“We begin bombing in five minutes”: United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on…
9 August 48 BC
Caesar’s Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
8 August 1969
At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles’ album Abbey Road.
7 August 1858
The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College in Melbourne, Australia. Australian rules football, often simply called “footy” or…
6 August 2015
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
5 August 2003
A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2 August 1989
A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.