ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 240th day of 2022 and the 69th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1867, the United States took possession of Midway Atoll.
In 1955, 14-year-old African American Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi.
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom event in Washington, D.C.
In 1968, protesters fought with police at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
In 1996, Prince Charles and Princess Diana formally divorced.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), author; Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990), psychologist; Jack Kirby (1917-1994), writer/comics artist; Donald O'Connor (1925-2003), actor/performer; Ben Gazzara (1930-2012), actor; Lou Piniella (1943- ), baseball player/manager; Luis Guzman (1956- ), actor; Scott Hamilton (1958- ), figure skater; David Fincher (1962- ), film director; Shania Twain (1965- ), singer-songwriter; Jack Black (1969- ), actor/musician; LeAnn Rimes (1982- ), singer-songwriter; Quvenzhane Wallis (2003- ), actress/author.
TODAY'S FACT: The first issue of Scientific American was published on this day in 1845.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1977, Brazilian soccer superstar Pele played in his last competitive game, leading his New York Cosmos team to a win over the Seattle Sounders 2-1 for the National American Soccer League championship.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through." -- Jack Kirby
TODAY'S NUMBER: 2.4 -- square miles of land that makes up Midway Atoll.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Aug. 27) and first quarter moon (Sept. 3).