August 9
1678 - American Indians sold the Bronx to Jonas Bronck for 400 beads.
1930 - Betty Boop had her beginning in "Dizzy Dishes" created by Max Fleischer.
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He was the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
1984 - Daley Thompson, of Britain, won his second successive Olympic decathlon.
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Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now 
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