August This Day In History
Videos from This Day In History with a brief description together with this day in history date in August where the video can be found.
1st August : Video of the first broadcast of MTV in 1981
2nd August : Speech by Hitler showing his style 1934
3rd August : Air Traffic Controllers Strike 1981
4th August : Lizzie Borden 1892
5th August : The Beautiful Enchanting Marilyn Monroe 1962
6th August : The World's First Nuclear Bomb Used In Wartime on Hiroshima 1945
7th August : Kon-Tiki expedition 1947
8th August : Polio History Video 1962
9th August : Charles Manson and Sharon Tate Murders 1969
11th August : Watts Riots 1965
12th August : History Of The Personal Computer 1981
13th August : Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution China 1966
14th August : The Great Power Outage in North America 2003
15th August : History Of The Panama Canal 1914
16th August : Elvis Presley Dies Of Heart Attack 1977
17th August : Woodstock Music Festival 1969
18th August : 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1920
19th August : A look at the great Packard Cars before the company collapsed in 1958
20th August : Battle Of Britain 1940
21st August : Rwanda Refugee Problem 1996
22nd August : Hurricane Andrew 1992
23rd August : The Beatles Release "She Loves You" 1963
24th August : Vintage Aircraft Collection
25th August : Liberation Of Paris 1944
26th August : Edsel Automobiles 1958
27th August : Celebration Of The Work Of Frank LLoyd Wright
28th August : I Have A Dream Speech 1963
29th August : Hurricane Katrina 2005
30th August : Birth Of The Mini 1959
31st August : Death Of Princess Diana 1997
We have tried to include one video on each this day in history for August , we try to relate the videos to the specific news item in some way , I hope you enjoy the addition of related videos to this day in history.
1st August : Video of the first broadcast of MTV in 1981
2nd August : Speech by Hitler showing his style 1934
3rd August : Air Traffic Controllers Strike 1981
4th August : Lizzie Borden 1892
5th August : The Beautiful Enchanting Marilyn Monroe 1962
6th August : The World's First Nuclear Bomb Used In Wartime on Hiroshima 1945
7th August : Kon-Tiki expedition 1947
8th August : Polio History Video 1962
9th August : Charles Manson and Sharon Tate Murders 1969
11th August : Watts Riots 1965
12th August : History Of The Personal Computer 1981
13th August : Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution China 1966
14th August : The Great Power Outage in North America 2003
15th August : History Of The Panama Canal 1914
16th August : Elvis Presley Dies Of Heart Attack 1977
17th August : Woodstock Music Festival 1969
18th August : 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1920
19th August : A look at the great Packard Cars before the company collapsed in 1958
20th August : Battle Of Britain 1940
21st August : Rwanda Refugee Problem 1996
22nd August : Hurricane Andrew 1992
23rd August : The Beatles Release "She Loves You" 1963
24th August : Vintage Aircraft Collection
25th August : Liberation Of Paris 1944
26th August : Edsel Automobiles 1958
27th August : Celebration Of The Work Of Frank LLoyd Wright
28th August : I Have A Dream Speech 1963
29th August : Hurricane Katrina 2005
30th August : Birth Of The Mini 1959
31st August : Death Of Princess Diana 1997
We have tried to include one video on each this day in history for August , we try to relate the videos to the specific news item in some way , I hope you enjoy the addition of related videos to this day in history.
Richard Nixon Resigns following the Watergate Scandal
A Number of Race riots also occurred in the Month
The Personal Computer / PC is introduced to the world by IBM
The first ever cases of legionnaires disease is seen when ten thousand legionnaires attending a conference are struck down by a mystery illness
The Closure of borders between East and West Germany as a start to the Cold War Years
Summer Olympic Games Every four years from around the world
This is also the month which saw the use of the world's most powerful weapon used by the United States on Japan which ended World War II and killed nearly 200,000 people
August is traditionaly one of the worst months for natural disasters including hurricanes and Wild Fires which strike the southern United States
