Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston was one of the most influential figures in early Texas…

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America…

Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul’s Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. The…

A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September of 1972” attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the…

The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world’s longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.

The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerwald_Conference’]

Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany. Early on the morning of August 24, 1939, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a 10-year non-aggression pact,…

New York City hold the first United States Labor Day parade.

Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.