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As the Surprise Hurricane struck Texas, a United States Army Air Forces pilot made the first reconnaissance flight into a hurricane.
The Battle of Ushant, the first encounter between the French and British fleets in the American Revolutionary War, ended indecisively and led to political disputes in both countries.
First Jacobite rising: Scottish and Irish Jacobites defeated Williamite forces at Killiecrankie, Scotland.
Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Ottoman sultanate gained its first major victory against the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Bapheus in Bithynia.
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)
Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (born 1910)
Aged 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a United States government commission for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the Capitol rotunda.
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. (Bermuda)
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.
First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.