1635 – 1st recorded north American hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony
1939 – “The Wizard of Oz”, American musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming and King Vidor, premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, starring Judy Garland (Dorothy), Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man), Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion), Frank Morgan (Wizard), Billie Burke (Glinda), and Margaret Hamilton (Wicked Witch)
1944 – German field marshal Günther von Kluge vanishes for one day; he killed himself on the 19th in the aftermath of the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
1955 – WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
1957 – USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
1960 – Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
1962 – Netherlands and Indonesia sign accord over New Guinea
1974 – Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
1989 – Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
2019 – Whistleblower releases damaging report on General Electric titled “General Electric, a Bigger Fraud Than Enron” claiming $38 billion accountancy fraud
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 14th August 2020
1842 – Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida to Oklahoma
1914 – British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France
1949 – Military coup in Syria under colonel Sami Hinnawi
1953 – KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 – Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game
1962 – US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million
1967 – Celebrity hairdresser Vidal Sassoon cuts actress Mia Farrow’s hair into the famous pixie cut, costing $5,000. In reality, just a publicity stunt, Farrow had previously cut her own hair.
1967 – British pirate radio station Radio 270 broadcast from an offshore lugger, is forced to close down
1982 – Iran “Ramadan-offensive” in Iraq
1997 – Soyuz TM-25 lands
Historical Events for 13th August 2020
1642 – Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen
1921 – Simon Kaufman and Marc Connelly’s “Dulcy” premieres in NYC
1932 – Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
1948 – Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game
1954 – 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)
1979 – Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
1984 – Morocco and Libya sign “Arabic-African Union” treaty
2017 – More than 60 children reported to have died at Gorakhpur Hospital, India, prompting an investigation
2019 – Entertainment companies CBS and Viacom announce they will merge with a combined 28 billion revenue
Historical Events for 12th August 2020
1121 – Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
1915 – “Of Human Bondage” by William Somerset Maugham, published
1936 – 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
1960 – Echo 1, 1st communications satellite, is launched by NASA
1970 – Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1971 – Syrian President Hafez al-Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
1990 – 12th annual Macy’s Tap-o-mania
1999 – Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled “MTV Unplugged”
2017 – “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia turns violent when car rams protesters killing 1, injuring 19
2018 – Mali’s Presidential run-off election held, eventually won by current President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita with opposition disputing outcome
Historical Events for 11th August 2020
1597 – Germany throws out English sales people
1863 – Cambodia becomes French protectorate
1874 – Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
1928 – Carl Hubbell’s 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1950 – Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union
1965 – 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1979 – Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year
1986 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Bob Tway holes a famous bunker shot on the 18th to beat Australian Greg Norman by 2 stokes
2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2015 – Greek Debt crisis: European Commission announces a bailout with Greece and its creditors has been agreed “in principle”
Historical Events for 10th August 2020
1901 – Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
1914 – German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
1944 – Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cincinnati Reds 2-0
1944 – US/French offensive at Alencon
1948 – Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1950 – “Sunset Boulevard”, American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
1994 – Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
2016 – South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh recovers from 7th place during the final to record an Olympic record 193.7 and win gold in men’s 50m pistol at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; first shooter to win 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event
2018 – Omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to US President Donald Trump, releases taped recordings of her firing from The White House
2019 – Financier Jeffrey Epstein found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in New York, while awaiting trail for sex trafficking charges
Historical Events for 9th August 2020
378 – Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens
1726 – Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover
1841 – Erie boat in Buffalo NY catches fire; 242 die
1901 – 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization
1920 – Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
1930 – Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)
1953 – Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir fired
1967 – KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1988 – Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1995 – South Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
Historical Events for 8th August 2020
1839 – Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.
1882 – Snow falls on Lake Michigan
1916 – A’s set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road
1924 – British-Russian trade agreement signed
1968 – Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos
1970 – NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
1984 – “Rink” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
2012 – 16 people are killed from flooding from heavy rain in Manilla, Philippines
2017 – The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix
2019 – Nuclear accident at Russian nuclear-weapon testing site at closed city Sarov kills five scientists in mysterious circumstances
Historical Events for 7th August 2020
1428 – Valais witch trial proceedings begin in Valais Canton, Switzerland, first organized witch trials
1760 – Ft Loudon, Tennessee surrenders to Cherokee Indians
1942 – Dutch resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
1978 – Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
1984 – The US collects its first Olympic gold medal in women’s basketball history with a 85-55 win over South Korea in the final at the LA Games
1991 – American team of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Dennis Mitchell set 4 x 100m relay world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland
2005 – In one of cricket history’s closest Tests, and despite a brave unbeaten 43 from Australian tail-ender Brett Lee, England sneaks a 2-run win in series turning 2nd Test at Edgbaston
2007 – San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to break Hank Aaron’s long-standing MLB record
2010 – Hampered by a back injury Indian cricket batsman VVS Laxman scores a brave, unbeaten 103 to guide India to a 5 wicket win v Sri Lanka in Colombo; draw series
2017 – England breaks 19-year drought in home Test cricket series against South Africa; beat Proteas by 177 in 4th Test at Old Trafford; Moeen Ali 75no and 5/69
Historical Events for 6th August 2020
258 – Pope St Sixtus II beheaded in Rome under persecutions by Roman Emperor Valerian
1600 – Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1864 – Confederate forces evacuate Fort Powell in Mobile Bay, Alabama
1919 – Romanian forces bring down Hungarian Soviet Republic in Budapest
1945 – Australian Test cricket all-rounder Keith Miller scores 110 not out for Australian Services on Day 1 of drawn 4th Victory Test against England at Lord’s
1966 – US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1981 – NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed
1984 – 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
2012 – Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century
2019 – Lawyer representing 800 boy scouts identify 350 sex abusers within Boy Scouts of America saying “It’s the largest paedophile ring on earth”