Events in History! July-August

1	1898	Teddy Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
	1943	1st withholding tax from paychecks.
	1961	Lady Diane Spencer (Princess Di) consort of England, birthday.
	1971	Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?).
	1991	Michael Landon actor (Bonanza), dies at 54 from cancer.
2	1955	"Lawrence Welk Show" premiers on ABC.
	1956	Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" & "Don't Be Cruel".
3	1958	"The Andy Williams Show" premiers on ABC (later on CBS & NBC).
	1971	Jim Morrison rocker (Doors), dies of heart failure in Paris.
	1989	The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days).
	1991	Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring.
4	1776	Declaration of Independence-US gains independence from Britain.
5	1841	Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency.
	1946	Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show.
6	1946	Sylvester Stallone NYC, birthday, actor/director (Rocky, Rambo, Cobra).
	1958	Alaska becomes the 49th state.
7	1891	Travelers cheque patented.
	1930	Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam.
	1937	Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II.
8	1969	US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam.
9	1956	Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand.
	1980	Walt Disney's "The Fox & The Hound" released.
10	1892	1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio).
	1989	Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81.
11	1798	US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress.
12	1957	1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower.
	1970	Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky.
13	1976	Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct).
14	1868	Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct.
	1975	EPCOT Center (Florida) plans announced.
	1987	Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million.
15	1929	1st airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca.
	1968	"One Life to Live" premieres on TV.
16	1969	Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on the Moon, launched.
	1981	Harry Chapin dies at 39, of a heart attack when his car is rear-ended.
	1999	John F. Kennedy Jr. dies at age 38, in small plane crash near Hyannis Port.
17	1955	Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County.
	1967	Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act.
18	1940	1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct.
19	1969	Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
20	1947	Carlos Santana birthday, Mexico, musician (Santana-Black Magic Woman).
	1969	1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11.
21	1873	Jesse James, 1st train robbery.
	1969	Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT).
22	1934	John Dillinger shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago.
	1991	Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978.
23	1925	NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers.
24	1862	Martin Van Buren 8th pres, dies in Kinderhook NY.
	1969	Apollo 11 returns to Earth.
	1979	Archie Duncan actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65.
	1980	Peter Sellers dies at 54.
25	1944	1st jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262).
26	1863	Sam Houston president of Texas, dies at 70.
	1943	Mick Jagger birthday, Rolling Stones, never gathers moss.
27	1990	Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop.
28	1933	1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC.
	1945	US Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die.
	1951	Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released.
	1977	1st oil flow through the Alaska pipeline.
29	1928	Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released.
	1981	Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer.
	1983	"Friday Night Videos" premiers on NBC TV.
30	1863	Henry Ford birthday, Dearborn Township, Mich, auto maker (Ford).
	1947	Arnold Schwarzenegger birthday, Austria, body builder (Terminator).
	1948	Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont).
	1956	US motto "In God We Trust" authorized.
31	1875	Andrew Johnson 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66.
	1922	18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn).

August on this day...
Day	Year	Event
1	1831	London Bridge opens.
	1960	Chubby Checker releases "The Twist".
	1981	MTV premiers at 12:01 AM.
2	1876	Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's.
	1909	1st Lincoln head pennies minted.
	1990	Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait.
3	1949	Basketball Assoc of America & National Basketball League merge to form the National Basketball Association.
	1966	Lenny Bruce comedian, dies of a morphine overdose.
	1977	Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered.
	1981	Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike.
	1983	Carolyn Jones actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies at 54 of cancer.
4	1830	Plans for the city of Chicago laid out.
	1892	Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass.
	1916	US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
5	1914	1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave. & E. 105th St, Cleveland).
	1924	Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts.
	1945	Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan).
	1962	Marilyn Monroe found dead at 36 of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose.
	1962	Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Africa.
	1964	US begins bombing North Vietnam.
	1981	Pres Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago.
	1984	Richard Burton actor (Cleopatra), dies at 58 of cerebral hemorrhage.
6	1962	Jamaica gains independence from Britain.
7	1957	Oliver Hardy comedian of Laurel & Hardy, dies at 65.
	1983	Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T.
8	1974	Pres Richard M Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12PM 08/09.
	1988	Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC.
9	1930	Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes.
	1945	US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki.
	1969	Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders.
	1974	Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres.
	1975	1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7.
10	1945	Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged.
	1948	Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC.
	1977	Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer.
11	1866	World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI).
	1934	1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay.
12	1972	Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.
	1982	Henry Fonda actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 77 from heart disease.
13	1907	1st taxicab (NYC).
	1961	Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day).
	1977	1st test glide of the shuttle.
14	1958	Gladys L Presley mom of Elvis, dies at 46.
15	1935	Wiley Post & Will Rogers killed in plane crash in Alaska.
	1939	"Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood.
	1969	Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm).
16	1898	Roller coaster patented.
	1948	Babe Ruth Baseball legend, dies in NY at 53.
	1954	Sports Illustrated publishes it's 1st issue.
	1977	Elvis Presley dies of heart ailment at Graceland at 42.
	1984	LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges.
17	1962	Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr.
18	1988	Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million.
19	1888	1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins.
20	1896	Dial telephone patented.
	1955	1st airplane to exceed 1,800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale Ca.
21	1959	Hawaii becomes 50th US state.
22	1902	Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car.
	1911	Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre.
23	1904	Automobile tire chain patented.
	1926	Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina D'Antonguolla (Rudolph Valentino), silent movie idol, dies in NY at 31.
24	1853	1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY).
	1869	Waffle iron invented.
	1989	Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life, for gambling.
	1998	EG Marshall actor - "The Defenders", "Nixon", "Absolute Power", dies at 88.
25	1789	Mary Ball Washington mother of George, dies.
	1981	Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years.
26	1974	Charles Lindbergh dies at 72 in his Hawaiian home.
27	1990	Stevie Ray Vaughan blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35.
28	1907	United Parcel Service (UPS) begins service, in Seattle.
	1963	Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial.
	1981	National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men.
29	1964	Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released.
	1966	Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF).
	1967	Final TV episode of "The Fugitive".
	1987	Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, Ariz at 63.
30	1976	Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.
31	1997	Princess Diana killed in car crash in Paris.