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