T20:16:55Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, **Madame Pepperwinkle** was born.
2. 28th, **SpoilerVirgin** was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. 16th, National Airborne Day in the U.S.
9. 4th, U.S. Coast Guard Day
10. 30th, Titus destroys Herod’s Temple, ending the siege of Jerusalem, 70 C.E.
11. 2nd, Airmobile Forces Day in Ukraine
12. 23rd, Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed, 1939, along with a secret protocol that left Hitler free to attack Poland
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2694 "2023-08-03T07:47:13Z")
**Notable Events That Happened In August**
1. 2nd, **Madame Pepperwinkle** was born.
2. 28th, **SpoilerVirgin** was born (also the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)
3. 6th, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
4. 2nd, 1914 Germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium, initiating hostilities in what would soon become known as the Great War.
5. 1st, National Milkshake Day in the U.S.
6. 21st, Hawaii admitted to the union and becomes fiftieth state, 1959.
7. 1st, Colorado statehood day, 1876
8. 16th, National Airborne Day in the U.S.
9. 4th, U.S. Coast Guard Day
10. 30th, Titus destroys Herod’s Temple, ending the siege of Jerusalem, 70 C.E.
11. 2nd, Airmobile Forces Day in Ukraine
12. 23rd, Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed, 1939, along with a secret protocol that left Hitler free to attack Poland
13. 19th, First Sioux War begins when U.S. Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred; 1854
New category:
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2695 "2023-08-03T08:31:31Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
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### Author:  [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2696 "2023-08-03T08:33:59Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
3. Moe Schneebaum Award - NASA engineering
---
### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2697 "2023-08-03T09:22:43Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
3. Moe Schneebaum Award - NASA engineering
4. Pulitzer Prize - journalism
---
### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2698 "2023-08-03T09:29:20Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
3. Moe Schneebaum Award - NASA engineering
4. Pulitzer Prize - journalism
5. Applause Award - outstanding amusement/theme parks
---
### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2699 "2023-08-03T11:07:07Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
3. Moe Schneebaum Award - NASA engineering
4. Pulitzer Prize - journalism
5. Applause Award - outstanding amusement/theme parks
6. Nebula Award - Science fiction or fantasy
---
### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2700 "2023-08-03T11:43:04Z")
**Awards (and what they’re awarded for)**
1. Hugo Award - science fiction
2. Oscars - Best Picture, and others
3. Moe Schneebaum Award - NASA engineering
4. Pulitzer Prize - journalism
5. Applause Award - outstanding amusement/theme parks
6. Nebula Award - Science fiction or fantasy
7. Razzie Award - honoring worst cinematic failures
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