1957 Ford Motor Co introduces the Edsel

1961 US authorizes Agency for International Development

1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It"

1964 Forth Road Bridge opens in England over the "Firth of Forth"

1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)

1964 The now-classic comedy, Gilligan's Island, debuts on CBS-TV.

1965 Albert Schweitzer, missionary-doctor, dies.

1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 3 weeks

1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200

1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single

1971 ABC-TV pulls the plug on The Lawrence Welk Show after 13 seasons.

1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)

1972 Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first person in history to win seven gold medals, winning the 400-meter relay at Munich, GVany.

1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC

1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship

1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)

1986 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange

1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY

1990 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186

1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, the last drive-in in NJ, closes

1995 The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing, China, with nearly 5,000 delegates from around the world in attendance. V

1997 Huron Central Railway, owned by Genessee Rail-One, takes over operation of the former CP line between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, Ont.

1997 RaiLink-Lakeland &Waterways takes over the former CN lines in northeastern Alberta from Boyle to Lynton, near Fort McMurray. Agreement was reached on 2 September, operation commenced on 4 September and formal transfer took place on November 24.

1934 At Nuremberg over 750,000 supporters attend the Nazi Party conference

1940 The 'Battle of Britain' begins, after Hitler threatens to raze British cities to the ground because British bombers attacked Munich

1892 The birth of Darius Milhaud, French composer and pianist

1934 The birth of Sir Nicholas Jackson, Composer

2007 Northeast Nicaragua takes a direct hit from Hurricane Felix. The hurricane was a strong Category 5 storm when it reached the coast.

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