1786 ― First ascent of Mt. Blanc
1790 ― Columbia becomes first U.S. flagged ship to voyage around the world
1803 ― First horses arrive in Hawaii
1831 ― First U.S. steam engine train runs (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1842 ― U.S.-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1849 ― Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia
1854 ― Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1942 ― British arrest 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)
1969 ― Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1988 ― Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888