- 1921] Not guilty: A jury in Chicago acquits several former members of the Chicago White Sox aka "Black Socks" and two others of conspiring to defraud the public by throwing the 1919 World Series (8/2)...
- 1943] PT-109: The PT-109 commanded by Lt. John Fitzgerald Kennedy sinks after being sheared in two by a Japanese destroyer off the Soloman Islands. JFK is credited with saving members of his crew (8/2)...
- 1964] "Happy Trails": Country singer Jim Reeves dies when the single-engine Beechcraft he was piloting goes down during a violent thunderstorm near his home in Nashville. His business partner and manager Dean Manuel is also killed. "Gentleman Jim" was just 40 (7/31)...2005] The rock journalist who introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles, Al Aronowitz passes away from cancer at 77 (8/1)...
- 1966] Tower Horror: Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, climbs the University of Texas tower in Austin and starts shooting. Before he's through, 15 lay dead, 31 wounded. Whitman was gunned down by Austin police (8/1)...
- 1973] Where were you in 62?: Better yet, where were you on August 1st when "American Graffiti" premiered? The movie makes stars of Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfuss, enhances the careers of Ron Howard, Cindy Williams and Wolfman Jack. Suzanne Somers debuts as the blond in the T-Bird (8/1)...
- 1976] Real Golden Gloves: The U.S. picks up 5 gold medals in boxing at the Montreal Olympics. Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, Leon Spinks, Howard Davis and Leo Randolph are the winners of the gold awards. Sugar Ray and Leon Spinks will become pro-boxing champions (7/31)...
- 1979] Oh Captain, my captain: Yankees captain, 31-year old catcher Thurman Munson dies when his private jet crashes near the Canton (OH) airport. The baseball world is stunned by his death (8/2)...
- 1986] Wedding Bells: John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal touch gloves and go to a neutral corner after saying "I do". Divorced in 1992, the couple will have 3 children together (8/1)...1994] Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announce (8/1) they were married 11 weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic. They divorce in January, 1996...
- 1992] Going to Hall: 'The Franchise' aka George Thomas Seaver of the Mets enters the MLB Hall of Fame (8/2) with the highest percentage (98.84%) of votes in HOF history...
- 1995] Sprouting mouse ears: The Walt Disney Co. agrees to buy Capital Cities - ABC Inc. for $15 billion (7/31)...For more on July 31 - August 2:
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