Page 7: Historical Events In August - 05

1966  Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march.   

1966  Austin Diamond, cricketer (Australian capt to America 1913), dies.   

1968  Luther Perkins American guitarist.   

1969  Mariner 7 flies past Mars.   

1971  Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74.   

1972  Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71   

1973  USSR launches Mars 6.   

1974  Joan Jett forms her rock group the Runaways.   

1976  Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88   

1977  Charles Carson, actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 87.   

1978  Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79.   

1981  Pres Regan fires 11500 air traffic controllers on strike.   

1982  Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72   

1983  Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66.   

1984  Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66.   

1985  Flexible-wing glider altitude record set   

1985  Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67   

1987  Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer, dies at 79.   

1988  Mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering.   

1989  Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68   

1990  Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies   

1991  Sergei Bubka of USSR sets pole vault record in Malmo Sweden   

1991  Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82   

1992  Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38   

1994  Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39   

1995  Agha Hasan Abedi, banker, dies at 73.   

1996  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician, dies at 72   

1997  Don Steele, LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of cancer at 61.   

2000  Sir Alec Guinness, revered as one of Britain's most versatile actors, dies at 86   

2011  Juno, the inaugural solar-powered spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.   

2011  NASA announces that its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured photographic evidence of possible liquid water on Mars during warm seasons.   

2011  Svalbard Polar Bear Attack (2011).   

2012  Gunman opens fire on Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin killing six people and committing suicide   

2013  160 people are killed by flash floods across Afghanistan and Pakistan.   

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1301  Edmund of woodstock: 1st earl of kent, english politician   

1397  Guillaume dufay: Franco-flemish composer and theorist   

1461  Alexander jagiellon: Grand duke of lithuania   

1540  Joseph justice scaliger: Proposed julian dating   

1604  John eliot: "apostle to indians," bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp friedrich boddecker: Composer   

1623  Antonio cesti: Composer   

1624  William: Jamestown va, 1st black child born in english america   

0882  King louis iii of france: King louis iii of france (b. 863)   

1063  Gruffydd ap llywelyn: King of gwynedd   

1157  Dirk vi: Count of holland,   

1364  Emperor kogon of japan: Emperor kogon of japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac luria: Palestinian-born kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Stanislaus hosius: Polish catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Alonso garcía de ramón: Spanish soldier and twice royal governor of chile   

1644  Death of J henry alting: Theologist (statenvertaling),