Aug 17 In Luzon, Philippine Islands a 6.5 quake killed 16 and 47 injured and extensive damage in the Pasuquin-Laoag-Batac and Serrat areas
Aug 19 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting
Aug 08 Militray coup in Guatemala
Aug 02 US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination
Aug 14 French troops deployed in Chad
Aug 02 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
Aug 18 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston andGalveston, Texas
Aug 17 Ira Gershwin lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills, Cal, at 86
Aug 06 Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
Aug 07 675,000 employees strike AT&T
Aug 30 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
Aug 30 Guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space
Aug 18 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
Aug 25 US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
Aug 04 Italy elects first socialist prime minister since 1946
Aug 28 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
Aug 28 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
Aug 01 US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination
Aug 07 First World Track & Field Championships
Aug 08 Jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV
Aug 30 Guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
Aug 01 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
Sep 07 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
Sep 09 Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player
Sep 09 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2)
