Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay), 1854
Shays Rebellion, 1786
Richard Kimble caught Fred Johnson, the one-armed man, 1967
John the Baptist beheaded, 29
Lou Brock passed Ty Cobb’s career stolen base record, 1977
Cleopatra bitten by an asp, -30
Beatles played at Candlestick Park (last public concert), 1966
Ingrid Bergman, actress, died, 1982
Gemini-5 returned to earth (Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad), 1965
Chop Suey invented (New York), 1896
Soviet parliament suspended all activities of the Communist Party, 1991
Second Battle of Bull Run began, 1862
Samuel I. Newhouse, “America’s most profitable publisher”, died, 1979
Edmond Hoyle, rules expert, died, 1769
Tariff to prevent importation of obscene pictures and literature enacted, 1842
First Soviet atomic bomb exploded, 1949
Star in Cygnus was observed to go nova and became fourth brightest in sky, 1975
Brigham Young, Mormon church leader, died, 1877
Rev. William Archibald Spooner, coined phrases like “swell foop,” died, 1930
Lowell Thomas, radio news announcer, died, 1981
“Clasp-locker” patented (developed into the zipper) (Whitcomb L. Judson), 1893
Atahualpa, last of the Inca rulers, strangled, 1533
Senator Strom Thurmond ended a filibuster after talking for more than 24 hours, 1957
Eamon de Valera, Irish independence figure, died, 1975