Norway votes to end the union with Sweden. The dissolution of the union between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte,…
12 August 1944
Waffen-SS troops massacre over 560 people in Sant’Anna di Stazzema. On that day in 1944, four columns of Hitler’s crack 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division,…
11 August 1804
Francis II becomes the first Emperor of Austria. Francis II, the last Holy Roman emperor of Austria. He supported the conservative political system of Metternich…
10 August 1990
The Magellan space probe gets to Venus. The Magellan spacecraft was the first planetary explorer to be launched by a space shuttle when it was…
9 August 1854
Henry David Thoreau first publishes Walden. Henry David Thoreau published only two books during his lifetime: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and…
8 August 1929
The German airship Graf Zeppelin starts a round-the-world flight. The growing popularity of the “giant of the air” made it easy for Zeppelin company chief…
7 August 1933
The Iraqi government kills over 3000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. The Simmele Massacre of Assyrians occurred between August 7 and August 11, 1933,…
6 August 1825
Bolivia gets it independence from Spain. The Bolivian war of independence began in 1809 with the establishment of Spanish American Independence. Sucre and La Paz,…
5 August 1620
The Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America. The Mayflower was hired in London, and sailed from London…
4 August 1824
Turkish and Greek forces fight in the Battle of Kos. The Battle of Kos was a brief battle between British, Italian and German forces for…