Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers won the 100-meter freestyle gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
Canon Inc. was established in Tokyo, Japan.
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
Protesting and riots began in Missouri following the death of African American man, Michael Brown.
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
