Saturday History
Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 240th day of 2021 and the 70th day of summer.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1867, the United States took possession of Midway Atoll.
— In 1955, 14-year-old African American Emmett Till was murdered for flirting with a white woman in Money, Miss.
— In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom event in Washington, D.C.
— In 1968, protesters fought with police at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
— In 1996, Prince Charles and Princess Diana formally divorced.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), author; Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990), psychologist; Jack Kirby (1917-1994), writer/illustrator; Donald O’Connor (1925-2003), actor/performer; Ben Gazzara (1930-2012), actor; Lou Piniella (1943- ), baseball player/manager; Luis Guzman (1956- ), actor; David Fincher (1962- ), film director; Shania Twain (1965- ), singer-songwriter; Jack Black (1969- ), actor; LeAnn Rimes (1982- ), singer-songwriter; Armie Hammer (1986- ), actor.
TODAY’S FACT: The first issue of Scientific American was published on this day in 1845.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1977, Brazilian soccer superstar Pele played in his last competitive game, leading his New York Cosmos team to a win over the Seattle Sounders 2-1 for the National American Soccer League championship.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “I find it amoral if you’re making a movie where the problem is solved with a guy standing in the back of a pickup truck firing a machine gun at the bad guys. The morality of it is questionable because the repercussions of violence are incredibly far-reaching.” — David Fincher
TODAY’S NUMBER: 2.4 — square miles of land that makes up Midway Atoll.
TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (Aug. 22) and last quarter moon (Aug. 30).
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