TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021

1842-U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress

1887-Thomas Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)

1889-Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" (BG)

1903-Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of the month

1919-Communist Labor Party of America formed in Chicago

1935-FDR signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents

1954-Census Bureau established

1955-First microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)

1972 Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics

1973-First heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)

1985-"Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill

1986-Soviet passenger ship Adm. Nakhimov, collides with a merchant vessel