Doug Polen, American motorcyclist and 1993 world motorcycling champion, in Detroit.Eric Dickerson, NFL running back and Hall of Famer, in Sealy, Texas.

Aeroflot Flight 804 crashed while bringing back 13 passengers and five crewmen from the Soviet Air Force's Arctic base at Mys Shmidta.The shell had been overloaded with charge and went 4 + 1⁄ 2 miles beyond its target. Near Grafenwöhr, West Germany, 16 American soldiers were killed and 26 injured when an 8-inch howitzer shell crashed into them during a morning roll call.Boston was 4 inches short of the world record of 26 feet 11 + 3⁄ 4 inches ( 8.21 m) that he had set on August 12. In the long jump competition, Ralph Boston of the United States broke the Olympic record that had been set in 1936 by Jesse Owens. Rudolph earned three golds, including the 200 m dash and the 4 × 100 m relay. Although faster than the world record of 11.3, Rudolph's mark was not official because the wind had been blowing faster than 2.0 m/s. In the Summer Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, who had overcome childhood polio, won the women's 100 meter dash with a time of 11.0 seconds.Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, 62, after only four months in office.Francis Townsend, 93, American activist whose 'Townsend Plan' for the elderly was an influence upon the creation of the Social Security system. A five-day ban was imposed on West Germans entering East Berlin.The lights of Times Square were turned off for one minute, and London's West End lights are dimmed in recognition of the contribution of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who died on August 23.Disgruntled maintenance workers went on strike and halted operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the company's history.

Yankee ships in pirate waters 1931