^B{^#!16!11 August^N! Feast day of St Attracta or Araght, St Clare of Assisi, St Tiburtius, St Susanna, St Equitius, St Alexander of Comana, St Lelia, St Blane, St Gerard of Gallinaro, and St Gery or Gaugericus.
^B{1576^B} English navigator Martin Frobisher, on his search for the Northwest Passage, entered the bay in Canada now named for him. ^B{1810^B} Severe earthquakes struck the Azores, causing the village of Sπo Miguel to sink. ^B{1877^B} Phobos and Deimos, the satellites or 'moons' of Mars, were discovered by US astronomer Asaph Hall. ^B{1941^B} President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, largely to demonstrate public solidarity between the Allies. ^B{1952^B} King Talal of Jordan was deposed because of mental illness, and his son, Crown Prince Hussein, succeeded to the throne. ^B{1960^B} Chad gained its independence from France. ^B{1963^B} Canton was entered by Chinese General Chiang Kai-shek and his supporters. ^B{1965^B} Watts, Los Angeles, US saw the worst outbreak of racial violence since WWII.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French General, ^B{1772^B}; Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist, ^B{1823^B}; Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet, ^B{1892^B}; Enid Blyton, English author, ^B{1897^B}; Alun Hoddinott, Welsh composer, ^B{1929^B}; Anna Massey, English actress, ^B{1937^B}.^B}
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Hans Memling, Flemish painter, ^B{1495^B}; John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic theologian, ^B{1890^B}; Andrew Carnegie, US industrialist and philanthropist, ^B{1919^B}; Jackson Pollock, US painter, ^B{1956^B}.
