NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. [rdp-wiki-embed…
1 September 1985
A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic’]
31 August 1939
Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War…
30 August 1942
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa’]
29 August 1842
Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War’]
28 August 1879
Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande’]
27 August 410
The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(410)’]
26 August 1791
John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat’]
25 August 1940
The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II’]
24 August 1891
Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison’]