Today in History

This day in History August 28th

1937 Japanese Bomb Shanghai

1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. Gives "I Have A Dream Speech"

1968 10s Of Thousands Anti-Vietnam War Protestors Chicago

1996 Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce
 

1898
pharmacist,Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink'Pepsi-Cola'
1955
14 yr old Chicago teenager,Emmett Till is kidnapped,murdered,his body was thrown into the Tallahachie River in Miss.Two men were arrested,found not guilty by all white jury.This case started the civil rights movement in U.S.
1968
anti-war protesters clashed with Chicago police outside of the Democratic National Convention
2017
N Korea launches a missile which flies over Japan,prompting the country's alert system warning people to take cover
 
28th August

1833 The House of Commons approved the Abolition Act., introduced earlier by Thomas Buxton, abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire.

1933 For the first time, a BBC broadcasted appeal was used by the police in tracking down a wanted man (murder suspect Stanley Hobday).

1973 Princess Anne visited Russia, to ride for Britain in an equestrian event, thus becoming the first member of the Royal Family to visit the country.

1981 For the third time in ten days, a world record in the mile run was set. Sebastian Coe, who broke Steve Ovett's record on August 19th and lost it to Ovett on August 26th, broke it again - by a full second - in Brussels, Belgium. Coe's new record time was 3:47.33
 

This day in History August 29th

1949 Russian Troops Mass On The Border Yugoslavia

1949 The Soviet Union test their first atomic bomb

1966 The Beatles play their final US Concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco

2005 Hurricane Katrina Strikes New Orleans
 
1885
German engineer/inventor,Gottleib Daimler receives German patent for motorcycle
1958
U.S. Air Force Academy's permanent site,Colorado Springs,Colo opens
1997
Netflix,a online DVD rental business is founded by Marc Randolph,Scott Hastings in Scott Valley,Calif
2005
Hurricane Katrina ,a category 3 storm with 145mph winds made 2nd&3rd landfall devestating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast area. New Orleans is hit extremely hard, overwhelmed the levee system 80% of the city was under water.150,000 residents couldn't get out,stranded either on rooftops/ at city's convention center&Superdome. It was worst natural diasaster in U.S. history over 1,836 people died caused $115 bill in damages
 
29th August

1831 Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London.

1882 The England cricket team lost to Australia, in England, for the first time. An 'obituary' printed in the Sporting Times, talkes of 'the Ashes' of English cricket being taken back to Australia. Test series between the two countries are now played for 'The Ashes'. 🏏

1930 The last remaining inhabitants of St Kilda (40 miles west of North Uist in the North Atlanctic Ocean) were voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. The entire archipeligo is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and it becameone of Scotland's five World Heritage Sites in 1986.

2011 Private security firm G4S sacked two members of staff who tagged the false leg of 29 year old Rochdale offender Christopher Lowcock, allowing him to remove it and flout a court imposed curfew. 🦿
 
This day in History August 30th

1935 Wealth Tax Act Passed in the United States

1959 First Mini goes on sale in Britain for £497

1963 Direct Line Set Up Between Moscow and Washington to prevent the possibility of an accidental war

1989 Leona Helmsley convicted and sentenced
 
1146 A conference of European leaders outlawed the crossbow. It was hoped that by banning the weapon, wars would eventually end. Despite the prohibition, crossbows continued to be used until the 16th century when they were replaced by firearms.

1791 HMS Pandora, the ship sent int 1790 to search for the Bounty and the mutineers who had taker her, sank after having run aground on a reef the previous day.

1928 Indian politician Jawahrial founded the Independence of India League to campaign for freedom from British rule.

1936 The record for crossing the Atlantic was gained by the liner 'Queen Mary', winning the 'Blue Riband'.

2020 Eyam Parish Church held its Annual Plague Commemoration service on line on the Eyam Church Facebook page because of the world coronavirus pandemic. When plague arrived in September 1665, rather than flee this wild corner of Derbyshire - and risk spreading the infection - villagers locked themselves away to suffer in isolation.
 
1890
Pres. Benjamin Harrison signed the 1st U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products
1901
English engineer,Hubert Cecil Booth patents powered vacuum cleaner
1967
U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall who becomes the 1st black Supreme Court Justice
 
This day in History August 31st

1888 Jack the Ripper Kills His First Victim

1954 Hurricane Carol Strikes Long Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island

1997 Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed are killed in a car crash in Paris

2005 Curfew Placed On New Orleans
 
1842
Micah Rugg patents a nut&bolts machine
1897
Thomas Edison patents kinetoscope a device which produces moving pictures
1978
husband&wife, William&Emily Harris plea guilty to 1974 kidnapping of heiress,Patty Hearst.They each got 8 yrs in prison.When they got out,went their separate ways
2009
Walt Disney Co acquires Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion
 
This day in History September 1st

1914 St. Petersburg Changes Name To Petrograd

1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and Great Tokyo Fire Japan

1939 Germany Invades Poland

1954 Hurricane Carol Strikes Long Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island

2004 Chechen Rebels Take 1,000 Children Hostage
 
1897
Boston,Mass subway opens,1st underground rapid transist system in N.America
1962
United Nations announced Earth's population had hit 3 billion
1995
Rock n Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland,Ohio
2018
Aretha Franklin's memorial service was held in Detroit,Mich,attendees included singers Stevie Wonder,Ariana Grande,Pres Bill Clinton.The procession had 140 pink Cadillacs
 
1st September

1865 Joseph Lister performed the first antiseptic surgery.

1951 The Premier supermarket opened in Earl's Court, London; the first supermarket in Britain.

1971 The British penny and the threepenny coins ceased to be legal tender as decimalisation continued.

1985 After 73 years the wreck of the liner 'Titanic' was found.
 
This day in History September 2nd

2 Sept 1923 Great Tokyo Fire
Following the Kanto Earthquake, fires continue to burn in the City of Tokyo, these fires caused a greater number of deaths than the Earthquake and became known as the Great Tokyo Fire.

2 Sept 1925 Alcohol Imports From Canada
Government Ministers from Canada and the United States have been having meetings to stop the illegal import of alcohol across the US -- Canadian border by working together.

1935 Labor Day Hurricane
A Category 5 hurricane strikes the Florida Keys with winds in excess of 185 mph causing extreme damage in the upper region of Florida Keys including the deaths of over 400 including hundreds of World War I vets who were watching a Labor Day baseball game. It is still considered one of the strongest hurricanes to have struck the United States and is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded worldwide.

2 Sept 1945 Japan Formal Surrender
Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. This is the day VJ day is celebrated or Victory in Japan day.

2 Sept 1945 Vietnam Declares Independence
Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France. French forces seized southern Vietnam and opened talks with Ho Chi Minh, but these talks collapsed in 1946, and French warships bombarded the northern Vietnamese city of Haiphong.
 
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great fire of London raged for 4 days,80% of the buildings were destroyed
1931
singer Bing Crosby makes his radio debut
1963
'CBS Evening News' with anchor Walter Cronkite expands from 15 to 30 min
1986
Cathy Evelyn Smith is sentenced to 3 yrs for the death of actor John Belushi
2015
according to a study done by Yale Univ,printed in'Nature' the Earth's trees number over 3 trillion
 
2nd September

1685 The beheading of Lady Alice Lisle, the last woman to have been executed by a judicial sentence of beheading in England. She was tried by Judge Jeffreys at the opening of the Bloody Assizes at Winchester and was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor.

1752 The Julian calendar was used in Britain and the Colonies 'officially' for the last time, almost two centuries after most of Western Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar.

1939 Under the National Service Bill, men aged 19 - 41 were conscripted in Britain.

1973 The death (aged 81) of John Ronald Reuel Tolkein (JRR Tolkein), English writer and poet, best known as the author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
 
This day in History September 3rd

1926 Gangster Harry "Lefty" Lewis
The gangster Harry "Lefty" Lewis is brought to trial on murder charges in Cook County, Illinois. Throughout the trial, witnesses and it is believed jurors had been intimidated by death threats and the jury acquitted Lewis after only six hours of deliberation, despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt.

1929 Dow Reaches Peak of 381.17
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 381.17, this was the peak of the bull market that had been increasing at a phenomenal rate in the Twenties and only 1 month before the great stock market crash in October 1929 signalling the beginning of the great depression of the thirties.

1939 Britain and France Declare War On Germany
In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, declare war on Germany.

1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane Strikes
A powerful hurricane with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour was recorded slams into the Dominican Republic, killing more than 8,000 people.

1935 World Speed Record
Sir Malcolm Campbell breaks the 300 mph set a new world record on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah with his 2,500 HP Bluebird and beat his own previous world record of 276.82 mph that he had set earlier in the year.
 
3rd September

1650 English Parliamentarian forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeated an army loyal to King Charles II of England at the Battle of Dunbar.

1658 Richard Cromwell (the third son of Oliver Cromwell) became Lord Protector of England but served just under 9 months, leading to his name of 'Tumbledown Dick' by Royalists.

1738 Britain finally recognised the United States of America by signing the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the American War of Independence.

1916 Captain Leefe Robinson became the first pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin airship during a German air raid on London in World War I. Robinson was later awarded the Victoria Cross.
 
This day in History September 4th

1925 Farm Wagons Need Lights
New laws have been put in place that means farm wagons on the road after nightfall must now be equipped with lights which must be turned on after nightfall, this has been implemented due to the increasing accidents caused by farmers during the peak corn packing season.

1937 Chicago Polio Outbreak
Following the increases in Infantile Paralysis (Polio) in Chicago, the city health department has made statements that the epidemic is under control but schools will continue to leave closed indefinitely.

1951 President Harry S. Truman
President Harry S. Truman’s speech from San Francisco is broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program was broadcast from coast to coast.

1957 National Guard Little Rock
The National Guard on the order of Governor Orval Faubus is used to prevent nine African American students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. The action was taken in violation of a federal order to integrate the school.

1957 Change to Law Between Consenting Adults
A report sponsored by the British government has suggested homosexual behaviour between consenting adults (over the age of 21) should no longer be a criminal offence, currently, homosexual offences can incur anything from a £5 fine to life imprisonment.
 
This day in History September 6th

1901 U.S.A. President McKinley
President McKinley is shot and fatally wounded in Buffalo, New York by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz

1915 England First Tank
The first tank sponsored by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill was produced named Little Willie in a factory in England, before the end of World War I the British were using them to fight the Germans.

1921 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan
Members of the Police in Connecticut are investigating the Klu Klux Klan who is recruiting members by proposing "Preserve The Ideals of A Pure Anglo Saxon Civilization." To join the Klan new members must donate $10.00. It is believed the Klan is growing quickly and the police department is concerned over racial attacks when it reaches full strength.

1934 Austria Army Ready To Fight Nazis
The Austrian Army is being deployed on the border with Yugoslavia as it is rumoured that the Nazis will make another push into Austria in the coming days.

1941 Jews Ordered to Wear Star of David
The head of the Berlin Secret Police ordered all Jews over 6 years old to wear a yellow star of David on their coats together with the word Jew, and they are not to leave the area they have been assigned without obtaining police permission.
 
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