30 B.C.:Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.
1862:The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.
1905:Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing for the Detroit Tigers.
1941:The two-year siege of Leningrad during World War II began.
1963:A hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.
1967:Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the first African American Supreme Court justice.
1999:East Timor residents voted to secede from Indonesia.
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