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.

In August 23, 2010.

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...