American swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
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Charles Reed Bishop founded First Hawaiian Bank and opened its first branch in Honolulu.
A tropical cyclone hurricane hit Galveston in Texas.
The Clermont steamboat by Robert Fulton made its maiden trip up the Hudson River.
King Charles IX of France became an adult on his 13th birthday.
A law was passed declaring that the 'Palestinian Pound' could be used as legal tender in Palestine and Israel.
