_ On Aug. 7, 1935, a tennis match in London was interrupted by, of all things, flying ants. The obnoxious critters didn’t just annoy athletes, but encroached on people’s kitchen pantries and piled up on their doorsteps. Authorities called it the worst pestilential attack in 25 years._ On Aug. 8, 1921, the ship Alaska, which was headed for San Francisco, hit a rocky ledge twice off the coast of Alaska during a fog, causing the ship’s boilers to explode. A number of passengers were thrown into the ocean. While 166 people were rescued by the ship Anyox, 31 remained missing ...