GMT: Monday "Go away Harvey" edition

Mornin'

1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Rioting takes place in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, triggering a brutal police crackdown.
1988 – Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 – An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.