• 1754 – France’s King Louis XVI was born at Versailles
• 1775 – Britain’s King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion
• 1926 – Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31
• 1939 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty
• 1970 – Lou Reed plays his last show with the Velvet Underground
• 1999 – NYC reported first cases of West Nile Virus
• 2010 – Police ended the hostage crisis on a tour bus in Manila, Philippines

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