Today in history: (8/4)
70: Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans
1914: Britain declares war on Germany one day after Germany declares war on France
1964: Bombing of North Vietnam begins
Today in history: (8/5)
1858: First transatlantic telegraph cable completed
1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
1981: President Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers
1983: Divestiture of AT&T
Today in history: (8/8)
1914: Montenegro declares war on Germany
1945: Soviet Union declares war on Japan
1963: The Great Train Robbery $7,368,000
1974: President Richard Nixon announces his intention to resign
Today in history: (8/9)
480B.C Persia defeats Sparta
1842: US/Canadian border defined
1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
1974: Richard Nixon resigns the US presidency
1986: The Headington Shark appears at Oxford
Today in history: (8/10)
1519: Ferdinand Magellan embarks from Seville
1792: Storming of the Tuileries Palace
1833: The city of Chicago incorporated
1846: Smithsonian Institution chartered
1990: Magellan space probe reaches Venus
Today in history: (8/12)
30BC: Death of Cleopatra
1908: First Model T
1939: Academy Award winning film The Wizard of Oz premieres at the Strand Theater in New York City
1960: Communications satellite Echo I launched
1972: Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam
1981: IBM introduces first PC (16-bit )
Today in history: (8/15)
1945: Liberation Day in South Korea
1947: Independence Day in India
1965: The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York
1969: The Woodstock Music & Arts Fair opens on Max Yasgurâs farm
Today in history: (8/16)
1777: Bennington Battle Day in Vermont
1812: General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army
1898: Roller Coaster patented
1993: The Debian distribution is announced
Today in history: (8/18)
1227: Genghis Kahn dies in battle
1587: Virginia Dare, first child of English parents on American soil, born
1868: Helium discovered
1969: Jimi Hendrix plays last day of Woodstock
1992: Wang Laboratories files Chapter 11
Today in history: (8/19)
1692: 5 women and a clergyman executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
1812: The USS Constitution, âOld Ironsidesâ, defeats the British frigate Guerriere
1856: Gail Borden patents condensed milk
Today in history: (8/20)
1911: First commercial around-the-world telegram
1940: Winston Churchill asserts, 'âNever in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.â'
1975: Viking 1 Mars probe launched
Today in history: (8/21)
1878: American Bar Association founded in New York
1942: Nazi flag installed atop Mount Elbrus
1959: Eisenhower signs executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union
1986: Toxic volcanic gases kill 1,800 in Cameroon
Today in history: (8/22)
565: Loch Ness monster sighting reported
1846: US annexes New Mexico
1963: CDC 6600 introduced
2003: French President Jacques Chirac confirms over 10,000 deaths during heat wave
Today in history: (8/24)
79: Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii
1814: British troops burn Washington
1954: Communist Control Act goes into effect
1960: 126.9°F below 0 at Vostok, Antarctica
1995: MS Windows 95 released
Today in history: (8/26)
55BC Julius Caesarâs forces invade Britain
1920: 19th Amendment to US Constitution adopted
1968: The Beatles release Hey Jude
1987: President Reagan declares September 11th â9-1-1 Emergency Number Dayâ
Today in history: (8/27)
1883: The volcano at Krakatoa, Java erupts
1912: Tarzan of the Apes published
1990: Stevie Ray Vaughn killed in helicopter crash
2003: Mars makes what will be its closest approach to Earth for the next 60,000 years
Today in history: (8/29)
1966: The Beatles perform last public concert
1975: A star in Cygnus goes nova
1997: Terminator Skynet becomes self-aware
2005: Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
Today in history: (8/30)
1835: Melbourne, Australia is founded
1842: 75 cents a pound tariff set on opium
1956: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens
1960: Japan Stationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen
1963: Washington-to-Moscow hot line connected
1994: Civil rights activist Rosa Parks mugged in Detroit
Today in history: (8/31)
1535: Pope Paul II excommunicates Henry VIII
1926: USSR, Afghanistan sign treaty
1957: Independence Day in Malaya
1962: Independence Day in Trinidad - Tobago
1997: Princess Diana killed in Paris car crash
Today in history: (9/2)
1752: England adopts the Gregorian Calendar (September 2nd was followed by the 14th)
1945: Japan signs unconditional surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri
1969: First node on ARPANET at UCLA