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 –
