Historical Events
1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
1756 – England and France meet in war
1916 – Congress creates US Naval Reserve
1953 – KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1965 – Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August
2014 – Riots break out in Guinea following rumours that health workers are deliberately transmitting the Ebola virus to locals
Famous Birthdays
1632 – John Locke, English empiricist philosopher; influential Enlightenment thinker and “Father of Liberalism” (Two Treatises of Government), born in Wrington, England (d. 1704)
1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer, born in Żnin, Poland (d. 1830)
1926 – Elizabeth “Betty” Lynn, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1957 – Pim Kops, Dutch rock musician (Dike, Bloedend Heart)
1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
1981 – Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), New Zealand actor, born in Auckland, New Zealand
Famous Deaths
1758 – Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal, dies at 56
1880 – Paul Octave Hébert, American Brigadier General and 14th Governor of Louisiana, dies at 61
1960 – Alexander Gauge, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46
1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher, dies at 77
1989 – Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer, dies at 79
2007 – Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)