Events
479 BC -
Greco-Persian Wars:
Persian forces led by
Mardonius are routed by
Pausanias, the
Spartan commander of the
Greek army in the
Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on the same day in the
Battle of Mycale, the
Persian invasion of
Greece ended.410 -
Visigothic sack of
Rome ends after three days.1232 - The
Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by
Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional
Japanese date:
August 10, 1232)1689 - The
Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by
Russia and the
Qing empire.
1776 -
Battle of Long Island, in present day
Brooklyn,
New York,
British forces under
General William Howe defeat
Americans under
General George Washington.
1793 -
French counter-revolution, port of
Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to
Siege of Toulon.
1798 -
United Irishmen and
French forces clash with the
British army in the
Battle of Castlebar, part of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798.
1813 -
Napoleon defeats the
Austrians,
Russians and
Prussians at the
Battle of Dresden.
1828 - The
Russians defeat the
Turks at the
Battle of Akhalzic.
1859 -
Petroleum discovered in
Titusville, Pennsylvania. World's first successful
oil well.
1861 -
Union forces attack
Cape Hatteras,
North Carolina1883 -
Krakatoa, an
Indonesian volcano, erupts. It is one of the most violent volcanic events in modern times.
1896 -
Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the
United Kingdom and
Zanzibar.
1900 -
British defeat
Boer commandos at Bergendal.
1920 - Radio Argentina begins regularly scheduled transmissions from the Teatro Coliseo in
Buenos Aires, considered the world's first public broadcast station.
1928 -
Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed by sixty nations.
1939 - First flight of the
Heinkel He 178, the first modern
jet aircraft.
1952 - Reparation negotiations between
West Germany and
Israel end in
Luxembourg;
West Germany to pay 3 billion
Deutschmark.
1957 - The
Constitution of Malaysia came into force.
1962 -
Mariner 2 launched to
Venus.
1969 - The first installment of the
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It's Tough Being a Man) movies is released in
Japan. Director and screenplay writer
Yoji Yamada went on to make 48 installments of the series, which is recognized in the
Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running movie series.
1979 - An
IRA bomb kills
Lord Mountbatten and 3 others on holiday in
Sligo,
Republic of Ireland. Another near
Warrenpoint,
Northern Ireland kills 18
British soldiers.
1983 -
Marietta, GA wins
1983 Little League World Series1985 - The
Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by
Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
1990 - The
British Broadcasting Corporation launches
BBC Radio Five Live at 9am GMT with a mixture of sports, news, and children's programming.
1991 - The
European Community recognizes the independence of the
Baltic states:
Estonia,
Latvia and
Lithuania.1991 -
Moldova declares independence from the
USSR.
1993 - The
Florida Department of Transportation decides to cease producing its distinctive colored
U.S. Highway shields so that it can make use of
Federal funds for those signs.1993 - The
Rainbow Bridge, connecting
Tokyo's
Shibaura and the island of
Odaiba, is completed.
1994 - After winning a tournament to be crowned the new
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas threw down the title and crowned himself the first
ECW World Heavyweight Champion. With this,
ECW changed from
Eastern Championship Wrestling to
Extreme Championship Wrestling and marked ECW's severing of its ties with the
NWA (
National Wrestling Alliance).
2000 -
Ostankino Tower in
Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
2003 -
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing approximately 34,646,416 miles (55,758,006 kilometers) from Earth.
2006 -
Comair Flight 5191 crashed en route from
Blue Grass Airport in
Lexington, Kentucky, to
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in
Atlanta, Georgia. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard the flight were confirmed dead in the hours following the crash
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