^B{^#!16!20 August^N! Feast day of St Rognwald or Ronald, St Bernard of Clairvaux, St Amator or Amadour, St Philibert, and St Oswin.
^B{1710^B} The French were defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Saragossa. ^B{1914^B} German forces occupied Brussels. ^B{1924^B} Although considered the likely winner, British sprinter Eric Liddel refused to run in the 100-meter heats at the Paris Olympics because it fell on a Sunday. ^B{1956^B} Calder Hall nuclear power plant, Britain's first nuclear power station, began operating. ^B{1960^B} Senegal gained independence from France. ^B{1968^B} Russian troops invaded Czechoslovakia. ^B{1977^B} The US ^I{Voyager I^I} spacecraft was launched on its journey via Jupiter and Saturn to become the first artificial object to leave the solar system.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Thomas Corneille, French playwright, ^B{1625^B}; Benjamin Harrison, 23rd US president, ^B{1833^B}; Raymond PoincarΘ, French statesman, ^B{1860^B}; H P Lovecraft, US writer, ^B{1890^B}; Jack Teagarden, US jazz trombonist, ^B{1905^B}; Jim Reeves, US country singer, ^B{1924^B}.^B}
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, German philosopher, ^B{1854^B}; Adolphe William Bouguereau, French painter, ^B{1905^B}; William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, ^B{1912^B}; Paul Ehrlich, German biochemist, ^B{1915^B}; Leon Trotsky, Russian politician, ^B{1940^B}.
