Today in History for 22nd August 2022: Historical Events 1543 – Emperor Charles V’s army occupies Duren 1654 – Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists 1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car 1934 – …
Today in History for 21st August 2022: Historical Events 1856 – America’s first consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, arrives in Shimoda. (Traditional Japanese date: July 21, 1856) 1891 – Dutch Mackay government resigns 1920 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Flossmoor CC: American based Scotsman Jock Hutchison beats J. Douglas Edgar of England, 1-up; first of …
Today in History for 20th August 2022: Historical Events 1672 – Former Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague 1920 – Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes 1944 – US and British forces destroy German 7th Army …
Today in History for 19th August 2022: Historical Events 1591 – French King Henry IV occupies Rouen 1982 – Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec 1983 – Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut 1985 – Following the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop …
Today in History for 18th August 2022: Historical Events 1612 – Pendle Witch trial begins with 10 people accused of witchcraft in Lancaster, England, key witness 9 year-old boy 1700 – Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark 1956 – Cincinnati Reds (8) and Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 HRs in a …
Today in History for 17th August 2022: Historical Events 1862 – Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky 1904 – George H Reid succeeds John Watson as Prime Minister of Australia 1936 – An unemployed worker, Neils B. Ruud, in Madison, Wisconsin, receives the first unemployment benefit check paid under a State law, for $ …
Today in History for 16th August 2022: Historical Events 1890 – Alexander Clark, journalist and lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1943 – Bulgarian Tsar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1956 – Adlai E Stevenson nominated as US Democratic presidential candidate 1970 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Southern Hills CC: Dave Stockton wins 1st of 2 …
Drought: why some UK trees are losing their leaves in August: Britain is suffering its worst drought since the 1970s, with dry weather expected until October. Many parks and lawns are now more straw than grass, but some trees and other plants have responded in a more surprising way: by losing their leaves. It is …
Today in History for 15th August 2022: Historical Events 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia 1248 – Construction of the new Cologne Cathedral in the Gothic style begins with the laying of the foundation stone by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden (completed 1880) 1911 – Procter and Gamble …
Today in History for 14th August 2022: Historical Events 1782 – Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States 1976 – 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1994 – Terrorist “Carlos” arrested in Khartoum, …
Today in History for 13th August 2022: Historical Events 1923 – Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of German coalition government 1944 – Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio 1953 – US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1977 – Randy Bachman quits band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, they then disband 1988 – US beats …
Today in History for 12th August 2022: Historical Events 3 – Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem 1588 – Radboud Castle on Medemblik harbor in North Holland surrenders to the Spanish army 1991 – Creditors vote to support Greyhound Bus reorganization plan 1994 – Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike leading …
Today in History for 11th August 2022: Historical Events 1949 – 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) 1960 – Chad declares Independence from France 1965 – “Help!” a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US 1970 – Future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning becomes 2nd Cy Young Award winner …
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Today in History for 10th August 2022: Historical Events 1948 – Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours 1954 – Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins 1986 – Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway NYC 1995 – Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans …
Today in History for 9th August 2022: Historical Events 378 – Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens 1726 – Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover 1925 – Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out 1969 – Kander and Ebbs’ musical “Zorba” closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 305 …
Today in History for 8th August 2022: Historical Events 1829 – French government of De Polignac forms 1860 – Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC 1950 – Florence Chadwick swims English Channel (13:23) 1953 – US and South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1960 – Ivory Coast declares independence 1992 – Fermín …
Today in History for 7th August 2022: Historical Events 1927 – Peace Bridge between US and Canada dedicated 1948 – Delfo Cabrera of Argentina wins dramatic marathon in 2:34:51.6 at the London Olympics 1961 – Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 1981 – “The Washington Star” ceases all operations …