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28 August 1845
The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published. Scientific American is one of the oldest and most respected popular science magazines in the world….
27 August 1232
Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class. Samurai were a class of…
26 August 1791
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. John Fitch, an American inventor, was granted a United States patent for the steamboat…
25 August 1835
The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The Great…
24 August 1991
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet politician who served as the last leader…
23 August 1898
The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration refers…
22 August 1953
The penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed. Devil’s Island, part of the Îles du Salut (Salvation Islands) off the coast of French Guiana…
21 August 1982
Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal from Lebanon. The war ended…
20 August 1882
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia. Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture is one of the most famous pieces of classical music, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky…