1680 – Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish

1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

1821 – Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.

1831 – Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)

1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blind

1856 – America’s first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda.

1878 – American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY

1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.

1888 – William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine

1897 – Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division

1915 – Italy declares war on Turkey in World War One

1930 – Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished

1938 – Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High Schools

1938 – The classic song “Ain’t Misbehavin’” was recorded by Fats Waller.

1942 – World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.

1945 – President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program

1959 – Hawaii becomes 50th US state

1961 – Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya

1963 – Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas

1965 – Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)

1967 – Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed

1968 – After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio

1972 – 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps

1972 – British harbor strike ends

1972 – US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched

1975 – US lightens trade embargo against Cuba

1976 – It was announced by RCA Victor records that the sales of Elvis Presley records passed the 400 million mark.

1978 – 1st gay theme telefilm – Matlovich vs US Air Force

1980 – Linda Ronstadt opens in “Pirates of Penzance” on Broadway

1983 – “La Cage aux Folles” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances

1985 – Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71

1986 – Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746

1987 – Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted

1988 – Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war

1991 – Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days

1991 – Latvia declares it’s independence from USSR

1992 – Sting and Trudi Styler were married.

1994 – John Denver was charged with drunken driving after crashing his Porsche into a tree.

1995 – R.E.M. sued Hershey Foods, claiming the company exploited its name when it ran a “Kit Kat – R.E.M. Concert” sweepstakes in Hershey candy bars. The suit was eventually dropped.

1996 – Netscape Browser 3.0 is released

1996 – Former Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne sued to prevent the rest of the group from touring as “The Heads.” The suit was settled out of court.

1997 – Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China

1997 – US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out

2000 – Tiger Woods wins golf’s PGA Championship to become the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year. He ties the to-par record for the PGA (-18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff

2001 – NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2006 – German prosecutors announced that they had decided against opening an investigation into Madonna after she performed a controversial mock crucifixion scene at a concert on August 20.

2007 – Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World’s oldest living man 2004-2007 (d. 2007)

1896 – Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)

1905 – Isadore I Friz Freleng, KC MO, animator (Warner Bros cartoons)

1908 – David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse)

1912 – Bruce Trent, singer

1920 – Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)

1924 – Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)

1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina

1930 – Frank Perry, film director

1931 – Nancy Hadley, LA California, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show)

1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)

1937 – Robert Stone, US writer (Who’ll Stop the Rain, WUSA)

1938 – Kenny Rogers, Houston Texas, singer (Through the Years)

1939 – Clarence Williams III, NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain)

1939 – James Burton, American guitarist

1939 – Festus Mogae, president of Botswana

1943 – Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor

1944 – Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society)

1948 – Taurean Blacque, actor (Hill Street Blues)

1950 – Arthur Bremer, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972.

1952 – Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash (Rock the Casbah)

1952 – Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple)

1954 – Steve Smith, LA California, rock drummer (Journey)

1956 – Kim Cattrall, Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI)

1957 – Budgie, rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)

1957 – Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)

1963 – Richmond Arquette, American actor

1967 – Michael Bendetti, actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street)

1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress

1971 – Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)

1973 – Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google

1974 – Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco

1976 – Alicia Witt, actress (Cybill)

1978 – Alan Lee, Irish footballer

1978 – Peter Buxton, English rugby union player

1983 – Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality

1983 – Brody Jenner, American actor

1984 – Melissa Schuman, American actress

1989 – Hayden Panettiere, actress (One Life to Live)