- 1906] Nipper sighting: The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden (NJ) begins to manufacture the Victrola. The hand-cranked machine with horn cabinet sold for $200, a bloody fortune in 1906 (8/22)...
- 1966] You say hello, they say goodbye: The Beatles play their final appearance in New York at Shea Stadium before a less-than sellout crowd of 44,600 (8/23)...
- 1966] With no limes available, Juan puts the bat in the coconut: Giants pitcher Juan Marichal hits Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with a bat during an on-field fight (8/22)...
- 1981] Guilty as charged: Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years-to-life for the murder of John Lennon (8/24). Earlier this week Chapman was once again denied parole...
- 1986] Blood Money: Kerr-McGee Corporation agrees to pay the estate of the late Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year old nuclear contamination lawsuit (8/22)...
- 1989] Banned from baseball: Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti bans Pete Rose permanently for betting on sports, including baseball as manager of the Reds (NBA ref Tim Donaghy takes notes)(8/24)...
- 2000] Surviving Survivor: 51-million viewers watch the first season finale of "Survivor" on CBS-TV. Contestant Richard Hatch wins the $1 million prize. His life spirals downhill after that (8/23)...
- 2002] Mowing down the crowd: New York publicist Lizzie Grubman pleads guilty in a hit-and-run crash that injures 16 outside a Hamptons nightclub (8/23)...
- 2003] Jailhouse justice: Former disgraced priest John Geoghan, the convicted child molester dies after an inmate attacks him in a Massachusetts prison (8/23)...
- 2006] Pluto is downsized: Pluto is no longer a planet after being demoted to a "dwarf planet". Dwarfs protest (8/24)...
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