FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024

On this day...

1786-First ascent of Mt. Blanc

1803 -First horses arrive in Hawaii

1849-Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia

1854-Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"

1893-First U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY

1942-British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi

1945-U.S. drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki

1965-Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)

1970-Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes

1974-Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres

1981-Six English lifeguards set relay swim record the English Channel (7:17)

11990-Twelve Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia

1992-25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain