TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1, the 213th day of 2018. There are 152 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.
In 1714, Britain’s Queen Anne died at age 49; she was succeeded by George I.
In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state.
In 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to receive a U.S. pilot’s certificate from the Aero Club of America.
In 1936, the Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.
In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
In 1975, a 35-nation summit in Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security and human rights.
In 1981, the rock music video channel MTV made its debut.
In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they’d been secretly married 11 weeks earlier.
In 2001, Pro Bowl tackle Korey Stringer, 27, died of heatstroke after collapsing at the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp on the hottest day of the year.
In 2007, the eight-lane I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is 87. Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., is 81. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams is 68. Blues singer-musician Robert Cray is 65. Singer Michael Penn is 60. Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) is 59. Rock singermusician Suzi Gardner (L7) and rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy) are 58. Actor Jesse Borrego is 56. Rock singer Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) is 54. Movie director Sam Mendes is 53. Country singer George Ducas is 52. Country musician Charlie Kelley is 50. Actress Jennifer Gareis is 48. Actress Tempestt Bledsoe is 45. Actor Jason Momoa and actress Honeysuckle Weeks are 39. Singer Ashley Parker Angel and actress Taylor Fry are 37.