Shoot for stars

•On Aug. 13, 1860, Annie Oakley, one of the greatest female sharpshooters in American history, is born in Patterson Township, Ohio. Her ability to shoot holes through playing cards led to any free event ticket being referred to as an “Annie Oakley,” a reference to the validation holes that were often punched in the ticket.

•On Aug. 12, 1877, Thomas Edison describes the fundamentals of the phonograph to an assistant and instructs him to construct one. Edison had discovered the principles behind the phonograph when trying to invent a telegraph repeater. He patented the phonograph six months later.

•On Aug. 9, 1936, at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4x100-meter relay. His relay team set a new world record of 39.8 seconds, which held for 20 years.