Kool-Aid Days, Hastings, NE (Aug 8-10). See www.kool-aiddays.com
200th birth anniversary of Esther Hobart McQuigg Morris (1814-1902), women's rights pioneer.
Birth anniversaries of Matthew Henson (1866-1955), Fredric March (1897-1975), Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919).
Happy Birthday! Keith Carradine, Roger Federer, Dustin Hoffman
1588 - The Spanish Armada was defeated by the English fleet ending an invasion attempt.
1876 - Thomas Edison received a patent for the mimeograph. The mimeograph was a "method of preparing autographic stencils for printing."
1899 - The refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall.
1940 - The German Luftwaffe began a series of daylight air raids on Great Britain.
1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.
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1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.
1995 - Saddam Hussein's two eldest daughters, their husbands, and several senior army officers defected.
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