time machine in August...

Aug. 27,1902

Henry Leland creates the Cadillac Automobile Company from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company, naming it after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of the city of Detroit.

Aug. 30, 1983

Aboard the Challenger, Guion S. Bluford Jr. is the first black astronaut in America to travel in space.

Aug. 6,1928 singer-songwiter-author Buffett, 76, in such hits as “Come Monday,” “Volcano,” and his signature song “Margaritaville,” which inspired the Mississippi native and Palm Beach resident to launch a booming lodging, alcohol, licensing and media empire.

Clarence Birdseye invents the quick freezing method for packaging frozen food.

Buffett still performs for loyal fans known as Parrotheads, but a recent health scare forced him to cancel several shows. SL

Aug. 16, 1977

Known as the King of Rock with 18 No. 1 songs, Elvis Presley dies at 42 of a heart attack in Memphis, Tennessee at his Graceland home.

Aug. 15-18, 1969 Woodstock, a music and art fair, attracts more than