National Night Out. 31st annual. Designed to heighten crime prevention awareness and to promote police-community partnerships. See www.nationalnightout.org
Birth anniversaries of astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), Joseph Merrick (known as "the Elephant Man," 1862-90), Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg (1912-1947).
Happy Birthday! Loni Anderson, Patrick Ewing, John Saxon
1833 - The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250.
1861 - The U.S. federal government levied its first income tax. The tax was 3% of all incomes over $800. The wartime measure was rescinded in 1872.
1864 - During the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Adm. David G. Farragut were led into Mobile Bay, Alabama.
1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
1957 - "American Bandstand” premiered on national TV with host Dick Clark.
1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died at Los Angeles , CA
1964 - U.S. aircraft bombed North Vietnam after North Vietnamese boats attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1974 - U.S. President Nixon said that he expected to be impeached. Nixon had ordered the investigation into the Watergate break-in to halt.
1981 - The U.S. federal government started firing striking air traffic controllers.
1991 - Iraq admitted to misleading U.N. inspectors about secret biological weapons.
1998 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein began not cooperating with U.N. weapons inspectors.
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