1846 – Henry David Thoreau jailed for refusing to pay taxes.
1873 – “Field and Stream” begins publishing.
1901 – SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70.
1912 – 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925.
1932 – X Summer Olympic Games close in Los Angeles, USA.
1935 – Social Security Act becomes law.
1937 – Appalachian Trail is formally completed, traversing 2,000 miles and 14 US States, Georgia to Maine.
1945 – V-J Day, Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone)
1947 – Golfer Babe Didrikson gives up amateur status for $300,000.
1959 – First (American Football League) meeting is held in Chicago; charter memberships handed to Dallas, NY, Houston, Denver, LA and Minneapolis-St Paul; “AFL’ named following week.
1962 – US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass. robbed of more than $1.5 million.
1965 – Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” hits #1.
1974 – Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold.
1980 – Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter for president and Walter Mondale for vice president.
1988 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jeff Sluman wins his only major title by 3 shots from Paul Azinger.
1990 – Denver votes for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise.
1997 – Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death by Oklahoma Court of Appeals.
2010 – 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games opens in Singapore.
2015 – Most extensive face transplant surgery ever performed on Patrick Hardison by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at New York University, Langone Medical Center.
2018 – Pennsylvania grand jury alleges 300 “predator priests” abused over 1000 children over 30 years and Catholic leaders covered it up after 2-year investigation.
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