Pratt County Sheriff's Office

Pratt County Sheriff's Office The Pratt County Sheriff's Office is a Law Enforcement Agency serving the county of Pratt, KS.

August 25th, National Park Service Founders DayAlso on this date, in 1944, some two months after the Allied invasion of ...
08/25/2026

August 25th, National Park Service Founders Day

Also on this date, in 1944, some two months after the Allied invasion of Normandy, Paris was liberated from German occupiers as the Free French 2nd Armored Division under General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc entered the city.

In 1916, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the “Organic Act,” which established the National Park Service.

In 325, The Council of Nicaea—the first ecumenical council of the Christian church, called by the emperor Constantine I—brought to an end the controversy of Arianism, concluding that God the Father was of equal status with God the Son.

Owners located. Thanks. We have two loose dogs in the area of the evergreen motel if you know who they belong to please ...
08/24/2026

Owners located. Thanks.
We have two loose dogs in the area of the evergreen motel if you know who they belong to please call Pratt 911

August 24th, National Maryland Day, 7th state to join the unionAlso on this date, in 79ce, Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupt...
08/24/2026

August 24th, National Maryland Day, 7th state to join the union

Also on this date, in 79ce, Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupted, destroying the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the excavations of these sites in the mid-18th century precipitated the modern science of archaeology.

In 1932, American aviator Amelia Earhart took off from Los Angeles, and, when she landed in Newark, New Jersey, the following day, she became the first woman to complete a solo nonstop flight across the United States.

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) entered into force, following the signing of its treaty four months earlier.

In 1989, former baseball player and manager Pete Rose was banned from the sport after an investigation determined that he had bet on games, and he thereby became ineligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame; he later admitted to gambling on baseball.

In 1814, During the War of 1812, British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned various government buildings, notably the Capitol and the Executive Mansion (now known as the White House).

August 23rd, National Sponge Cake DayAlso on this day, in 1305, in London, William Wallace was executed for treason, con...
08/23/2026

August 23rd, National Sponge Cake Day

Also on this day, in 1305, in London, William Wallace was executed for treason, condemned for leading Scottish resistance forces during the first years of the long and ultimately successful struggle to free Scotland from English rule.

In 1973, a botched bank robbery in Stockholm resulted in a hostage situation, and, over the course of a six-day standoff, the captives formed an unlikely bond with their captor, giving rise to the term “Stockholm syndrome.”

In 2023, India became the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon; its Chandrayaan-3 probe was also the first to land in the Moon's south polar region.

In 2011, after rebel forces captured his compound in Tripoli, Muammar al-Qaddafi's four-decade rule of Libya ended; although his whereabouts were initially unknown, he was discovered two months later in the Libyan city of Surt and killed.

August 22nd, National Tooth Fairy DayAlso on this date, in 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics, Nolan Ryan of ...
08/22/2026

August 22nd, National Tooth Fairy Day

Also on this date, in 1989, in a game against the Oakland Athletics, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers struck out Rickey Henderson to become the first MLB pitcher to register 5,000 strikeouts; he ended his career with a record-setting 5,714.

In 1865, William Sheppard received the first U.S. patent for liquid soap.

In 2004, The Scream (1893), a painting by Edvard Munch, was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway; it was recovered two years later.

In 1973, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon named Henry A. Kissinger secretary of state.

August 21st, National Senior Citizens DayAlso on this day, in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Lo...
08/21/2026

August 21st, National Senior Citizens Day

Also on this day, in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by three Italian handymen; it was not recovered until 1913, and the media sensation helped make it one of the world's most famous paintings.

In 1942, the animated film Bambi had its theatrical release in the United States, and it became a classic in the Disney canon, noted for its lush hand-drawn animation and sensitive affective narrative.

In 1987, the romantic drama Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was released in American theatres, and it became a huge—and enduring—hit.

In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state.

In 1831, Nat Turner began an unsuccessful slave rebellion in the American South that eventually killed 60 people before being stopped by a 3,000-man militia.

August 20th, National Radio DayAlso on this date, in 1975, the robotic U.S. spacecraft Viking 1, built to explore the su...
08/20/2026

August 20th, National Radio Day

Also on this date, in 1975, the robotic U.S. spacecraft Viking 1, built to explore the surface of Mars, was launched and nearly one year later landed on Chryse Planitia, a flat lowland region in the northern hemisphere of the planet.

In 1920, at a meeting in Canton, Ohio, the National Football League was formed (as the American Professional Football Conference).

In 1914, The German army captured Brussels during the initial German invasion of World War I.

In 1889, Labor activists closed the entire Port of London in the London Dock Strike.

August 19th, National Aviation DayAlso on this date, in 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 yea...
08/19/2026

August 19th, National Aviation Day

Also on this date, in 1960, American pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years' confinement by the Soviet Union for espionage following the U-2 Affair, but he was later released (1962) in exchange for the Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

In 1812, the USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull, won a brilliant victory over the British frigate HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.

In 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–91) and president of the Soviet Union (1990–91), was briefly ousted in a coup by communist hard-liners.

In 1934, Some 90 percent of German voters approved a referendum that made Adolf Hi**er “Führer und Reichskanzler” (“leader and chancellor”).

August 18th, National Fajita DayAlso on this date, in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified after Tennessee—by jus...
08/19/2026

August 18th, National Fajita Day

Also on this date, in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified after Tennessee—by just one vote—became the 36th state to approve it, capping the 72-year fight to win women the right to vote in the United States.

In 1992 American basketball player Larry Bird—who led the Boston Celtics to three NBA championships (1981, 1984, and 1986) and is considered one of the greatest pure shooters of all time—announced his retirement.

In 1969, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair—a legendary rock festival near Bethel, New York, that attracted some 400,000 fans—ended.

In 1896, According to lore, more than 200 outlaws from regional gangs gathered at Brown's Hole in the American West, where Butch Cassidy proposed to organize a Train Robbers' Syndicate, which became familiarly known as the Wild Bunch.

August 17th, National Massachusetts Day, the 6th state to join the unionAlso on this date, in 2008, at the Olympics in B...
08/17/2026

August 17th, National Massachusetts Day, the 6th state to join the union

Also on this date, in 2008, at the Olympics in Beijing, American swimmer Michael Phelps helped his team win the 4 × 100-metre medley relay, becoming the first athlete to win eight medals at a single Games.

In 1896 George Washington Carmack unearthed gold in Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River now in Yukon, Canada, setting off a gold rush into the Klondike valley.

In 1807, The first serviceable steamboat—the Clermont, designed by American engineer Robert Fulton—embarked on its maiden voyage.

In 1590, John White returned from England to Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina, and a search the following day found no trace of the colony (now called the Lost Colony) that he had left there three years earlier.

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