1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1862 – US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation.
1896 – Chop Suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1916 – Congress creates US Naval Reserve.
1929 – Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight.
1932 – United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops.
1945 – Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan.
1957 – Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights.
1958 – US Air Force Academy’s permanent site opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1962 – US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba.
1965 – Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.
1968 – Democrats nominate Hubert H. Humphrey for US President (Chicago)
1982 – 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August.
1982 – Steve Miller’s “Abracadabra” hits #1.
1985 – NY Yankee Don Baylor is hit by pitch for a record 190th time.
1990 – Saddam Hussein declares America can’t beat Iraq.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina makes its 2nd landfall as a category 3 hurricane devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle, kills more than 1,836 and causes over $115 billion in damage.
2017 – Hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record (51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou) from a tropical cyclone in continental US, according to US National Weather Service.
2017 – US President Donald Trump visits flood affected Texas.