As we await Autumn having her baby, maybe she'll have it today August 19, the 231 day of the year, and thank good we don't have to wait for134 days until the New Year.
43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
1389 - King Richard II of England surrenders to his cousin Henry
1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.
1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
1895 - Constable John Selman killed the notorious John Wesley Hardin in a gunfight in an El Paso's Acme Saloon. Selman had been hired by Hardin to assassinate Martin Morose.
1942 - Bill Clinton was born
1909 - the first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
1960 - U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage after his plane was shot down over USSR
1967 - The Beatles single "All You Need Is Love" hit #1 in the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=s-pFAFsTFTI
1977 - Groucho Marx died in Los Angeles at age 86.
[video=youtube;n4zRe_wvJw8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=n4zRe_wvJw8[/video]
1979 - "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=g1T71PGd-J0
2004 - The Internet search engine Google went public.