On Aug. 2, 1830, Charles X of France abdicated the throne, unable to resist the July Revolution. On the same day in 1876, the legendary frontiersman Wild Bill Hickock was murdered in the city of Deadwood, in what is now South Dakota. Related: Analyst predicts Tesla's Elon Musk may create Apple rival And on Aug. 2, 2006, Tesla (TSLA) Chief Executive Elon Musk unleashed his Master Plan. In a post entitled "The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)," Musk said "the overarching purpose of Tesla Motors (and the reason I am funding the company) is to...