1915-"Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published
1936-Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
1941-French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1953-Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1962-Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug. 15
1969-Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
1977-Space shuttle Enterprise makesfirst atmospheric flight
1981-IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
1985-Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll)
1988-Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
1988 -Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at the hospital
1990-Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories
1936-Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
1941-French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1953-Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1962-Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug. 15
1969-Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
1977-Space shuttle Enterprise makesfirst atmospheric flight
1981-IBM introduces the PC and PC-DOS version 1.0
1985-Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll)
1988-Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
1988 -Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at the hospital
1990-Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories
