TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, AUG. 3, the 215th day of 2018. There are 150 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

On this date in 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.

In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Va., charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.)

In 1914, Germany declared war on France at the onset of World War I.

In 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.

In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, whose raunchy brand of satire and dark humor landed him in trouble with the law, was found dead in his Los Angeles home; he was 40.

In 1972, the U.S. Senate ratified the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. (The U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

In 1980, closing ceremonies were held in Moscow for the Summer Olympic Games, which had been boycotted by dozens of countries, including the United States.

In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were.

In 1987, the Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended, with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Football Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy is 93. Singer Tony Bennett is 92. Actor Martin Sheen and College and Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Lance Alworth are 78. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and singer Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) are 77. Actor Jay North (TV: “Dennis the Menace”) and Hockey Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne are 67. Actor Philip Casnoff is 64. Actor John C. McGinley is 59. Rock singer James Hetfield (Metallica), rock singermusician Ed Roland (Collective Soul) and actor Isaiah Washington are 55. Country musician Dean Sams (Lonestar) is 52. Rock musician Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) is 48. Hip-hop artist Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa) is 47. Actress Brigid Brannagh is 46. Actor Michael Ealy is 45. Country musician Jimmy De Martini (Zac Brown Band) is 42. NFL quarterback Tom Brady is 41. Actress Evangeline Lilly is 39. Actress Mamie Gummer is 35. Rapper D.R.A.M. is 30.