Also on Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.

A personal side note- On Aug. 8, 1975 My brother and I removed my father's evening newspaper from is box and replaced it with a year old of the same. He pulled into the driveway as usual, stopping at the mail/newspaper box. We watch intently as he proceeded with his evening routine. I think by the time he sat down and started reading we were both chuckling. But curiously he read and read as if it was all normal. Finally he quickly flipped back to the front page and loudly said "Hey! What the hell going on here!" Of course by that point my brother and I were nearly rolling on the floor. One of us asked "why did it take you 20mins to realize it was a year old, didn't the big headline "Nixon Resigns" on the front page give it away? He said "well I thought all that was just pointing out it's a year today, it been on the radio all day... but when I got to the car ads I knew those prices weren't right." I gotta give it to my old man he could have told you within a couple dollars what the coast of a Chevy Nova (a long list of other makes and models) should have been.

On Aug. 9, 1945, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing an estimated 39,000 people. The explosion came three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

On August 9, 1964, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed on stage together for the first time...

On August 10, 1972, Paul and Linda McCartney were arrested for drug possession after a concert in Gothenburg Sweden. Paul was fined $1,000 and Linda $200...

Also on Aug. 10, 1977, David Berkowitz, the suspect in the "Son of Sam" murders, was arrested.

On Aug. 11, 1965, deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

On that same day in 1965, the Beatles' movie "Help!" premiered in the New York...

On August 12, 1967, Fleetwood Mac made their stage debut in Great Britain at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival...

On Aug. 13, 1961, Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city's eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees.

And Awww! it's Friday the 13th!!!! Run! It's Jason!!!!

On Aug. 14, 1945, President Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.

8/14/1900: International forces,including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, aimed at purging China of foreign influence.

On Aug , 15th, 1935- Humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.

On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

On August 17th, 1969 Hurricane Camille slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.

Also on August 17, 1969, after three days, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in New York came to an end...

On August 18, 1973, the Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" was released...

Also on Aug. 18, 1963, James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi

On Aug. 19, 1934, Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.

Also on August 19, 1973, Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson were married...

On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the ''Prague Spring'' liberalization drive of Alexander Dubcek's regime.

Also on August 20, 1969, Frank Zappa disbanded the Mothers of Invention right after an eight-day tour in Canada. Zappa said that he was "tired of playing for people who clap for all the wrong reasons..."

On August 21, 1980, Linda Rondstadt made her debut on Broadway. The production was Gilber & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance..."

Also on Aug. 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.

On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile in public.

Also on August 22, 1906, the Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, NJ, began to manufacture the Victrola. The hand-cranked unit, with horn cabinet, sold for $200...

On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.

Also on August 23, 1993, the Los Angeles Police Department formally announced that Michael Jackson was the subject of a criminal investigation...

August 23 1914, Japan declares war on Germany

Also...August 23 1541, Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

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On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida, causing record damage; 55 deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.

Also on August 24, 1969, Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" premiered in both New York and Los Angeles...

On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation

Also on August 25, 1970, Emerson, Lake and Palmer made their world debut at Plymouth Guild Hall in Plymouth, England...

On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, was declared in effect.

On AUgust 26, 1987, Sonny Bono announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, CA. He won the election...

On Aug. 27, 1962, the United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe, which flew past Venus the following December.

Also on August 27, 1965, Elvis Presley played host to the Beatles at his home in Bel-Air, CA...

On August 28th, 1955- Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Miss., by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. He was found murdered three days later.

Also on August 28, 1967, the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who had been struck by a car in San Francisco, CA...

On August 29, 1977, 3 people were arrested in Memphis after trying to steal Elvis' body. As a result his body was moved to Graceland...

Also on August 29th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans.

On Aug. 30, 1991, the Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution

Also on August 30, 1968, the Beatles' "Hey Jude" was released...

On August 31, 1888- Mary Ann Nichols, a prostitute, was found murdered in London's East End. She is generally regarded as the first victim of Jack the Ripper.

Also on August 31, 1969, Bob Dylan made his first paid appearance at England's Isle of Wight Pop Festival since his motorcycle accident three years earlier...

On Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland starting WWII.

Also on September 1, 1956, Elvis Presley shared his success with his family by purchasing his mother a pink Cadillac...

On Sept. 2nd, Japan surrenders ending WWII

Also on September 2, 1965, the Rolling Stones appeared on the British TV show "Ready Steady Go!" Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham performed a parody of Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe..."

On Sept. 3, 1976, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, color photographs of the planet's surface.

Also on September 3, 1955, Bill Haley & the Comets refused their first offer to tour outside the U.S. because of a fear of flying...

On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.

Also on September 4, 1959, "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin was banned by a radio station in New York City...

On September 5, 1964, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" by Manfred Mann's was released...

Also on Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team at the summer games in Munich; 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, five terrorists and a police officer were killed.

On Sept. 6, 1901, President William B. McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.

Also on September 6, 1963, Jerry Lee Lewis' contract with Sun Records expired...

The first "Prize Fight" was broadcast on the radio...1920.

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On Sept. 7, 1940, the German air force began its blitz on London during World War II.

Also on September 7, 1978, Keith Moon, drummer for The Who, died in London after overdosing on Hemenephirin at the age of 31. He was taking the prescription drug to help him with alcohol. He was replaced in The Who by Kenney Jones (from the Faces)...

On Sept. 8, 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.

Also on September 8, 1988, Elton John sold some of his costumes and concert memorabilia at an auction in London for $6.2 million...

On Sept. 9th, 1850- California became the 31st state of the union.

Also on September 9, 1956, Elvis Presley made his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show "Toast of the Town." He was shot from just the waist up during the performance. Elvis would make a total of three appearances on the show...

On September 10, 1966, the Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show..."

Also on Sept. 10, 1919, New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I

On September 11, 1968, Larry Graham, of Sly and the Family Stone, was arrested for possession of cannabis. The groups TV appearance and hotel reservations were canceled as a result...

Also on Sept. 11th, 1941- Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the United States into World War II.

On Sept. 12th, 1959- "Bonanza" premiered on NBC.

Also on September 12, 1970, "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor was released. It was his first single...

On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

Also on September 13, 1969, the Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival Festival took place...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.

Also on September 14, 1969, Genesis played their first gig for money in Surrey, England, at a cottage owned by a Sunday school teacher...

On Sept. 15th, 1978- boxer Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing title for the third time in his career, the first fighter ever to do so

Also on September 15, 1979, Bob Dylan released the album "Slow Train Coming." It was his first religiously themed album...

Sept 15 1835.......

Charles Darwin arrives in the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle.


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Sept 16th 1977, 29-year-old former T Rex singer Marc Bolan was killed instantly when the car driven by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes, London. Miss Jones broke her jaw in the accident. The couple were on the way to Bolan's home in Richmond after a night out at a Mayfair restaurant. A local man who witnessed the crash said, 'When I arrived a girl was lying on the bonnet and a man with long dark curly hair was stretched out in the road - there was a hell of a mess.'

Also on Sept. 16, 1810- Mexican War of Independence begins

Also on September 16, 1970, Jimi Hendrix made his final public appearance. He appeared with Eric Burdon and War at a club in London. The opening performance was Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra..."

On September 17, 1967, the Doors appear on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and performed "Light My Fire" and "People Are Strange..."

Also on Sept. 17, 1862, Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War battle of Antietam. With 23,100 killed, wounded or captured, it remains the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.

1920 ... the American Profesional Football Association is formed...now the NFL !

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On September 18, 1969, Tiny Tim announced on "The Tonight Show" to Johnny Carson his engagement to Miss Vicki Budinger. Carson asked the two to be married on the show. They made TV history with the wedding on December 17, 1969...

Also on Sept. 18, 1947, the National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force, went into effect.

On Sept. 19, 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin.

Also on September 19, 1968, Steppenwolf won its first gold record for "Born to be Wild..."

On September 20, 1970, Jim Morrison was found guilty, in Miami, FL, of indecent exposure and profanity. He was acquitted on charges of "lewd and lascivious" behavior. The charges were related to a performance by the Doors...

On September 21, 1989, the Bangles broke up...

Also on Sept. 21, 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.

On September 22, 1965, The Who began a short tour in Scandinavia. Roger Daltry punched Keith Moon during the event...

Also on Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.

On september 23, 1969, it was reported by "The London Daily Mirror" that Paul McCartney was dead. It was the first time the rumor was printed...

Also on Sept. 23, 1952, Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the ``Checkers'' speech as he denied allegations of improper campaign financing.

On September 24, 1977, the first Elvis Presley convention took place in Memphis, TN...

Also on Sept. 24th, 1968- "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS.

On September 25, 1980, John "Bonzo" Bonham, of Led Zeppelin, died of asphyxiation on his own vomit due to consumption of alcohol. The group decided to disband when they determined that their drummer cannot be replaced..

Also on Sept. 25, 1957, with 300 United States Army troops standing guard, nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, days after unruly white crowds had forced them to withdraw

On September 26, 1969, the Fillmore West opened in San Francisco, CA...

On Sept. 27th, 1954- "Tonight!" hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.