On this day :

2005 Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast, 1779 Battle of Chemung or Newtown New York, 1876 Charles F Kettering inventor of electric selfstarter is born, 1862 North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run, 1950 State Department official discusses captive populations, 2007 Hero security guard wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies, 1960 Hurricane Donna is born, 2005 Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on Gulf Coast, 1533 Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor, 1949 Soviets explode atomic bomb, 1968 Humphrey nominated in Chicago, 1975 Eamon de Valera dies, 1982 Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday, 1962 Robert Frost leaves for a goodwill tour of USSR, 1958 Michael Jackson is born, 1987 La Bamba is a 1 hit for Los Lobos and posthumously Ritchie Valens, 1911 Ishi discovered in California, 1945 Truman orders Navy to seize control of petroleum refineries, 2004 Marathoner assaulted at Olympics, 1964 Khanh steps down, 1971 President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly, 1972 Nixon announces another troop reduction, 1914 Women join British war effort, 1942 Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for US POWs,