1862

The Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War.

1922

The first radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City.

1941

Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. presented a note to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Japan’s prime minister, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, expressing a desire for improved relations.

1955

Emmett Till, a Black teenager, was abducted in Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later.

1963

More than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

1968

Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

Birthdays

Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen is 83. Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is 65. Actor Jennifer Coolidge is 62. Country singer Shania Twain is 58. Actor Billy Boyd is 55. Actor Jack Black is 54. Reality TV star Alana Thompson, AKA “Honey Boo Boo,” is 18.