1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captured forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company founded.
1908 – New York gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London.
1914 – Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal.
1925 – After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice. Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him.
1929 – Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight.
1944 – 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees.
1945 – General Douglas MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan.
1954 – San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
1958 – Air Force Academy’s permanent site opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1962 – US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba.
1965 – Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.
1977 – St Louis Cardinals’ Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb’s 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 during 4-3 loss to San Diego Padres win 4-3.
1982 – 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August.
1990 – Saddam Hussein declares America can’t beat Iraq.
1997 – Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hasting in Scotts Valley, California as an online DVD rental business.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina makes 2nd and 3rd landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle, kills more than 1,836, causes over $115 billion in damage.
2012 – The US Anti-Doping Agency claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.
2017 – Hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record (51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou) from a tropical cyclone in continental US, according to National Weather Service.
2018 – Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs NFL record contract extension with the Green Bay Packers; 4 years worth $134 million rising to a possible $180 million with a record $103 million in guarantees.
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