Actor Gene Wilder made his first huge splash as the title character in Mel Stuart's film adaptation of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.'

Spanish missionary Juniper Serra established his first U.S. mission in 1769. He built eight more California missions over the next thirteen years. He was granted sainthood in 2015.

The brutal abduction and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955, galvanized the emerging Civil Rights Movement.