- 1954] Oh Carol: Hurricane Carol hits the northeast killing nearly 70 (60 in New England alone) and resulting in millions of dollars in damage (8/31)...
- 1963] Hotline: The hotline communications line between Washington and Moscow goes into operation. This was the second most important hotline after the Drake batphone (8/29)...
- 1965] Case Closed: 75-year old Mets manager Casey Stengel retires after a 56-year career (8/29)...
- 1967] Curtains: Dr. Richard Kimble bows out. The last episode of "The Fugitive" draws 72% of the TV audience as Kimble is freed in a wild water tower chase where Lt. Philip Gerard kills the one-armed guy who was about to kill the good doctor. A witness agrees to testify that the one-armed dude killed the wife of Kimble (8/29)...
- 1969] Rocky is gone: Undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano dies in a light plane crash in Iowa, the day before his 46th birthday. Rocky is the only undefeated heavyweight champ in history (8/31)...
- 1985] A Titanic sighting: The real Titanic is found by a joint U.S.-French expedition. The sight of the sinking is 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of Newfoundland (9/1)...
- 1997] Death of a Princess: This was the day that Princess Diana meets her death in that tragic crash in a French tunnel. The world mourns the 36-year old Diana (8/31)...
- 1989] "Happy Trails": Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack at 51 (9/1)...2002] The legendary Lionel Hampton dies from cardiac arrest at 94 (8/31)...2006] Following a series of strokes, veteran actor Glenn Ford passes away at 90 (8/30)...
- 2002] Guilty as charged: Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is sentenced to 20 years-to-life for bludgeoning his then teenage neighbor in 1977 - Martha Moxley. His attorneys keep appealing the ruling every year to no avail (8/29)...
- 2005] Katrina the Killer: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall along the Louisiana coast, overwhelming the levees protecting New Orleans. The massive flooding takes more than 1,500 lives (8/29)...
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