Today is Tuesday, August 9, the 223rd day of 2016. There are 143 days left in the year.
378 ― Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
480 ― BC Persia defeats Spartan king Leonidas at Thermopylae
1638 ― Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in the Bronx
1673 ― Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
1778 ― Capt Cook passes through Bering Strait
1786 ― 1st ascent of Mt Blanc
1790 ― Columbia becomes 1st US flagged ship to voyage around the world
1803 ― 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1829 ― “Stourbridge Lion” locomotive goes into service
1831 ― 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1842 ― US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1848 ― Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party nominating Martin Van Buren for president
1849 ― Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 ― Henry David Thoreau publishes “Walden”
1855 ― Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1862 ― Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed
1893 ― 1st US bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in NY
1902 ― Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria
1923 ― NY State Golf Assoc formed
1925 ― Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
1930 ― Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1936 ― Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics
1942 ― British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K Gandhi
1945 ― US drops 2nd atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1946 ― 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
1956 ― 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
1956 ― South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1960 ― Race riot in Jacksonville Florida
1961 ― James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
1963 ― Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premiers
1964 ― Bunning continues pitching perfectly to the NY Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
1965 ― Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)
1969 ― Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1970 ― Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1971 ― Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
1972 ― Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle
1973 ― Henry McCullough & Denny Seiwell quit Wings
1973 ― USSR launches Mars 7
1974 ― Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres
1975 ― 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
1976 ― Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits LA Dodgers, 2-0
1976 ― USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1977 ― NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs
1978 ― Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7
1981 ― 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record the English Channel (7:17)
1981 ― NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1984 ― Daley Thomas of Britain sets the decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal
1984 ― STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to the launch pad
1987 ― LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
1988 ― Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1988 ― Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions
1988 ― Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
1990 ― 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1992 ― 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain