MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2008: Facing possible impeachment, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office.

1992: American basketball player Larry Bird—who led the Boston Celtics to three NBA championships (1981, 1984, and 1986) and is considered one of the greatest pure shooters of all time—announced his retirement. [How much do you know about basketball?]

1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair—a legendary rock festival near Bethel, New York, that attracted some 400,000 fans—ended. [Test your knowledge of rock and roll quiz.]

1936: American actor and director Robert Redford, who was known for the diversity of his screen characterizations as well as his commitment to environmental and political causes, was born. [Take our actors and acting quiz.]

1936: Federico García Lorca, who is widely considered the most important Spanish poet and playwright of the 20th century, was murdered (this day or August 19) by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. [Take our theatre quiz.]

1934: Roberto Clemente, one of the first Latin American baseballstars in the United States, was born in Puerto Rico. [How much do you know about baseball?]