The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet after the Battle of Grand Port.
27 August 2011
Hurricane Irene reaches land on the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
22 August 1485
Richard III is killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending of the House of Plantagenet.
21 August 1979
The Soviet ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States. Alexander Godunov was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor, whose defection caused a…
19 August 1934
The first championship Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. The Soap Box is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been running…