It is the 243rd day of the year with 122 days remaining.
12 - Gaius Caligula is born on this date. He is a Roman Emperor whose reputation pinned him as cruel, extravagant, and sexually perverse.
161 - Commodus, the Roman Emperor is born, and rules the empire from 180 to 192. He is also recognized for his co-ruling with his father, the famous Marcus Aurelius.
1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1218 - Al-Kamil becomes the Sultan of Egypt, Syria, and northern Mesopotamia after the death of his father.
1422 - King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. Henry VI takes the throne at the age of 9 months old.
1803 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o'clock in the morning.
1864 - During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
1888 - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
1897 - Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1907 - Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente Alliance.
1920 - The first radio news is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
1935 - Frank Robinson, an African-American baseball outfielder is born. He won the MVP award in both the National and American Leagues, won two World Series, and was a winner of the Triple crown in 1966 (most home runs, runs batted in, and batting average).
1939 - Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day.
1943 - The USS Harmon, the first Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1962 - Trinidad and Tobago declare their independence from the United Kingdom.
1965 - The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
1973 - Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey defenseman is born. He is known for his career that lasted eighteen seasons, his skating stride, and his ability to both lead and join an offensive rush.
1986 - The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423 people.
1991 - Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the former Soviet Union.
1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris, France.
1998 - North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong-1, its first satellite.
2005 - A stampeded on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, Iraq kills 1,199 people.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
30th of August
Today is the 242nd day of the year with 123 days remaining until the new year.
1363 - The beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang, the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders - Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang - are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer of the novel Frankenstein, is born.
1813 - Creek Red Sticks, kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
1836 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen, and named in honor of the popular general at the Battle of San Jacinto.
1862 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright, during the Battle of Richmond.
1879 - John Bell Hood, Confederate general during the American Civil War, dies at the age of 48.
1909 - Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia.
1914 - The Battle of Tannenberg is fought during the First World War.
1918 - Fanny Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of senior official Moisei Uritsky, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
1918 - American baseball slugger, who played 21 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams is born.
1945 - The city of Hong Kong is liberated from the Japanese by British Armed Forces.
1945 - The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
1963 - The Hotline between the U.S. and Russia goes into effect. It is most commonly seen in film and other references as the rotary "red telephone," linked the White House via the National Military Command Center with the Kremlin in the Soviet Union.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1974 - A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 people are killed and 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested nearly 9 months later.
1978 - Cliff Lee, American baseball left-handed pitcher is born.
1982 - American tennis star and Grand Slam champion Andy Roddick is born.
1984 - The space shuttle Discovery, takes off on its maiden voyage.
1363 - The beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang, the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders - Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang - are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English writer of the novel Frankenstein, is born.
1813 - Creek Red Sticks, kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.
1836 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen, and named in honor of the popular general at the Battle of San Jacinto.
1862 - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General Horatio Wright, during the Battle of Richmond.
1879 - John Bell Hood, Confederate general during the American Civil War, dies at the age of 48.
1909 - Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia.
1914 - The Battle of Tannenberg is fought during the First World War.
1918 - Fanny Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of senior official Moisei Uritsky, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
1918 - American baseball slugger, who played 21 seasons for the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams is born.
1945 - The city of Hong Kong is liberated from the Japanese by British Armed Forces.
1945 - The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
1963 - The Hotline between the U.S. and Russia goes into effect. It is most commonly seen in film and other references as the rotary "red telephone," linked the White House via the National Military Command Center with the Kremlin in the Soviet Union.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1974 - A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 people are killed and 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested nearly 9 months later.
1978 - Cliff Lee, American baseball left-handed pitcher is born.
1982 - American tennis star and Grand Slam champion Andy Roddick is born.
1984 - The space shuttle Discovery, takes off on its maiden voyage.
Monday, August 29, 2011
29th of August
It is the 241st day of the year with 124 days remaining until the end of the year.
Today is also observed as the first day of Thoth, or the first day in the Egyptian calendar.
1350 - The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships during the Battle of Winchelsea.
1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1632 - English philosopher influential in the Enlightenment, empiricism, and social contract theory, John Locke is born.
1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
1758 - The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to both high debt and extreme tax burdens.
1831 - Michale Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. The process is the production of voltage across a conductor moving through a magnetic field. Motors, generators, and transformers all follow this operation.
1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire including its colonies.
1842 - The Treaty of Nanking is signed and thus ends the First Opium War.
1861 - United States Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1877 - Brigham Young passes away at the age of 76. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, a Western pioneer, founder of Salt Lake City, and known as Mormon Moses.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded by Frank Seiberling.
1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1931 - David T. Abercrombie dies at the age of 64. He was the original founder of the lifestyle outfitters for the elite, Abercrombie & Fitch.
1944 - The Slovak National Uprising takes place, as nearly 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1946 - Adolphus Busch III, brewing magnate and president of Anheuser-Busch from 1934 to 1946, dies at the age of 55.
1949 - The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1958 - The United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
1977 - American baseball right-handed pitcher, Roy Oswalt is born.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $80 billion in damages.
Ingrid Bergman - Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, was born on this day in 1915 and died on this day in 1982. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a tony Award. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She is remembered most for her roles in Casablanca and Notorious.
Today is also observed as the first day of Thoth, or the first day in the Egyptian calendar.
1350 - The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships during the Battle of Winchelsea.
1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1632 - English philosopher influential in the Enlightenment, empiricism, and social contract theory, John Locke is born.
1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
1758 - The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to both high debt and extreme tax burdens.
1831 - Michale Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. The process is the production of voltage across a conductor moving through a magnetic field. Motors, generators, and transformers all follow this operation.
1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire including its colonies.
1842 - The Treaty of Nanking is signed and thus ends the First Opium War.
1861 - United States Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1877 - Brigham Young passes away at the age of 76. He was the leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, a Western pioneer, founder of Salt Lake City, and known as Mormon Moses.
1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded by Frank Seiberling.
1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1931 - David T. Abercrombie dies at the age of 64. He was the original founder of the lifestyle outfitters for the elite, Abercrombie & Fitch.
1944 - The Slovak National Uprising takes place, as nearly 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1946 - Adolphus Busch III, brewing magnate and president of Anheuser-Busch from 1934 to 1946, dies at the age of 55.
1949 - The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1958 - The United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.
1977 - American baseball right-handed pitcher, Roy Oswalt is born.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $80 billion in damages.
Ingrid Bergman - Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films, was born on this day in 1915 and died on this day in 1982. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a tony Award. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema by the American Film Institute. She is remembered most for her roles in Casablanca and Notorious.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
28th of August
Today is the 240th day of the year and 125 days are remaining.
683 - Kinich Janaab Pakal, ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque for 68 years, passes away at 80 years of age.
1189 - During the Third Crusade, the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1349 - Nearly 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, Germany because they are accused of being the cause of the plague.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Delaware Bay, the outlet of the Delaware River.
1619 - Ferdinand II is elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly, that it is seen clearly over parts of the United States, Europe and even Japan.
1867 - The United States takes possession of the unoccupied Midway Atoll in the Pacific.
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola."
1914 - The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1940 - American actor, known for his stage work and as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs, Ken Jenkins is born.
1943 - In Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944 - Marsielle and Toulon in France are liberated from the German occupation.
1955 - Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent of the American Civil Rights Movement.
1957 - Strom Thurmond, begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; the U.S. Senator stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by on single Senator.
1961 - Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
1981 - The National Centers for Disease Control, announce a high incidence of pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma. These will soon be recognized as an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina begins to make landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi in the afternoon, and brings the most severe damage to Slidell and New Orleans.
683 - Kinich Janaab Pakal, ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque for 68 years, passes away at 80 years of age.
1189 - During the Third Crusade, the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1349 - Nearly 6,000 Jews are killed in Mainz, Germany because they are accused of being the cause of the plague.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Delaware Bay, the outlet of the Delaware River.
1619 - Ferdinand II is elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly, that it is seen clearly over parts of the United States, Europe and even Japan.
1867 - The United States takes possession of the unoccupied Midway Atoll in the Pacific.
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola."
1914 - The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1940 - American actor, known for his stage work and as Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs, Ken Jenkins is born.
1943 - In Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944 - Marsielle and Toulon in France are liberated from the German occupation.
1955 - Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent of the American Civil Rights Movement.
1957 - Strom Thurmond, begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; the U.S. Senator stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by on single Senator.
1961 - Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
1963 - Martin Luther King Jr., delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
1981 - The National Centers for Disease Control, announce a high incidence of pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma. These will soon be recognized as an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS.
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina begins to make landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi in the afternoon, and brings the most severe damage to Slidell and New Orleans.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
27th of August
It is the 239th day of the year with 126 days remaining until the new year.
410 - The sacking and pillaging of Rome by the Visigoths ends, after nearly three days of death and destruction.
1637 - Charles Calvert, Governor of the Province of Maryland and 3rd Baron Baltimore is born.
1776 - British forces under General William Howe, defeat Americans under General George Washington at the Battle of Long Island. This occurred on the grounds of what is now Brooklyn, New York.
1789 - The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights."
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, 15th Vice President of the United States is born.
1813 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina.
1859 - Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1896 - The shortest war in world history occurs between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. It last from 9:00 to 9:45.
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States is born.
1916 - Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately, 61 nations will sign it.
1939 - The world's first jet aircraft, Heinkel He 178, takes flight.
1943 - Japanese forces decide to evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1952 - American actor Paul Ruebens, more commonly referred to as Pee-wee Herman, is born.
1963 - Intellectual leader and civil rights activist, W.E.B. Du Bois passes away at the age of 95.
1970 - American Major League Baseball player, Jim Thome is born. He is the eighth player to hit 600 home runs in the major leagues.
1991 - The European community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1991 - Moldova declares independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles.
2007 - The skeletal remains of Alexei Nikolaevich and his sister Anastasia are found near Yekaterinburg, Russia. The former was the heir apparent of the Imperial Russian throne and the son of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - the American electric blues guitarist and singer passes away at the age of 35. At around 1:00 AM on this date in 1990, the musician was flying by helicopter from East Troy, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois with members of Eric Clapton's tour crew. The helicopter crashed into the side of a 300-foot-high hill. The influential blues figure and two others died.
410 - The sacking and pillaging of Rome by the Visigoths ends, after nearly three days of death and destruction.
1637 - Charles Calvert, Governor of the Province of Maryland and 3rd Baron Baltimore is born.
1776 - British forces under General William Howe, defeat Americans under General George Washington at the Battle of Long Island. This occurred on the grounds of what is now Brooklyn, New York.
1789 - The French National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proclaiming that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights."
1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, 15th Vice President of the United States is born.
1813 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina.
1859 - Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1861 - Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
1896 - The shortest war in world history occurs between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. It last from 9:00 to 9:45.
1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States is born.
1916 - Romania declares war against Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations.
1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war is signed by the first 15 nations to do so. Ultimately, 61 nations will sign it.
1939 - The world's first jet aircraft, Heinkel He 178, takes flight.
1943 - Japanese forces decide to evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1952 - American actor Paul Ruebens, more commonly referred to as Pee-wee Herman, is born.
1963 - Intellectual leader and civil rights activist, W.E.B. Du Bois passes away at the age of 95.
1970 - American Major League Baseball player, Jim Thome is born. He is the eighth player to hit 600 home runs in the major leagues.
1991 - The European community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1991 - Moldova declares independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
2003 - Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles.
2007 - The skeletal remains of Alexei Nikolaevich and his sister Anastasia are found near Yekaterinburg, Russia. The former was the heir apparent of the Imperial Russian throne and the son of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
Stevie Ray Vaughan - the American electric blues guitarist and singer passes away at the age of 35. At around 1:00 AM on this date in 1990, the musician was flying by helicopter from East Troy, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois with members of Eric Clapton's tour crew. The helicopter crashed into the side of a 300-foot-high hill. The influential blues figure and two others died.
Friday, August 26, 2011
26th of August
This is the 238th day of the year and there are 127 days remaining until the end of the year.
1346 - The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armored knights is established at the Battle of Crecy, during the Hundred Years' War.
1498 - Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pieta.
1858 - The first news dispatch is sent by telegraph.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run begins during the American Civil War.
1910 - Mother Teresa, Macedonian-born Indian missionary is born.
1914 - The British Expeditionary Force fights a rear-guard action at the Battle of Le Cateau that briefly checks the German advance.
1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast. It is a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
1942 - Sadly in Chortkiav, Ukraine, at 2:30 AM the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses and divides them into groups of 120. They are packed into freight cars and deported nearly 2000 people to the Belzec death camp. Almost 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
1945 - First United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge is born.
1957 - The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM, a "super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket...a few days ago," as reported by the ITAR-TASS.
1980 - American actor known for his roles in the Home Alone series, Macaulay Culkin is born.
1980 - American cartoonist Tex Avery passes away at the age of 72. He is known for his work in creating Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and Porky Pig.
1974 - American aviator Charles Lindbergh, dies at the age of 72.
1346 - The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armored knights is established at the Battle of Crecy, during the Hundred Years' War.
1498 - Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pieta.
1858 - The first news dispatch is sent by telegraph.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run begins during the American Civil War.
1910 - Mother Teresa, Macedonian-born Indian missionary is born.
1914 - The British Expeditionary Force fights a rear-guard action at the Battle of Le Cateau that briefly checks the German advance.
1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is telecast. It is a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
1942 - Sadly in Chortkiav, Ukraine, at 2:30 AM the German Schutzpolizei starts driving Jews out of their houses and divides them into groups of 120. They are packed into freight cars and deported nearly 2000 people to the Belzec death camp. Almost 500 of the sick and children are murdered on the spot.
1945 - First United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge is born.
1957 - The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM, a "super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket...a few days ago," as reported by the ITAR-TASS.
1980 - American actor known for his roles in the Home Alone series, Macaulay Culkin is born.
1980 - American cartoonist Tex Avery passes away at the age of 72. He is known for his work in creating Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and Porky Pig.
1974 - American aviator Charles Lindbergh, dies at the age of 72.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
25th of August
It is the 237th day of the year with 128 days remaining until the new year.
383 - Gratian, the great Roman Emperor dies at 84 years of age.
1530 - Ivan IV Vasilyevich, also known as "Ivan the Terrible," Tsar of All Russia is born.
1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1898 - 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards, and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mon in Heraklion, Greece.
1900 - German philosopher, known for his style on radical questioning and the value of objectivity of truth, Friedrich Nietzche is born.
1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap, North Vietnamese general and statesman is born.
1914 - The University Library of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1916 - The United States National Park Service is created.
1933 - The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China, and kills nearly 9,000 people.
1942 - The second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack. The Imperial Navy loses one destroyer, one transport, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944 - The city of Paris, France is liberated from German occupation by Allied forces.
1946 - American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, Rollie Fingers is born.
1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee, holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
1949 - American musician, most famous as the bassist of the rock band KISS, Gene Simmons is born.
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, writer and artist, know for his dark, quirky-themed movies, is born.
1981 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
1984 - Waite Hoyt, one of the most dominant pitcher's of the 1920s, dies at the age of 84.
1989 - Voyager 2, now makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the solar system.
1991 - Belarus declares its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1997 - Egon Krenz, a former East German leader, is convicted of ordering a shoot-to-kill policy for guards at the Berlin Wall.
2009 - Edward "Ted" Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts, serving almost 47 years, and was from the prominent Kennedy family, passes away at the age of 77.
383 - Gratian, the great Roman Emperor dies at 84 years of age.
1530 - Ivan IV Vasilyevich, also known as "Ivan the Terrible," Tsar of All Russia is born.
1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1898 - 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards, and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mon in Heraklion, Greece.
1900 - German philosopher, known for his style on radical questioning and the value of objectivity of truth, Friedrich Nietzche is born.
1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap, North Vietnamese general and statesman is born.
1914 - The University Library of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1916 - The United States National Park Service is created.
1933 - The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China, and kills nearly 9,000 people.
1942 - The second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack. The Imperial Navy loses one destroyer, one transport, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944 - The city of Paris, France is liberated from German occupation by Allied forces.
1946 - American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, Rollie Fingers is born.
1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee, holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
1949 - American musician, most famous as the bassist of the rock band KISS, Gene Simmons is born.
1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, writer and artist, know for his dark, quirky-themed movies, is born.
1981 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
1984 - Waite Hoyt, one of the most dominant pitcher's of the 1920s, dies at the age of 84.
1989 - Voyager 2, now makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the solar system.
1991 - Belarus declares its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1997 - Egon Krenz, a former East German leader, is convicted of ordering a shoot-to-kill policy for guards at the Berlin Wall.
2009 - Edward "Ted" Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts, serving almost 47 years, and was from the prominent Kennedy family, passes away at the age of 77.
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