Today in History

1790
The 1st U.S. Census was conducted 3,939,124 including 697,624 slaves
1865
Lewis Carroll's book' Alice in Wonderland was published
1909
U.S. issues the 1st Lincoln penny
1945
after surviving 3 1/2 days suffering exhaustion,shark attacks, in Phillipine Sea , crew members of USS Indianopolis are spotted by pilot Wilbur'Chuck' Gwinn who was on a routine sector search.316 crew members survived
1973
movie' American Graffiti' directed by George Lucas was released. The story of teenagers coming of age in 1962. Some members of the cast were unknowns at the time,became a big career boost for them Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Paul LaMat,Wolfman Jack, Mackenzie Phillips
2018
oldest library in Germany was unearthed in Cologne dating to 2 A.D.
 

On This Day In History, August 3rd

2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes office in Iran
An engineer and teacher by profession, Ahmadinejad became the 6th president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

2005 Coup in Mauritania
A military coup replaced long-time president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya. Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall took over the transitional government until elections were held in 2005.

1960 Niger gains its independence from France
The West African country became a French colony in the early 20th century. Hamani Diori became the first president of the country.

1946 World's first theme park opens its doors in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA
Santa Claus Land is now known as Holiday World & Splashin' Safari.

1900 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded
The American tire company was founded by Harvey Samuel Firestone in Akron, Ohio. In 1988, the company was taken over by Japan's Bridgestone Corporation.
 
Births On This Day, August 3 🎂

1984 Ryan Lochte
American swimmer

1941 Martha Stewart
American businesswoman, publisher, and author founded Living Omnimedia

1940 Martin Sheen
American actor

1926 Tony Bennett
American singer

1867 Stanley Baldwin
English politician

Deaths On This Day, August 3rd

2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Russian soldie, author, Nobel Prize laureate

2004 Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer

1995 Ida Lupino
English actress, director

1929 Thorstein Veblen
American economist, sociologist

1924 Joseph Conrad
Polish/English author
 

3rd August

1957 Tunku Abdul Rahman was elected for a five-year term as head of state of Malaya. He was chosen by his fellow Malay rulers in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

1963 The Beatles performed at The Cavern Club (on 10, Mathew Street, Liverpool), for the 292nd, and last time. They received a fee of £300 pounds for the performance.

1971 Sanquhar Post Office in Dumfries and Galloway became a Category B Listed Building. It is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest post office in the world and has been in continuous service since 1712. 🏤

1978 The Queen officially opened the 11th Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. Her Majesty, was accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, and her two younger sons, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

2001 Car bomb in west London. A car bomb containing 45kg of explosives was detonated in a busy west London street, injuring seven people.The explosion happened just seconds after midnight in Ealing Broadway as hundreds of young people were leaving pubs and clubs. Dissident Irish republicans were blamed for the atrocity, which detectives have described as "a calculated, evil attack designed to maim and kill."
 
On This Day In History, August 4th

1984 The Republic of Upper Volta is Renamed Burkina Faso
The West African country was first created in 1958 as a self-governing French colony. It gained its independence from the French in 1960. Between then and 1983, several coups dotted its political landscape. In 1983, a military coup installed Captain Thomas Sankara as the country's president. He changed the name of the country to Burkina Faso a year later on the coup's anniversary.

1983 The Military Stages a Coup in Upper Volta
A military coup in Upper Volta installed Thomas Sankara, a captain in the Upper Volta Army as its president. A year later, he changed the name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso.

1944 Anne Frank is captured
One of the most well-known figures of the 20th century and a victim of the Holocaust, 14-year-old Frank and her family were captured and arrested by the Germans from their hiding place in Amsterdam.

1914 Britain declares war on Germany
Seen by many as the decision that began the First World War, Britain declared war on Germany after Germany refused to accept its ultimatum of getting out of Belgium.

1892 Abby and Andrew Borden are murdered
The bloody murders of the two Fall River, Massachusetts residents in their own homes gained media and public attention in the United States because their daughter Lizzie Borden was accused of the crime.
 
Births On This Day, August 4th 🎂

1961 Barack Obama
American politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1955 Alberto Gonzales
American politician, 80th United States Attorney General

1912 Raoul Wallenberg
Swedish diplomat

1901 Louis Armstrong
American trumpeter, singer

1900 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Deaths On This Day, August 4th 🪦

2007 Raul Hilberg
Austrian/American political scientist, historian

1922 Enver Pasha
Ottoman military officer

1875 Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author, poet

1792 John Burgoyne
English general

1598 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman
 
5th August

910 The last major Viking army to raid England was defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.

1100 Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

1305 Sir William Wallace, Scottish hero and champion of Scottish independence who beat Edward I at the battle of Stirling Bridge, was captured by the English and later executed as a traitor.

1925 The political party Plaid Cymru was formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language which was, at the time, in danger of dying out.

1976 The clock overlooking the Houses of Parliament stopped for the first time in 117 years.

1986 Princess Anne rode Gulfland to win the 3.45 at Redcar; her first victory as a jockey.
 
1891
world's 1st traveler cheques are issued by American Express
1914
the 1st U.S traffic light was installed on corner of East 105th&Euclid Ave in Cleveland, Ohio
1924
Harold Gray's comic strip' Little Orphan Annie' is 1st published in NY Daily News
1953
movie' From Here To Eternity, based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zimmerman is released, story of Army life in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor attack. The movie had all star cast, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra{supp actor Oscar}, Deborah Kerr,Donna Reed{supp actress Oscar}, Montgomery Cliff.It won 8 Oscars inc picture/ director
1981
Pres Ronald Reagan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers
2022
jury in Texas decided 'Infor War' false conspiracy talk host, Alex Jones must pay parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School{CT} $45.2 mil in punitive damages. He kept saying this tragedy was a' hoax'
 
6th August 1916
Watermelons have proved to be the bane of existence for army officials, and were banned by military brass in El Paso.
Evidently, the offending melons have rinds which cannot be burned or properly disposed of, causing a plague of flies in the camp.
Army fly experts warn that flies can breed disease.
 
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6th August 1935
In Hollywood, California Dr. Ralph Willard, a doctor who came from the state of Georgia in Russia, successfully froze a monkey named Jekal and brought it back to life. The doctor has also frozen guinea pigs and resuscitated them.
 
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On This Day In History, August 7th

2008 War Between Russia and Georgia Breaks Out
The conflict began over South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions of Georgia. When the two provinces broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s and most of the international community did not recognize their independence. Russia on the other hand, backed them and placed peacekeeping forces in the two regions. In 2008, tensions escalated between the two countries after Russia moved a large number of troops in the area. The war ended with a Russian victory and with Georgia losing parts of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Russia.

1998 Coordinated bomb attacks in American embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya killing over 200 people
Responsibility for the twin attacks in the capital cities was taken by an Al-Qaeda affiliate Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

1974 Daredevil Walks a High Wire Between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who was 24 years old at the time, walked 8 times across a high wire between the two towers in 45 minutes. The high wire was 1,350 feet from the ground.

1960 Ivory Coast Independence
The West African country known as Côte d'Ivoire gained its independence from France after being a member of the French Community for 2 years. Ivory Coast became a French Colony in 1893 under the leadership of explorer Louis Gustave Binger. Felix Houphouet-Boigny became the first president of the independent country and remained in office until his death in 1993.

1782 George Washington Institutes the Purple Heart
Then known as the Badge of Military Merit, the Purple Heart is a military decoration. In 1932, on the 200th birth anniversary of Washington, it was decided that the award would be given to those wounded or killed while serving in the United States Armed Forces as a result of enemy action on or after April 5, 1917. August 7 is annually observed as Purple Heart Day in the United States.
 
Births On This Day, August 7th

1987 Sidney Crosby
Canadian ice hockey player

1975 David Hicks
Australian alleged terrorist

1975 Charlize Theron
South African model, actress

1958 Bruce Dickinson
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1876 Mata Hari
Dutch spy

Deaths On This Day, August 7th

2011 Mark Hatfield
American politician

2005 Peter Jennings
Canadian/American journalist

1957 Oliver Hardy
American comedian, actor

1941 Rabindranath Tagore
Indian author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate

1938 Constantin Stanislavski
Russian actor, director
 
7th August

1913 - Samuel Cody and his fellow passenger William Evans, a cricketer, died when testing his latest aircraft the Cody Floatplane. Samuel Cody had a well deserved burial with full Military Honours. He was buried in the Aldershot Military Cemetery, with an estimated crowd of 100,000 people.

1958 - Arthur Miller cleared of contempt. Washington's Court of Appeals quashed playwright Arthur Miller's conviction for contempt of Congress after a two-year legal battle.

1972 - Ugandan leader, Idi Amin ordered 60,000 Asians, mostly British Passport Holders, to leave the country within 90 days or face the consequences. Most were expected to move to the UK.

1995 - British athlete Jonathan Edwards twice broke his own world triple jump record, becoming the first man to clear 18 metres - whilst winning the gold medal in the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

2002 The Queen held the first ever garden party at Balmoral Castle in Scotland to end her Golden Jubilee Year. 3000 people were invited to attend.
 
On This Day In History, August 8th

1509 Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India

1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope

1786 US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America

1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.

1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea

1974 US President Richard Nixon announces he will resign at 12 pm the next day

1988 Ceasefire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
 
1854
Smith&Wesson patent bullet cartridges
1929
German airship, Graf Zepplin begins around the world tour
1945
U.S, Russia, Britian,France sign the Treaty of London which set in motion for the Nurembrg war trials of Nazi leaders
1969
The Beatles are photgraphed by Iain MacMillian crossing the street as they leave EMI Recording Studio. The pic becomes the cover of the group's Abbey Road' album
2000
confederate submarine, CSS H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 yrs on ocean floor off the coast of South Carolina
 
On This Day In History, August 9th

1965 Singapore Leaves Malaysia
The Southeast Asian Island country joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 as part of the Malaysia Agreement. In 1965, due to disagreements between leaders of the other members of the federation and Singaporean leaders and race tensions, the Malaysian parliament decided to expel Singapore from the Federation. The country reluctantly became independent on August 9 under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

1942 Quit India Movement Begins in India
The civil disobedience movement against the British colonists was spearheaded by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi had called for peaceful protests in a speech a day earlier at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai. In the speech, he made a call of “do or die” and asked his followers to adopt nonviolence when interacting with the British. The movement began with the British imprisoning the Congress Party leadership, including Gandhi. The British ruled India from 1858 when the British Crown took over control of the country from the British East India Company. India gained its independence on August 15, 1947.

1930 Betty Boop Makes Her Debut
The animated cartoon character made her first appearance in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. Thought to be modeled after singer Helen Kane, Betty was shown as a woman with an exaggerated body and a child-like face. Created by animator Max Fleischer, she is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world.

1854 Henry David Thoreau Publishes Walden
An American transcendentalist, Thoreau wrote the book in a span of just over two years while residing near Walden Pond, a lake in Concord Massachusetts. The book, which is also known as Walden; or, Life in the Woods is about his time living near the lake and is a reflection on living a life of simplicity and austerity.

1945 An Atomic Bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
3 days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by a 21-kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Boy. About 40 to 80 thousand people were estimated killed during this American-led attack towards the end of the Second World War. A few days later on August 15, Japan surrendered to the Allies, effectively bringing the War to a close by September 1945.
 
Births On This Day, August 9th 🎂

1981 Li Jiawei
Singaporean table tennis player

1963 Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, producer, model

1947 Roy Hodgson
English football manager

1922 Philip Larkin
English poet

1896 Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist

Deaths On This Day, August 9th 🪦

2012 David Rakoff
Canadian/American author, actor

1996 Frank Whittle
English engineer, inventor, developed the jet engine

1995 Jerry Garcia
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1975 Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer

1962 Hermann Hesse
German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
 
Aug 10th:
1846
U.S. Act of Congress establishes the Smithsonian Institution now the world's largest museum& research complex
1889
Dan Rylands patents screw cap
1954
at Messina,NY groundbreaking ceremony for St. Lawrence Seaway. Its a system of locks/canals in U.S&Canada which permits ocean vessels from the Atlantic Ocean in to the Great Lakes
1993
Billy Joels' last pop album' River of Dreams' is released, has 2 hit singles, River of Dreams, Lullaby,Goodnight My Angel
2015
Google announces a restructure as Alphabet Holding Company with Goggle, Youtube, Android and Chrome as subsidairies
 

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