August 3rd 2000

The Republican Party nominates George W. Bush to run for president

August 4th 1944

Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis

August 5th 1970

U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail

August 6th 1965

Indian troops invade Pakistan

August 7th 1940

Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 cent 1856 British Guiana)

August 8th 1925

1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C.

August 9th 1942

Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” campaign by the All-India Congress

August 10th 1966

Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere and leaving it again

August 11th 1909

Liner “Arapahoe” is 1st ship to use SOS distress call

August 12th 1983

General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army

August 13th 1996

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0

August 14th 1947

India granted independence within British Commonwealth

August 15th 2011

The trial of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarek and sons, Alaa and Gamall is adjourned and merged with that of former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly

June 16th 1929

Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)

June 17th 1970

Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera

June 18th 1942

Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38 hours 21minutes

June 19th 1978

Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip

June 20th 1919

Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria

June 21st 1948

Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India

June 22nd 1989

Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines

June 23rd 1848

Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone

June 24th 1938

500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

June 25th 2009

Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson’s death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief

June 26th 1977

Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career

June 27th 2008

Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work

June 28th 1838

Britain’s Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey

June 29th 1916

Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time

June 30th 1994

U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life