Historical Events
1785 – Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
1832 – The Black Hawk War ends.
1942 – German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers
1963 – Germany FR annexes Elten village
1982 – Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
1990 – Indians’ Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game
Famous Birthdays
1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
1871 – Oskar Fried, composer
1966 – Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
1971 – Julia Chilicki, Somers CT, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress (Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show)
1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks, English actress
Famous Deaths
1922 – Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72
1957 – Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59]
1973 – Walter Ulbricht, pres German DR, dies at 80
1987 – Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70
1987 – Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92
2006 – Iris Marion Young, American feminist and political scientist (b. 1949)
Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History