August This Day In History
August Events Organized By Year In History ( So if you know the rough period of history
I have created these entries as an ideal way for finding answers to Specific Questions, I will be using the questions On Our New Daily Quiz we will begin publishing again in Early September after having a summer break -- Steve
Question: When Were the parents of Lizzie Borden Murdered ?
Answer: 1892 Aug. 4th The parents of Lizzie Borden found murdered
Question: When Was the RAC Created ?
Answer: 1897 Aug. 10th Automobile Club of Great Britain Formed
Question: Date Germany and France Declared War In World War I?
Answer: 1914 Aug. 3rd Germany and France Declare war
Question: When did the Ku Klux Klan hold a mass meeting in Washington DC?
Answer: 1925 Aug. 9th Ku Klux Klan Mass Meeting Washington 50,000 marchers
Question: When did Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle ( U.S. ) become the first woman to swim the English Channel ?
Answer: 1926 Aug. 6th Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle Swims English Channel
Question: When did The Graf Zeppelin Airship begin it's round the world trip ?
Answer: 1929 Aug. 8th The Graf Zeppelin Airship Begins Round The World Trip
Question: Who was the first Baseball player to hit 500 home runs and when ?
Answer: 1929 Aug. 11th Babe Ruth first player in the history of baseball to hit 500 home runs
Question: When Did Hitler First Become Germany's Fuhrer ?
Answer: 1934 Aug. 2nd Adolf Hitler becomes Germany's Fuhrer
Question: When Was The Social Security Bill signed into law and what did it do ?
Answer: 1935 Aug. 14th Social Security Bill Signed Into Law Providing Unemployment Benefit
Question: What Year Did Jesse Owens win 4 gold medals ?
Answer: 1936 Aug. 9th Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal Berlin Olympics
Question: What Year was Ghandi arrested for inciting civil disobedience ?
Answer: 1942 Aug. 10th Rioting Follows Arrest Of Ghandi for inciting civil disobedience In India
Question: What Year was PT-109 Commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy Sunk ?
Answer: 1943 Aug. 2nd PT-109 Commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy Sunk
Question: What Year was Anne Frank Captured ?
Answer: 1944 Aug. 4th Anne Frank Captured
Question: What Date did the United States drop Nuclear Bombs On Japan ?
Answer: 1945 Aug. 6th Nuclear bomb Hiroshima
1945 Aug. 9th Atom Bomb Dropped On Nagasaki
Question: When did Japan Surrender in World War II ?
Answer: 1945 Aug. 14th Truman Announces Japanese Surrender
1947 Aug. 7th Kon-Tiki Expedition Completes Trip across the Pacific Ocean
1950 Aug. Polio Cases On The Increase
1954 Aug. 10th Construction on the St. Lawrence Seaway began at Massena, New York.
1955 Aug. 12th Minimum Hourly Wage Raised To $1.00 Per Hour
1957 Aug. 5th "American Bandstand" makes its network debut on ABC
1961 Arms Build Up During Cold War
1961 Aug. 13th East Germany Border Closed To West Germany
1962 Aug. 5th Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom
1963 Aug. 8th "The Great Train Robbery" UK
1964 Aug. 2nd Gulf of Tonkin Attack On US Destroyer Maddox
1964 Aug. 7th Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passed
1964 South Africa Barred from the Olympic Games
1965 Aug. 11th Race riots Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
1965 Aug. 6th Beatles Release the Album "Help!" In UK
1965 Aug. 6th Voting Rights Act Signed Into Law
1966 Aug. 1st University Of Texas Shootings
1966 China announces It's Cultural Revolution
1967 Aug. 14th Pirate Radio Station Radio London Forced To Close
1969 Aug. 9th Sharon Tate Found Murdered ( Charles Manson )
1970 Soaring Inflation US
1974 Aug. 9th Richard Nixon’s resignation Accepted
1975 Dutch Elm Disease Kills 3 million trees in Britain
1976 Aug. 8th First Legionnaire’s Disease Harrisburg, Philadelphia
1977 Aug. 10th The " Son Of Sam " Serial killer David Berkowitz Arrested
1978 Aug. 3rd Israel Bombs Southern Lebanon
1978 Pope Paul VI Dies
1979 Aug 14th Freak Storn Devestates Fastnet Yacht Race UK
1980 Aug 14th Gdansk Shipyard Poland Seized By Workers
1981 Aug. 12thIBM Releases It's First Personal Computer
1981 Aug 3rd US Air Traffic Controllers Strike
1981 Aug 1st MTV Debuts
1983 At&T Broken Up
1988 Aug. 8th The Burmese 8888 Uprising
1989 US The Savings and Loan Crisis
1990 Aug. 12th Tyrannosaurus Rex / Sue Discovered South Dakota
1990 Aug. 2nd Iraq Invades Kuwait
1990 Great Britain Suffers From Heat Wave
1990 Aug. 10th Magellan Space Craft Arrives At The Planet Venus
1991 Aug. 11th 911 Emergency Number pioneered in Schaumburg
1992 Mall of America Opens
1994 Aug. 9th O.J. Simpson Double Murder Trial
1994 Aug 1st Michael Jackson Marries Lisa Marie Presley
1995 Aug. 9thJerry Garcia From rock band "The Grateful Dead." Found Dead
1997 Microsoft Buys Stake in Apple Computers
1998 Aug. 7th US Embassies Bombed Kenya
2000 Brush Fires Worst In 50 Years Western United States
2001 US Bans Human Cloning
2003 Aug. 14th North America Power Outage New York to Canada
2003 Heatwave First Time Over 100 Degrees Fahrenheit UK
2004 Aug. 3rd The Statue of Liberty was reopened for tourists
2004 Greece Olympic Games Opens
2006 Aug. 13th Tokyo Power Blackout
2007 Aug 1st Minneapolis I35W Bridge Collapse
2007 Aug 7th Barry Bonds 756th Home Run
2008 Mauritania Military Coup
2008 2008 Summer Olympics Starts Beijing, China
2009 Japan Trial By Jury Retried ( Trials Have Only Been By Judges for Last 60 years
I have created these entries as an ideal way for finding answers to Specific Questions, I will be using the questions On Our New Daily Quiz we will begin publishing again in Early September after having a summer break -- Steve
Question: When Were the parents of Lizzie Borden Murdered ?
Answer: 1892 Aug. 4th The parents of Lizzie Borden found murdered
Question: When Was the RAC Created ?
Answer: 1897 Aug. 10th Automobile Club of Great Britain Formed
Question: Date Germany and France Declared War In World War I?
Answer: 1914 Aug. 3rd Germany and France Declare war
Question: When did the Ku Klux Klan hold a mass meeting in Washington DC?
Answer: 1925 Aug. 9th Ku Klux Klan Mass Meeting Washington 50,000 marchers
Question: When did Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle ( U.S. ) become the first woman to swim the English Channel ?
Answer: 1926 Aug. 6th Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle Swims English Channel
Question: When did The Graf Zeppelin Airship begin it's round the world trip ?
Answer: 1929 Aug. 8th The Graf Zeppelin Airship Begins Round The World Trip
Question: Who was the first Baseball player to hit 500 home runs and when ?
Answer: 1929 Aug. 11th Babe Ruth first player in the history of baseball to hit 500 home runs
Question: When Did Hitler First Become Germany's Fuhrer ?
Answer: 1934 Aug. 2nd Adolf Hitler becomes Germany's Fuhrer
Question: When Was The Social Security Bill signed into law and what did it do ?
Answer: 1935 Aug. 14th Social Security Bill Signed Into Law Providing Unemployment Benefit
Question: What Year Did Jesse Owens win 4 gold medals ?
Answer: 1936 Aug. 9th Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal Berlin Olympics
Question: What Year was Ghandi arrested for inciting civil disobedience ?
Answer: 1942 Aug. 10th Rioting Follows Arrest Of Ghandi for inciting civil disobedience In India
Question: What Year was PT-109 Commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy Sunk ?
Answer: 1943 Aug. 2nd PT-109 Commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy Sunk
Question: What Year was Anne Frank Captured ?
Answer: 1944 Aug. 4th Anne Frank Captured
Question: What Date did the United States drop Nuclear Bombs On Japan ?
Answer: 1945 Aug. 6th Nuclear bomb Hiroshima
1945 Aug. 9th Atom Bomb Dropped On Nagasaki
Question: When did Japan Surrender in World War II ?
Answer: 1945 Aug. 14th Truman Announces Japanese Surrender
1947 Aug. 7th Kon-Tiki Expedition Completes Trip across the Pacific Ocean
1950 Aug. Polio Cases On The Increase
1954 Aug. 10th Construction on the St. Lawrence Seaway began at Massena, New York.
1955 Aug. 12th Minimum Hourly Wage Raised To $1.00 Per Hour
1957 Aug. 5th "American Bandstand" makes its network debut on ABC
1961 Arms Build Up During Cold War
1961 Aug. 13th East Germany Border Closed To West Germany
1962 Aug. 5th Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bedroom
1963 Aug. 8th "The Great Train Robbery" UK
1964 Aug. 2nd Gulf of Tonkin Attack On US Destroyer Maddox
1964 Aug. 7th Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passed
1964 South Africa Barred from the Olympic Games
1965 Aug. 11th Race riots Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
1965 Aug. 6th Beatles Release the Album "Help!" In UK
1965 Aug. 6th Voting Rights Act Signed Into Law
1966 Aug. 1st University Of Texas Shootings
1966 China announces It's Cultural Revolution
1967 Aug. 14th Pirate Radio Station Radio London Forced To Close
1969 Aug. 9th Sharon Tate Found Murdered ( Charles Manson )
1970 Soaring Inflation US
1974 Aug. 9th Richard Nixon’s resignation Accepted
1975 Dutch Elm Disease Kills 3 million trees in Britain
1976 Aug. 8th First Legionnaire’s Disease Harrisburg, Philadelphia
1977 Aug. 10th The " Son Of Sam " Serial killer David Berkowitz Arrested
1978 Aug. 3rd Israel Bombs Southern Lebanon
1978 Pope Paul VI Dies
1979 Aug 14th Freak Storn Devestates Fastnet Yacht Race UK
1980 Aug 14th Gdansk Shipyard Poland Seized By Workers
1981 Aug. 12thIBM Releases It's First Personal Computer
1981 Aug 3rd US Air Traffic Controllers Strike
1981 Aug 1st MTV Debuts
1983 At&T Broken Up
1988 Aug. 8th The Burmese 8888 Uprising
1989 US The Savings and Loan Crisis
1990 Aug. 12th Tyrannosaurus Rex / Sue Discovered South Dakota
1990 Aug. 2nd Iraq Invades Kuwait
1990 Great Britain Suffers From Heat Wave
1990 Aug. 10th Magellan Space Craft Arrives At The Planet Venus
1991 Aug. 11th 911 Emergency Number pioneered in Schaumburg
1992 Mall of America Opens
1994 Aug. 9th O.J. Simpson Double Murder Trial
1994 Aug 1st Michael Jackson Marries Lisa Marie Presley
1995 Aug. 9thJerry Garcia From rock band "The Grateful Dead." Found Dead
1997 Microsoft Buys Stake in Apple Computers
1998 Aug. 7th US Embassies Bombed Kenya
2000 Brush Fires Worst In 50 Years Western United States
2001 US Bans Human Cloning
2003 Aug. 14th North America Power Outage New York to Canada
2003 Heatwave First Time Over 100 Degrees Fahrenheit UK
2004 Aug. 3rd The Statue of Liberty was reopened for tourists
2004 Greece Olympic Games Opens
2006 Aug. 13th Tokyo Power Blackout
2007 Aug 1st Minneapolis I35W Bridge Collapse
2007 Aug 7th Barry Bonds 756th Home Run
2008 Mauritania Military Coup
2008 2008 Summer Olympics Starts Beijing, China
2009 Japan Trial By Jury Retried ( Trials Have Only Been By Judges for Last 60 years