Feast Day of the Transfiguration of the Lord Commemorating Christ revealing his divinity to Peter, James, and John on Mt. Tabor.

2001 9-11 A White House briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." is given to George W. Bush. It stated that a large attack was to take place on United States soil. The target cities included New York City and Washington, D.C. It also mentioned the used of hijacked planes.  Source CNN

1993 The Fugitive movie is released starring Harrison Ford as the man on the run.

1993 Boxing's fastest title-fight knockout Gerald McClellan defends his World Boxing Council middleweight title by knocking out Jay Bell with a body shot 30 seconds into the bout.

1992 First person to publicly sell their own Oscar Harold Russell sells his 1946 Best Supporting Actor award for $65,000.

1990 Gulf War In response to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, the United Nations orders a boycott of Iraq and occupied Kuwait.

1970 200 Yippies invade Disneyland putting on a circus, climbing buildings, and singing the Mickey Mouse Club theme.

1969 The Green Berets' former commander and seven members are arrested for killing a suspected Vietnamese double agent.

1962 Jamaica gains its independence, and becomes a member of the British Commonwealth.

1945 First Atomic Bomb Used in War A uranium fission bomb with an estimated yield of 20,000 tons is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the U.S. from the B-29 Enola Gay. 100,000 people are killed and 60% of the city is destroyed.

1926 First woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle of New York, completing the swim in just under 15 hours, beating the men's record by almost two hours. Source: Guinness Book of World Records

1890 First Electric-Chair Execution Convicted murderer William Kemmler is executed in New York.

1806 Holy Roman Empire The great empire is formally dissolved after the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicates following a military defeat by the French Army under Napoleon.

1774 Ann Lee, founder of Shakerism in America, arrives in New York City.

1990 JonBenét Patricia Ramsey d. 1996 American child beauty pageant queen, murder victim. Her murder in her Boulder, Colorado home drew national attention.

1976 Soleil Moon Frye American actress. TV: Punky Brewster (title role).

1943 Ray Buktenica American actor. TV: Rhoda (Brenda's boyfriend Benny).

1943 Jonathan Bruce Postel d. 1998 American computer scientist, Internet pioneer, sometimes referred to as the "God of the Internet." He was responsible for assigning addresses to domain names and for editing RFCs (Request for Comments). Also known for Postel's Law: "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."

1938 Peter Bonerz American actor. TV: The Bob Newhart Show (Jerry the dentist).

1927 Andy Warhol d. 1987 American pop artist, filmmaker, famous for his silk-screen images of Campbell's soup cans and celebrities and for movies such as Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (1975).

1917 Robert Mitchum d. 1997 American actor. Film: The Night of the Hunter (1955) and Thunder Road (1958). At age 14, he was sentenced to a Georgia chain gang for vagrancy, from which he escaped.

1911 Lucille Ball d. 1989 American comedienne. TV: I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show.

1892 Hoot Gibson d. 1962 (Edmund Richard Gibson), American silent-western actor, performing in some 200 silent films and 75 talkies from 1912-59. He also won the title of World's All-Around Champion Cowboy (1912).

1881 Sir Alexander Fleming d. 1955 English bacteriologist. He discovered the bacteria fighting capabilities of penicillin (1928), for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize (1945).

1846 Anna Swan d. 1888 Canadian giant, 7' 5½" tall. She and her husband, Martin Van Buren Bates at 7' 4", were billed as the "The Giants of Seville."

1809 Lord Alfred Tennyson d. 1892 English poet, poet laureate of England (1850-92). He wrote Charge of the Light Brigade (1855), inspired by the Crimean War battle.

1991 Harry Reasoner b. 1923 American newscaster (What do you get if you cross a gorilla with a computer?).

1978 Paul VI b. 1897 (Giovanni Battista Montini), 262nd Pope (1963-78). He was the first pope to fly in an airplane, the first to visit Jesus' birthplace, and the first to visit the U.S.

1938 Warner Oland b. 1879 (Johan Verner Ölund), Swedish-born actor. Film: Dr. Fu Manchu movies (title role), Charlie Chan movies (title role), and Werewolf of London (1935, where he played the first werewolf in a major Hollywood film).

1458 Calixtus III b. 1378 Spanish-born religious leader, 209th Pope (1455-58).

523 Saint Hormisdas b. ???? religious leader, 52nd Pope (514-523).

258 Saint Sixtus II b. ???? Greek-born religious leader, 24th Pope (257-258).

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