1831 – London Bridge opens
1838 – Slaves in Trinidad and Tobago are emancipated
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state
1936 – The Berlin Olympic Games open
1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer was born
1976 – Kanu Nwankwo, Nigerian footballer was born
1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer was born
1994 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirm rumors that they had married eleven weeks earlier
1996 – Olympic Games: Michael Johnson wins the 200-meter dash in 19.32 seconds, beating the old world record by over 0.3 seconds
2005 – King Fahd of Saudi Arabia died
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