Terrance Stanley Fox(cross-country runner, Canadian hero)–
Queen Modjadji V(the rain queen” of South Africa’s Lobedu tribe”)–
Billy Mays(popular TV pitchman)–
Meshach Taylor(actor)–
Born
Henry VIII( King of England)–
Peter Paul Rubens(painter)–
Jean-Jacques Rousseau(philosopher)–
Richard Rodgers(composer)–
Mel Brooks(director & actor)–
Pat Morita(actor)–
Gilda Radner(actress)–
Kathy Bates(actress)–
John Elway(football player)–
Mary Stuart Masterson(actress)–
John Cusack(actor)–
Events
Molly Pitcher took her mortally wounded husband’s place at a cannon at the Battle of Monmouth, NJ. As a recognition of her heroism, the valiant woman was commissioned a sergeant by General George Washington–
Cholera epidemic began in N.Y.C.–
Labor Day became an official U.S. holiday–
The Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending WW I–
First Corvette car assembled–
Israel annexed East Jerusalem–
The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities–
7.3 earthquake shook Landers, California–
A brief 4.5 earthquake struck the Midwest rattling windows and awakening sleeping residents from Wisconsin south to Missouri and from Indiana west to Iowa–
Pope Benedict XVI waived the five year waiting period for a cause for beatification to be opened and the official process for beatification of Pope John Paul II began in the Diocese of Rome–
Weather
Laughlin, Nevada, reached 124 degrees F–
Tornado tossed tractor 1.5 miles in Camp Crook, South Dakota–
