August 17
In 1863,Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston,S.C.,harbor during the Civil War.
In 1942,during World Way II,U.S. 8th Air Force bombers attacked Rouen,France.
In 1969,248 people were killed as Hurricane Camille slammed into the Gulf Coast.
In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair concluded near Bethel New York.
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 18
In 1587,Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil,on what is now Roanoke Island,N.C. (However,the colony Virginia was born into ended up mysteriously disappearing.)
In 1894,Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
In 1938,President Roosevelt dedicated the Thousand Island Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.
In 1963,James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
In 1983,Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast,leaving 22 dead and causing more than $1 billion in damages.
In 1587,Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil,on what is now Roanoke Island,N.C. (However,the colony Virginia was born into ended up mysteriously disappearing.)
In 1894,Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
In 1938,President Roosevelt dedicated the Thousand Island Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.
In 1963,James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
In 1983,Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast,leaving 22 dead and causing more than $1 billion in damages.
August 19
In 1856,Gail Bordon Jr. received a patent for his invention,condensed milk.
In 1906, Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneering inventors of television, was born in Beaver County,Utah.
In 1955,servere flooding in the northeastern U.S. claimed some 200 lives.
In 1960,a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Power of espionage.
In 1981,two U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shot down a pair of Soviet-built Libyan SU-22s in a dogfight over the Gulf of Sidra.
In 1856,Gail Bordon Jr. received a patent for his invention,condensed milk.
In 1906, Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneering inventors of television, was born in Beaver County,Utah.
In 1955,servere flooding in the northeastern U.S. claimed some 200 lives.
In 1960,a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gary Power of espionage.
In 1981,two U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shot down a pair of Soviet-built Libyan SU-22s in a dogfight over the Gulf of Sidra.
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In 1831,former slave Nat Turner led a violent insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.)
In 1878,the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga.N.Y.
In 1911,Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum.(The painting turned up two years later.in Italy.)
In 1959,President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the Union,5 months after he'd signed the Hawaiian statehood bill.
In 1991,the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
In 1831,former slave Nat Turner led a violent insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.)
In 1878,the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga.N.Y.
In 1911,Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum.(The painting turned up two years later.in Italy.)
In 1959,President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the Union,5 months after he'd signed the Hawaiian statehood bill.
In 1991,the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
August 22
In 1787,inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress.
In 1846,the United States annexed the Territory of New Mexico.
In 1910,Japan annexed Korea,which remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945.
In 1968,Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota,Colombia,for the start of the first papal visit to Latin America.
In 1989,Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland,California (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.)
In 1787,inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress.
In 1846,the United States annexed the Territory of New Mexico.
In 1910,Japan annexed Korea,which remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945.
In 1968,Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota,Colombia,for the start of the first papal visit to Latin America.
In 1989,Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland,California (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison.)
August 24
In 1814,British forces invaded Washington setting fire to the Capital and the White House
In 1932 Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Aneles to Newark.N.J. making her the first woman to fly solo nonstop from coast to coast.
In 1954,the Communist Control Act went into effect,virually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
In 1970,a bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison,killing 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for slaying rock star John Lennon.
In 1814,British forces invaded Washington setting fire to the Capital and the White House
In 1932 Amelia Earhart embarked on a 19-hour flight from Los Aneles to Newark.N.J. making her the first woman to fly solo nonstop from coast to coast.
In 1954,the Communist Control Act went into effect,virually outlawing the Communist Party in the United States.
In 1970,a bomb planted by anti-war extremists exploded at the University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison,killing 33-year-old researcher Robert Fassnacht.
In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for slaying rock star John Lennon.
August 25
In 1921,the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
In 1950,President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nations railroads to avert a strike.
In 1981,the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover,sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.
In 1985,Samantha Smith,the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V.Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union,died with her father in an airline crash in Maine.
In 1921,the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
In 1950,President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nations railroads to avert a strike.
In 1981,the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover,sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.
In 1985,Samantha Smith,the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V.Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union,died with her father in an airline crash in Maine.
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In 1609,Henry Hudson dicovered Delaware Bay.
In 1774 Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton,the first American-born saint was born in New York City.
In 1955,Emmett Till.a black teenager from Chicago,was abducted from his uncle's home in Money,Miss., by two white men after he had supposesedly whistled at a white woman;he was found brutally murderes three days later.
In 1973.more than 520 people died as an earthquake shook central Mexico.
In 1981,John W. Hinckley jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Reagan (he was later acquitted by reason of insanity).
In 1609,Henry Hudson dicovered Delaware Bay.
In 1774 Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton,the first American-born saint was born in New York City.
In 1955,Emmett Till.a black teenager from Chicago,was abducted from his uncle's home in Money,Miss., by two white men after he had supposesedly whistled at a white woman;he was found brutally murderes three days later.
In 1973.more than 520 people died as an earthquake shook central Mexico.
In 1981,John W. Hinckley jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Reagan (he was later acquitted by reason of insanity).
August 29
In 1877,the second president of the Mormon Church,Brigham Young,died in Salt Lake City.
In 1944,15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysee in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
In 1957,South Carolina Sen.Strom Thurmond(then a Democrat) ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours.
In 1965,Gemini 5,carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles (Pete) Conrad splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.
In 1966,the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
In 1877,the second president of the Mormon Church,Brigham Young,died in Salt Lake City.
In 1944,15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysee in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
In 1957,South Carolina Sen.Strom Thurmond(then a Democrat) ended a filibuster against a civil rights bill after talking for more than 24 hours.
In 1965,Gemini 5,carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles (Pete) Conrad splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.
In 1966,the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
August 30
In 1868,the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him.
In 1946,the Irving Berlin musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley,opened on Broadway.
In 1975,Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
In 1868,the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him.
In 1946,the Irving Berlin musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley,opened on Broadway.
In 1975,Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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In.1935,President Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.
In 1954,Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic States.Connecticut,Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm,which resulted in nearly 70 deaths.
In 1969,boxer Rocky Mariano died in a light airplane crash in Iowa,a day before his 46th birthday.
In 1986,82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos,California.
In 1954,Hurricane Carol hit the northeastern Atlantic States.Connecticut,Rhode Island and parts of Massachusetts bore the brunt of the storm,which resulted in nearly 70 deaths.
In 1969,boxer Rocky Mariano died in a light airplane crash in Iowa,a day before his 46th birthday.
In 1986,82 people were killed when an Aeromexico jetliner and a small private plane collided over Cerritos,California.
In 1807,former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
In 1923,the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 150,000 lives.
In 1932, New York City Major James J."Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration,
In 1972, American Bobby Fisher won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland,defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
In 1981,Albert Speer,a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine,died at a London hospital at age 76.
In 1923,the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 150,000 lives.
In 1932, New York City Major James J."Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration,
In 1972, American Bobby Fisher won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland,defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
In 1981,Albert Speer,a close associate of Adolf Hitler who ran the Nazi war machine,died at a London hospital at age 76.
Sept. 02
In 1789,the United States Treasury Department was established.
In 1864,during the Civil War,Union forces occupied Atlanta.
In 1901,Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice,"Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
In 1935,a hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys,claiming 423 lives.
In 1789,the United States Treasury Department was established.
In 1864,during the Civil War,Union forces occupied Atlanta.
In 1901,Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice,"Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
In 1935,a hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys,claiming 423 lives.
Sept. 04---118 days left in 2006
In 1888,George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera,and registered his trademark: Kodak
In 1951,President Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live,coast-to-coast television broadcast.
In 1957,Arkansas Gov. Oval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
In 1971,an Alaska Airline jet crashed near Juneau,Killing 111 people.
In 1888,George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera,and registered his trademark: Kodak
In 1951,President Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live,coast-to-coast television broadcast.
In 1957,Arkansas Gov. Oval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
In 1971,an Alaska Airline jet crashed near Juneau,Killing 111 people.
Sept. 06
In 1837,the Oberlin Collegiate of Ohio went co-educational.
In 1909,American explorer Robert Peary sent word that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier.
In 1941,Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear yellow Stars of David.
In 1997,Britain bade farewell to Princess Diana with a funeral service at Weatminster Abby.
Weeping masses gathered in Calcutta,India,to pay homage to Mother Terwsa,who had died the day before at age 87.
In 1837,the Oberlin Collegiate of Ohio went co-educational.
In 1909,American explorer Robert Peary sent word that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier.
In 1941,Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear yellow Stars of David.
In 1997,Britain bade farewell to Princess Diana with a funeral service at Weatminster Abby.
Weeping masses gathered in Calcutta,India,to pay homage to Mother Terwsa,who had died the day before at age 87.
Sept. 07
In 1936,rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock,Texas.
In 1963,the National Professional Football Hall Of Fame was dedicated in Canton,Ohio.
In 1979,the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its cable TV debut.
In 1986,Desmond Tuta was installed as the first black to lead the Anglian Church in southern Africa.
In 1936,rock legend Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock,Texas.
In 1963,the National Professional Football Hall Of Fame was dedicated in Canton,Ohio.
In 1979,the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its cable TV debut.
In 1986,Desmond Tuta was installed as the first black to lead the Anglian Church in southern Africa.
Sept. 08
In 1930,the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young,was first published.
In 1941,the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
In 1951,a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco.
In 1971,the John F. kennedy Center for the performing Arts opened in Washington D.C. with a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"
In 1974,President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.
In 1981,civil rights activist Roy Wilkins,former head of the NAACP,died in New York at age 80.
In 1930,the comic strip "Blondie" created by Chic Young,was first published.
In 1941,the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
In 1951,a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco.
In 1971,the John F. kennedy Center for the performing Arts opened in Washington D.C. with a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"
In 1974,President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.
In 1981,civil rights activist Roy Wilkins,former head of the NAACP,died in New York at age 80.