- 1876] Curtains: Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn (MT). And yes, this was known as "Custer's Last Stand"...
- 1950] War, what is it good for - absolutely nothing: Across the 38th parallel: War breaks out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the communist North invade the South...
- 1968] Talkin' Baseball: Bobby Bonds (father of you-know-who) becomes the 1st major leaguer to debut with a grand-slam home run...
- 1970] Beep It!: The FCC makes it illegal for radio stations to put telephone callers on the air without the permission of the person being called. A beep was then installed on the phone for that purpose...
- 1973] Ratted out: White House Counsel John Dean admits that President Nixon took part in the Watergate cover-up...
- 1985] Two and a half men: ABC-TV's "Monday Night Football" announces a new line-up in the booth: Frank Gifford, Joe Namath and O.J. Simpson. The worst play-by-pay team ever...
- 1993] Curtains: The last original "Late Night With David Letterman" airs on NBC-TV with guest Tom Hanks. Re-runs follow until September. On August 30th, Letterman takes his show to CBS-TV where he is now...
- 1996] Death in the desert: A truck bomb kills 19 Americans and injures hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia...
- 1997] "Happy Trails": Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau dies of a heart attack at 87...
- 2005] Trouble in Tehran: Hardline Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared the winner of Iran's presidential runoff election...
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