THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017

Today is Thursday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2017. There are 122 days left in the year.

1959 — Australia defeats U.S. for tennis’ Davis Cup

1960 — Agricultural Hall of Fame established

1962 — Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)

1965 — House of Reps joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop

1968 — 6,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in Iran

1968 — Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover

1969 — 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival

1970 — Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted