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+ On Aug. 13, 1860, Annie Oakley, one of the greatest female sharpshooters in American history, is born in Patterson Township, Ohio. Her ability to shoot holes through playing cards led to any free event ticket being referred to as an "Annie Oakley," a reference to the validation holes that were often punched in the ticket.

+ On Aug. 12, 1877, Thomas Edison describes the fundamentals of the phonograph to an assistant and instructs him to construct one. Edison had discovered the principles behind the phonograph when trying to invent a telegraph repeater. He patented the phonograph six months later.

+ On Aug. 9, 1936, at the Summer Olympics in Berlin,

African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4x100-meter relay. His relay team set a new world record of 39.8 seconds, which held for 20 years.

+ On Aug. 7, 1959, the U.S. unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 is launched into an orbit around the Earth. The spacecraft transmitted a crude picture of the Earth's surface from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo transmission took nearly 40 minutes.

+ On Aug. 11, 1966, the first Chevrolet Camaro drives out of the manufacturing plant in Norwood, Ohio. The name "Camaro" is French for "comrade, pal or chum." + On Aug. 8, 1974,

President Richard M. Nixon announces his resignation. The House Judiciary Committee had adopted three articles of impeachment against Nixon for his involvement in the Watergate affair: obstruction of justice, abuse of presidential powers and hindrance of the impeachment process.

+ On Aug. 10, 1981, the decapitated body of 6-year-old Adam Walsh is found in Hollywood, Fla. In the wake of Adam Walsh's kidnapping and murder, Congress passed the Missing Children's Act, giving the FBI greater authority to track the disappearance of children. John Walsh, Adam's father, went on to host TV's "America's Most Wanted."

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