The Great Fire of London starts and burns for three days.
1 September 1939
Adolf Hitler sign the order that begins the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
27 August 2011
Hurricane Irene strikes land on the United States east coast. Forty seven are killed.
24 August 1857
The Panic of 1857 starts and sets off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.