President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon on this day in 1974.
It began on this day in 1941.
The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York on this day in 1664.
NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap" on this day in 1966. The show was canceled on September 2, 1969.
Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014)
Comic actor and writer Sid Caesar is best known for two pioneering 1950s live NBC television series: Your Show of Shows, which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar’s Hour, both influenced later generations of comedians.
The comedy team of Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded on this day in 1901 (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz (below). The American anarchist was executed the following October.
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Spencer) (July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997)
The concept of a self-service grocery store was developed by Clarence Saunders and his Piggly Wiggly stores. His first store (above) opened on this day in 1916.
Clarence Saunders (August 9, 1881 – September 23, 1953)
George Roger Waters is 74 years old today.
Roger Waters was the Bass player, composer, vocalist, and front man of the English rock band Pink Floyd, the group known for songs like "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." He was the chairman of the Cambridge Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at age fifteen. Waters helped compose the soundtrack to the 1970 documentary The Body.
Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal dispute with the remaining members over their use of the band’s name and material. They settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed with them again. As a member of Pink Floyd, Waters was inducted into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005
International sex symbol Raquel Welch appeared in One Million Years B.C. Her other films include 2001’s Legally Blonde and 1967’s The Oldest Profession. She performed ballet for ten years. In 1964, she debuted in A House is Not a Home.
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Filming for the 1972 movie took place in Portland, Oregon. Real life roller derby stars were used as extras.
Richard Norman Anderson(August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017)
Richard Anderson, the actor best known for costarring simultaneously in the popular 1970s television shows "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman," is dead. A family spokesman Jonathan Taylor told The Associated Anderson died of natural causes on Thursday.
Lee Majors (left) and Richard Anderson in “The Six Million Dollar Man”
On this day in 1944, Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation.
Captain Matthew Webb (above) swam from Dover, England, to Calais, France making him the first person to swim the English Channel on this day in 1875. The feat took about 22 hours.
Engraving depicting the completion of the ‘First Swim Across The English Channel”.
CaptainMatthew Webb (1848 – 1883)
It was on this day in 1985.
Kinsey died on this in 1956 at the age of 62. The cause of death was reported to be a heart ailment and pneumonia.
Sean Connery as agent Bond, James Bond.
Sir Thomas Sean Connery is 87 years old today.
Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery starred as secret agent 007 James Bond in seven films from 1962 to 1983, including Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger. He earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1987 gangster film The Untouchables and also played prominent roles in the films The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Rock (1996),and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) is 63 years old today.
Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello has contributed to the proto-new wave and punk movements with such songs as "Pump it Up" and "Allison." He released his debut album My Aim is True in 1976. His group Elvis Costello and the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
Leonard Bernstein(August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990)
Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
Bruce Springsteen‘s album "Born to Run" was released on this day in 1975.
Born to Run is the third studio album by singer-songwriterBruce Springsteen. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200 and eventually selling six million copies in the U.S. It has since been considered y critics to be one of the greatest albums in popular music.
