1693 - NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
1758 - English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
1777 - Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
1796 - US State Dept issues 1st American passport
1797 - 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1800 - Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
1835 - Liberty Bell cracks (again)
1849 - St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
1862 - Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
1870 - Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
1870 - Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
1876 - White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
1889 - Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1892 - American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
1896 - William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
1897 - Harbor Hospital formally opens
1898 - US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1905 - Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
1907 - Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof
1911 - Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1919 - President Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
1923 - Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
1932 - Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
1933 - Public Works Administration becomes effective
1947 - Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
1950 - General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
1950 - Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
1953 - US stops aid to Persia
1956 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1963 - US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1969 - Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
1969 - US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
1975 - President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres
1977 - Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1981 - Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1986 - Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
1987 - Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1994 - Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson

1898 - Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1900 - 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
1902 - John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
1909 - 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
1912 - Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
1918 - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to
1928 - Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
1935 - 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1941 - 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1946 - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1947 - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1949 - Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
1951 - Yankee Joe DiMaggio & manager Casey Stengel feud
1952 - 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1957 - Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
1958 - 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1963 - Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland
1965 - Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1970 - SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1973 - NY Mets are 12.5 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1974 - Yankee shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
1976 - Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1980 - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
1980 - All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cincinnati Reds)
1982 - Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
1985 - Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Reds
1988 - Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
1990 - Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
1990 - Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1991 - Pittsburgh Pirate President Carl Barger becomes 1st president of Florida Marlins
1992 - Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
1997 - 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland

1956 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
1973 - Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
1979 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1984 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1990 - Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic

1805 - American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
1889 - John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)

1954 - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1988 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988 - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1994 - Whitney Houston suffers a miscarriage

1966 - US airline strike (until Aug 19th)

1816 - Frost in Waltham, MA
1891 - 61 deg F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
1950 - 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)

1961 - Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1975 - Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated

1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1986 - NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
1994 - Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches

1551 - Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
1891 - Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
1972 - English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)

1943 - 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
1943 - British air raid sinks U-232
1943 - NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
1943 - US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
1944 - British troops march into Caen
1944 - Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan

1861 - CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
1861 - Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed

1776 - Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
1778 - George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army

1982 - Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
1988 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1991 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed

1528 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
1545 - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
1574 - Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
1604 - Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1637 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1638 - Matteo Coferati, composer
1757 - Richard Wainwright, composer
1809 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
1819 - Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1819 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
1821 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1824 - Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1829 - Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles)
1839 - John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)
1844 - Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
1851 - Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
1857 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer
1869 - William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
1870 - Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
1871 - Clement Harris, composer
1871 - Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1882 - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
1882 - Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
1885 - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
1885 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher
1889 - Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
1890 - W Hasenvlever, writer
1891 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
1891 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
1892 - Richard Aldington, writer
1893 - Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
1894 - Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
1895 - Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
1898 - Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
1898 - Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
1899 - David Eli Lilienthal, US govt organizer (Wisconsin)
1900 - George Antheil, Trenton New Jersey, composer (Airplane Sonata)
1901 - Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
1904 - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
1906 - Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect
1907 - George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
1907 - Kishio Hirao, composer
1908 - Louis Jordan, Arkansas, alto saxman (Caldonia)
1908 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-New York) 41st VP (1974-77)
1909 - Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
1910 - Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
1911 - Gertrude Niesen, New York, actress (Start Cheering)
1911 - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
1912 - Jacques Stehman, composer
1913 - Walter Kerr, New York drama critic (Sad Clowns)
1914 - Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love)
1915 - Charles Hard Townes, Greenville South Carolina, physicist (developed lasers)
1917 - Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
1917 - Glenn Langan, Denver Colorado, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
1917 - Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett)
1918 - Craig Stevens, Liberty Missouri, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
1919 - Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
1920 - Dolph Sweet, New York City, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
1923 - Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
1926 - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator
1926 - John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
1927 - Carlo Franci, composer
1928 - Carol Henry, Newark New Jersey, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
1928 - Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
1929 - Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
1930 - Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
1931 - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], New York City, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
1931 - Louis Ballard, composer
1931 - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills New York, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
1933 - Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
1935 - John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
1935 - Steve Lawrence, Brooklyn, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
1935 - Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
1936 - Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
1937 - Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
1938 - Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
1940 - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
1942 - Chuck Negron, Bronx New York, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1942 - Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
1942 - Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
1943 - Faye Wattleton, St Louis Missouri, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
1944 - Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, SF California, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
1946 - Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (New York Ballet Co)
1948 - Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
1948 - Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga)
1951 - Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
1951 - Anjelica Huston, Los Angeles California, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1951 - Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
1952 - Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 - Jonathan Segal, New York City, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
1956 - Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno California, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
1957 - Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
1958 - Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It)
1958 - Fred Young, Glasgow Kentucky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1958 - Kevin Bacon, Phila Pennsylvania, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
1960 - Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
1960 - Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
1960 - Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
1962 - Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1962 - Rob Burnett, North Caldwell New Jersey, head writer (David Letterman)
1963 - Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach California, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
1963 - Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1963 - Pablo Magallon, jockey
1964 - Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1964 - Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda New York, Miss New York-America (1991)
1965 - Corey Parker, New York City, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
1967 - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
1968 - C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 - Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1968 - Michael Weatherly, New York City, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
1968 - Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1969 - Bobby Ayala, Oxnard California, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 - Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
1969 - Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1969 - Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach California, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
1969 - Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
1970 - Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1970 - Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1970 - Todd Martin, Hinsdale Illinois, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
1971 - Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Wendy Benson, New York City, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1972 - Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
1972 - Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972 - Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
1972 - Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles)
1973 - Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 - Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1976 - Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1976 - Staci Wilson, Livingston New Jersey, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1992 - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks