31 August 1864 - Sherman launches an assault on Atlanta
30 August 1813 - Fort Mims Massacre
29 August 2005 - Hurricane Katrina hits the US Gulf Coast
28 August 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run
27 August 1813 Battle of Dresden
26 August 1914 - German Togoland surrenders to the French and British
25 August 1814 British finish burning Washington DC
24 August 1814 Britain captures and burns Washington DC
23 August 1942 Battle of Stalingrad begins
21 August 1957 - First ICBM test
20 August 1866 - American civil War officially declared over
19 August 1936 - Stalin's Great Purge begins
18 August 1963 - James Meredith graduates from University of Mississippi
17 August 1998 - Clinton admits to affair with Monica Lewinsky
16 August 1841 - Whig Party riots outside White House
15 August 1914 - Russian Army enters East Prussia
14 August 1969 - British Army begin 37 Year Operation Banner in Northern Ireland
13 August 1961 - East Germany closes the border into West Berlin
12 August 1914 - The British Empire declares war on Austria Hungary
11 August 1965 - Watts Riots begin
10 August 991 - Battle of Maldon
09 August 1936 - Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal in Berlin
08 August 2022 - FBI raids Mar-a-Lago
07 August 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress
06 August 1806 - Last Holy Roman Emperor abdicates
05 August 1305 - William Wallace captured
04 August 1944 - Anne Frank caught by the Nazis
03 August 1492 - Columbus begins the first journey to the New World
02 August 1415 - Execution of Thomas Grey
01 August 1936 - Opening of Berlin Olympics
30 July 762 - Founding of Baghdad
29 July 1980 Iran adopts its new holy flag
28 July 1939 - Sutton Hoo helmet discovered
27 July 1953 - Armistice Agreement in Korea
26 July 1847 - Liberia declares independence
25 July 1979 - Israel begin to withdraw from Sinai
24 July 1974 - SCOTUS orders Nixon to release his tapes
23 July 1914 - Austria Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia
22 July 1298 - Battle of Falkirk
21 July 1920 - Belfast Pogrom begins
20 July 1189 - Richard I becomes Duke of Normandy
19 July - The Day the ice Age ended
19 July 1980 - Opening of Moscow Summer Olympics
17 July 1429 - Charles VII crowned King of France in Reims 2
16 July 1377 Coronation of King Richard II of England
15 July 1410 - Battle of Grunwald
14 July 1789 - Storming of the Bastille
13 July 1973 - Existence of Oval Office Recordings revealed
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24 January 2016
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