Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day in 479 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars, Persian forces led by Mardonius were routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on the same day in the Battle of Mycale, the Persian invasion of Greece was halted. In 663 on this day, the remnants of the Korean Baekje Kingdom and their Yamato Japanese allies engaged the combined naval forces of the Tang Chinese and Silla Koreans on the Geum River in Korea. Ultimately, the outcome was a significant Tang-Silla victory, while the Japanese would not attempt another invasion of Korea until the Japanese invasions of Korea of the late 16th century. On this day in 1232, the Formulary of Adjudications was promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232). The Battle of Dussindale was fought on this day in 1549, when John Dudley destroying Robert Kett's army. In 1569 on this day, Pope Pius named Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Toscane. Duke van Parma's troops occupied Antwerp on this day in 1585. On this day in 1601, Olivier van Noort completed the first Dutch exploration of the so-called New World. In 1610 on this day, Polish King Wladyslaw was crowned King of Russia. Monarch Frederik van Palts was chosen King of Bohemia on this day in 1619. The Battle at Lutter was fought on this day in 1626, with the Catholic League defeating Danish king Christian IV. In 1628 on this day, Java Sultan Agung van Mataram attacked Batavia. The Battle of Nordingen was fought on this day in 1634, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, lost Duchy of Francomia. "Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" was first played on this day in 1665, performed in North America (Acomac, Va). Earliest recorded hurricane in the United States hit Jamestown, Virginia, on this day in 1667. The Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed on this day in 1689 by Russia and the Qing empire. The British defeated the Americans in the Battle of Long Island on this day in 1776. On this day in 1783, the first hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reached 900 meters altitude. Jacques Necker was named French Minister of Finance on this day in 1788. On this day in 1798, the Battle at Castelbar, Ireland was fought, when the French army hunted the English. The English invasion army landed in North-Holland on this day in 1799.
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
On this day in 1813, the Battle of Dresden was fought, with Napoleon defeating the Austrians. In 1816 on this day, Lord Exmouth bombed Algiers (in present day Algeria), which had been a refuge for Barbary pirates. The Russians defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Akhalzic on this day in 1828. Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-Indians, gave himself up on this day in 1832. On this day in 1859 was the first successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin Drake. In 1861 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Cape Hatteras, South Carolina, was fought, with Union troops ultimately taking Fort Clark. The Battle of Cub Run, Virginia, during the American Civil War, was fought on this day in 1862. A hurricane hit Florida & the Carolinas on this day in 1881, killing about 700. Krakatoa, west of Java, exploded with a force of 1,300 megatons on this day in 1883, killing approximately 40,000 people. The NYC Metropolitan Opera House caught fire on this day in 1892. In 1894 on this day, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which included a graduated income tax that was later struck down by the Supreme Court. On this day in 1896, Britain defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM). The Battle of Bergenda was fought on this day in 1900 during the Boer War, with British General Buller defeating Boer General Botha. Edgar Rice Burroughs published "Tarzan of the Apes" on this day in 1912. On this day in 1913, Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (the first aerobatic maneuver in an airplane). This day in 1914 marked the second day of battle at Tannenberg early in the Great War (World War I), when Germans bombed Usdau. Also on this day in 1914 during World War I, US war reporter Richard H Davis visited Leuven. On this day in 1916, Romania declared war on Austria-Hungary. On this day in 1918, Dr Joseph L Johnson named Minister to Liberia. J E Clair of Acme Packing Company of Green Bay was granted an NFL franchise on this day in 1921. In 1927 on this day, Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opened. 16 people died in NYC subway's second worst accident on this day in 1928. The Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agreed to outlaw war, was signed on this day in 1928. In 1932 on this day, 200,000 English textile workers went on strike. The International Anti-War Congress opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on this day in 1932. On this day in 1939, Erich Warsitz made the first rocket/jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178). On this day in 1939, leading up to the outbreak of World War II, Nazi Germany demanded Danzig & Polish corridor. On that same day in 1939, Queen Wilhelmina received German ambassador Grave Zech.
1940 - Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
1941 - Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Last Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza PahlaviLast Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 1942 - Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1944 - 200 Halifax bombers attack oil installations in Hamburg
1945 - US troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender
1948 - 102°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
1950 - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
1950 - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
1952 - Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2)
1955 - "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published
1955 - Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts
1956 - Curt Robert of Columbus (Intl League) hits 4 HRs in 7 inning game
1957 - Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 - The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
1958 - Clark Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn
1958 - US performs nuclear test at South Atlantic Ocean
1958 - USSR launches Sputnik 3 with two dogs aboard
1960 - Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open
1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
1962 - Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1965 - The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley
1965 - WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 - Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world
1966 - Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak
1966 - Race riot in Waukegan Illinois
1967 - Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times)
1967 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open
1969 - Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes
1969 - Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs)
1972 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1972 - US bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam
1974 - NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat
1975 - 1st night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith)
1975 - Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world
1976 - Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
1977 - "Chicago" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 947 performances
1977 - Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry, Guineau
1977 - Toby Harrah & Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2
1978 - Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion
1978 - Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 HRs & have 500 stolen bases
1978 - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1978 - Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
1979 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, is killed by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland.
1979 - 18 British soldiers die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland
1980 - Chon Doo Hwan elected pres of South Korea
1981 - Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1982 - Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
1983 - Haiti adopts constitution
1983 - US performs nuclear test
1984 - US President Ronald Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched
1985 - Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years & 8 days old is youngest to win a US Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)
1986 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1988 - Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Phila, 4-2
1989 - 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
1989 - 89th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1989 - Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open
1990 - 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq
1990 - Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats
1990 - Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27)
1990 - WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
1991 - Moldavia declares independence from USSR
1992 - CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
1992 - Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent & Ryan Thompson
1993 - Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives
1993 - The Rainbow Bridge, connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba, is completed.
1994 - "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers NYC after 320 perfs
1995 - "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 204 performances
1995 - 23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback
Golfer Tiger WoodsGolfer Tiger Woods 1995 - 95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1995 - Worst fire in NY in 80 years ends after 4 days
2000 - 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2006 - Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States
2012 - First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity
1660 - The books of John Milton were burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II. 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted by the French National Assembly. 1828 - Uruguay was formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina. 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch was sent and was published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story was about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA. 1889 - Charles G. Conn received a patent for the metal clarinet. 1889 - Boxer Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey was defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche. 1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York was seriously damaged by fire. 1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. 1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company bought a pro football team for Green Bay, WI. J.E. Clair paid tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. (NFL) 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations would sign the pact. 1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, set fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish. 1939 - Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig. 1945 - American troops landed in Japan after the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War II. 1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. It was the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet. 1972 - North Vietnam's major port at Haiphong saw the first bombings from U.S. warplanes. 1981 - Work began on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sank in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts. 1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1984 - Diane Sawyer became the fifth reporter on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes." 1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theater to be built in 50 years in New York City. 1985 - The Space Shuttle Discovery left for a seven-day mission in which three satellites were launched and another was repaired and redeployed. 1986 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) earned his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs. 1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket was launched. A British communications satellite was onboard. 1990 - The U.S. State Department ordered the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats. 1991 - The Soviet republic of Moldavia declared its independence. 1996 - California Governor Pete Wilson signed an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants. 1998 - James Brolin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departed the station to return to Earth. Russia was forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons. 2001 - The U.S. military announced that an Air Force RQ-1B "Predator" aircraft was lost over Iraq. It was reported that the unmanned aircraft "may have crashed or been shot down." 2001 - Work began on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
1859 Edwin Drake drilled the first successful U.S. oil well near Titusville, Pa. 1883 A massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa blew up most of the island and resulted in tsunamis that killed over 36,000 people. 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, was signed. 1945 U.S. troops began landing in Japan after Japan's surrender in World War II. 1962 The U.S. launched the Mariner II space probe. 2003 Mars made its closest approach to earth in 60,000 years.
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