Highlights in history
• In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama.
• In 1914, what’s believed to be the first electric traffic light system was installed in Cleveland, at the intersection of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue.
• In 1962, movie star Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from “acute barbiturate poisoning.” South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a passport and inciting workers to strike; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonment.
• In 1964, U.S. Navy pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. became the first American flier to be shot down and captured by North Vietnam; he was held prisoner until February 1973.
• In 1966, the Beatles’ “Revolver” album was released in the United Kingdom on the Parlophone label; it was released in the United States three days later by Capitol Records. (Songs included “Eleanor Rigby” and “Yellow Submarine,” which were also issued as a double A-side single on Aug. 5 and 8.)
• In 1974, the White House released transcripts of subpoenaed tape recordings showing that President Richard Nixon and his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, had discussed a plan in June 1972 to use the CIA to thwart the FBI’S Watergate investigation; revelation of the tape sparked Nixon’s resignation.
• In 1984, actor Richard Burton died in Geneva, Switzerland, at age 58.
• In 2002, the coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a storm.
Birthdays
• College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Roman Gabriel is 80
• Actor Loni Anderson is 75
• Actor Erika Slezak is 74
• Rock singer Rick Derringer is 73
• Rock musician Eddie Ojeda (Twisted Sister) is 65
• Actor-singer Maureen Mccormick is 64
• Country musician Mark O’connor is 59
• Basketball hall of famer Patrick Ewing is 58
• Retired MLB All-star John Olerud is 52
• Actor Jesse Williams is 40
• Actor Brendon Ryan Barrett is 34 • Actress/singer Olivia Holt is 23 • Actor Devin Trey Campbell is 12 Source: Associated Press