🎒🐰💭’On 21 August 2017, Great American Eclipse traverses the continental United States.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 20 August 1920, the first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 19 August 1861, First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 18 August 1877, Phobos: the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 17 August 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 16 August 1930, the first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 15 August 1970, Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 14 August 1888, an audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord”, one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison’s phonograph in London, England.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 13 August 2004, Games of the XXVIII Olympiad was held in Athens, Greece.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 12 August 1981, the IBM Personal Computer is released.‘