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Old 08-10-2016, 11:23 AM   #201
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1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.

1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sank after sailing less than a nautical mile on her maiden voyage from Stockholm on her way to fight in the Thirty Years' War.

1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.

1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

1961 – First use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army.

1963 - 13 year-old Little Stevie Wonder started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Fingertips part II', making him the youngest singer to top the charts.

1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over a period of one year.

1978 – Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.

1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.

1987 - Wilson Pickett was found guilty by a New Jersey court of possessing a shotgun with intent to endanger life following his involvement in a fist fight in a bar.

1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

2002 - Lisa Marie Presley married actor Nicolas Cage at a resort in Hawaii. The marriage was Presley's third. She was married previously to musician Danny Keough and pop star Michael Jackson. Cage filed for divorce four months later.

2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C).

Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in outer space.

Births

1814 – Henri Nestlé (yeah, that Nestle); 1874 – Herbert Hoover (31st POTUS); 1889 – Charles Darrow (created the board game Monopoly); 1898 – Jack Haley♪ ♫; 1902 – Norma Shearer; 1909 – Leo Fender (Fender guitars and amps); 1913 – Noah Beery Jr.; 1914 – Jeff Corey; 1923 – Rhonda Fleming; 1924 – Martha Hyer; 1927 – Vernon Washington; 1928 – Jimmy Dean♪ ♫(sausage guy), Eddie Fisher♪ ♫; 1931 – Tom Laughlin (I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face...and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it.); 1933 – Keith Duckworth (founded Cosworth); 1940 – Bobby Hatfield♪ ♫(The Righteous Bros); 1943 – Jimmy Griffin♪ ♫(Bread); 1943 – Ronnie Spector♪ ♫; 1947 – Ian Anderson(Jethro Tull); 1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly; 1959 – Rosanna Arquette; 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Kenny Perry; 1961 – Jon Farriss(INXS); 1967 – Riddick Bowe; 1968 – Michael Bivins♪ ♫(Bell Biv DeVoe); 1972 – Angie Harmon; 1997 – Kylie Jenner

Deaths

1932 – Rin Tin Tin; 1945 – Robert H. Goddard; 1963 – Estes Kefauver; 2008 – Isaac Hayes♪ ♫; 2013 – Eydie Gormé♪ ♫(Steve & Eydie); 2015 – Buddy Baker
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