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- 0982 Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens, Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento killed in battle.
- 1174 William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England.
- 1558 Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
- 1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer
- 1762 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
- 1772 HMS Resolution, under the command of Captain James Cook, sets sail from Plymouth, England.
- 1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
- 1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
- 1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday
- 1793 Jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
- 1794 Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
- 1820 Commencement of the trial in Stirling for High Treason of the Radicals captured at the Battle of Bonnymuir. Two of the accused, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were subsequently executed on 8 September 1820.
- 1830 Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
- 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
- 1832 The source of the Mississippi River is discovered, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
- 1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
- 1854 In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
- 1854 US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
- 1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die
- 1863 New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
- 1863 USS Wyoming battled Japanese warlord's forces.
- 1865 Visitor posting - Edward Whymper conquers the Matterhorn for Britain - United Kingdom
- 1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
- 1865 PT Barnum's museum burns down
- 1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
- 1878 Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano
- 1878 Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
- 1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia
- 1890 John C Fremont declared Republic of California, dies at 76
- 1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game
- 1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
- 1898 SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens
- 1900 Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers.
- 1908 Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time.
- 1909 Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
- 1912 Leader of the Indian freedom movement and scholar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad brought out his noted Urdu news journal, al-Hilal.
- 1912 Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area at Yanco, NSW, is officially opened.
- 1913 First Commonewealth of Australian banknotes are circulated.
- 1914 Simone Pianetti's mass murder action in Camerata Cornello, Italy
- 1919 Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas
- 1919 The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- 1922 The France II, the world's largest sailing vessel, is wrecked off the coast of New Caledonia.
- 1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
- 1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
- 1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit
- 1936 112ø F (44ø C), Mio, Michigan (state record)
- 1936 114ø F (46ø C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. (state record)
- 1936 A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
- 1939 Appointment of RADM Richard Byrd as commanding officer of 1939-1941 Antarctic Expedition.
- 1941 World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
- 1942 World War II: German U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- 1943 During Battle of Kolombangara in Solomon Islands, U.S. lost USS Gwin. (DD-433) while Japanese lost light cruiser Jintsu.
- 1947 Visitor posting - Lee Michael Rogers born at Pontiac MI - USA
- 1948 The Coptic and Ethiopian Churches reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate.
- 1955 Ruth Ellis hung
- 1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president
- 1960 Visitor posting - G. Gipson blessed the world - USA
- 1961 Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86
- 1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th & last game at 43
- 1964 Visitor posting - Michael Joseph Reagan died in CT. - USA
- 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
- 1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
- 1973 Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
- 1973 Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
- 1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
- 1976 Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin
- 1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
- 1977 The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
- 1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
- 1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
- 1978 Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.
- 1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
- 1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
- 1982 John Alexander actor, dies at 85
- 1984 Visitor posting - Michael Joseph Reagan was born in CT. - USA
- 1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney
- 1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
- 1985 Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
- 1986 On the California - Mexico Border Region a 5.8 quake injured 29 people injured, one critically and at least 50 buildings damaged in the Newport Beach-San Diego area
- 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
- 1990 In the Hindu Kush Region a 7.8 earthquake killed at least 43 mountain climbers on Pik Lenina, USSR by an avalanche which was triggered by the earthquake
- 1993 Visitor posting - Krystal Duran is born :) - USA
- 1993 Germans hold farewell ceremony for Canadian troops after 42 years of NATO service.
- 1994 Visitor posting - Shawn landry was born on this day. - USA
- 1997 A 12-year-old Canberra girl is killed by a chunk of flying metal when the implosion to level the old Royal Canberra Hospital goes wrong.
- 1997 Visitor posting - Charlie Davis booooorn!!! I HAVE A GUINEA PIG CALLED SANDY C: - United Kingdom
- 1997 Visitor posting - daniel is born - USA
- 2002 A lightning strike sets off the Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km) when finally contained on September 5.
- 2005 Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.
- 2005 Visitor posting - July 13, 2005 Zachary, my 1st grandchild is born... - USA
- 2006 Visitor posting - Jaeden Leiann, my princess, was born - USA
- 2009 Visitor posting - Krista Kay Myrick's First kiss. - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - Jayden Amari was born - USA
- 2010 Visitor posting - Emily L Macedo was born in Mass - USA
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