708 Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) 1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives the title of pope to Alexander III 1261 Jacques Pantaleon is elected as Pope Urban IV 1350 Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships 1475 Peace Treaty of Picquigny: King Louis XI buys English contacts 1484 Giovanni Battista Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII 1526 Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle, the Kingdom of Hungary is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent 1533 Atahualpa , the last Sapa Inca Emperor, is suspected to have been buried in northern Peru or in Ecuador 1540 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V deprives the city Ghent of its definitive rights and privileges 1569 Gilbert Kennedy, Scottish Earl of Cassilis, roasts the administrator of Crossraguel Abbey, Alan Stewart, over an open fire at Castle Dunure to obtain Abbey lands; it works after two turns of the spit [1] 1612 Battle of Surat, India: English fleet defeats Portuguese 1655 Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during the Deluge 1664 Adriaen Pieck and Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1696 King Louis XIV of France and Victor Amadeus II , Duke of Savoy, sign the Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg 1708 British troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia 1708 Raid in Haverhill, Massachusetts, by French, Algonquin, and Abenaki forces kills or captures 40 people 1742 English writer Edmond Hoyle publishes his "Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" 1756 Frederick II of Prussia leads an Anglo-Prussian alliance into Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War 1758 New Jersey Legislature forms the first Indian reservation 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1782 British man o' war HMS Royal George capsizes at Spithead, off Hampshire, England, killing more than 800 crew members and visitors [1] 1786 Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, by citizens in opposition to the government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their businesses 1793 Slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) are freed 1822 Domitila de Castro meets her long-term lover Dom Pedro I , then Prince of Portugal and later Emperor of Brazil, for the first time in São Paulo 1825 Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil 1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates the first electric transformer 1833 Britain's first Factory Act becomes law to regulate the labor of children and young persons in the mills and factories of the United Kingdom 1838 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm announce their intention to publish a German Dictionary, eventually completed in 1961 after 123 years 1842 United Kingdom and China sign the Treaty of Nanking, ending the First Opium War 1844 First white-Indian lacrosse game in Montreal; Indigenous team wins 1854 Self-governing windmill patented by American inventor Daniel Halladay 1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries: Union Army and Navy in a combined operation capture Fort Hatteras off North Carolina, resulting in Union domination of the strategically important North Carolina Sounds 1862 Battle of Aspromonte: Italian royal forces defeat rebels in southern Italy and take their leader Giuseppe Garibaldi prisoner 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run begins in Manassas, Virginia, leading to a Confederate victory in the US Civil War 1862 The US Department of the Treasury forms the division now known as the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print newly issued paper currency 1864 British astronomer William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1871 Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871) 1882 Australia beats England by 7 runs in a match dubbed the "Death of English cricket" as Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 14-90 (7-46 and 7-44) 1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption cause a rise in the English Channel 32 hours after the explosion 1883 The first Carnegie library, financed by industrialist Andrew Carnegie , opens in Dunfermline, Scotland, as the first of 2,509 libraries built around the world 1885 Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-ounce gloves and 3-minute rounds is fought between American boxers John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey in Cincinnati, Ohio 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives a German patent for a motorcycle 1885 Phillies' Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0 1889 First American international professional lawn tennis contest in Newport, Rhode Island 1895 Northern Rugby Union is formed at the George Hotel in Huddersfield, England 1896 Chop suey is supposedly invented in NYC by the chef of visiting Chinese diplomat Li Hongzhang 1898 The Goodyear tire company founded 1900 Gaetano Bresci, the assassin of King Umberto I of Italy, is tried and sentenced to life imprisonment; he commits suicide in jail on May 22, 1901 1903 The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of Japan 1905 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza leaves Brazzaville 1907 The Quebec Bridge over St Lawrence River collapses during construction, killing 75 workers 1908 New York City gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London 1909 Glenn Curtiss of the USA wins the world's first air race, held in Rheims, France, on the final day of the Grande Semaine d'Aviation 1909 Hubert Latham of France sets a world airplane altitude record of 155 meters 1910 Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony 1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California 1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government 1914 Battle of St. Quentin: French counterattack led by General Lanrezac 1914 Fourth day of the Battle of Tannenberg (WWI): Russian Second Army panics, General Martos is caught 1914 New Zealand forces capture German Samoa 1914 SS Arizonian is the first vessel to arrive in San Francisco via the Panama Canal 1916 Congress creates US Naval Reserve 1916 General Paul von Hindenburg replaces Erich von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff 1916 US Congress accepts Jones Act: Philippines independence 1917 Canadian Parliament passes the Military Service Act, which is opposed by many French Canadians from Québec and farmers across the country [1] 1918 WWI: Bapaume, France, is retaken from the Germans in the Second Battle of Bapaume by British, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive 1920 An American sweep of the medals in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Antwerp Olympics; Duke Kahanamoku sets a world record of 1:00.4 in defending his 1912 gold medal 1920 An American sweep of the medals in the women's 3 m springboard diving event at the Antwerp Olympics as Aileen Riggin wins gold ahead of teammates Helen Wainwright and Thelma Payne 1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey wins her third gold medal at the Antwerp Olympics, teaming with Irene Guest, Frances Schroth, and Margaret Woodbridge in the American 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team, setting a world record of 5:11.6 1920 Swedish swimmer Håkan Malmrot completes the breaststroke double at the Antwerp Olympics, beating teammate Thor Henning in the 200 m and also beats Henning for gold in the 400m 1924 Germany's Reichstag approves the Dawes Plan, which sought to solve the WWI reparations problem 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, and Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and imposes a $5,000 fine on him 1929 Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland 1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam 1932 United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops 1935 Second NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450 attendees) 1937 MLB Philadelphia A's Bob Johnson is the second player to achieve 6 RBIs in an inning (first inning) 1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestinian Jews will fight in WWII 1940 Seventh NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567 attendees) 1941 German Einsatzkommando kills 1,469 Jewish children in Russia 1943 Danish Navy scuttles its warships so as not to be taken by Germany 1944 15,000 American troops liberate Paris and march down the Champs-Élysées 1944 Anti-German rebellion in Slovakia 1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan 1945 WWII: US General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1947 B.R. Ambedkar is appointed chairman of the drafting committee for the Indian Constitution 1947 Constantine Tsaldaris succeeds Maximos as Greek premier 1949 Soviet Union secretly performs its first successful nuclear weapons test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1950 International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany and Japan in 1952 1952 New York premiere of history-based film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" 1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb 1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens 1956 French government sends troops to Cyprus during Suez Crisis 1957 US Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond ends the longest-ever solo filibuster after 24 hours and 18 minutes, speaking against the Civil Rights Act 1958 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release their debut single "Move It," credited as the first British rock 'n' roll song 1958 Guitarist George Harrison (15) joins The Quarrymen, a skiffle band that later becomes The Beatles 1958 US Air Force Academy's permanent site opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado 1960 Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser wins the women's 100 m freestyle gold medal at the Rome Olympics, retaining the title won in Melbourne 1956, and will win an unprecedented third consecutive 100 m gold in Tokyo 1964 1960 Italy wins the cycling team pursuit, and Sante Gaiardoni takes the sprint gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Italy wins all four track events and the road team time trial to thoroughly dominate the sport 1960 Jordanian Premier Hazza' al-Majali is fatally injured in a bomb attack 1960 Swedish canoeists Gert Fredriksson and Sven-Olov Sjödelius win the K2-1,000 m in 3:34.73 at the Rome Olympics; Fredriksson's sixth gold medal in four Olympic Games

1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 1962 US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1963 Twins player Harmon Killebrew hits a home run off Senator Pete Burnside in a doubleheader 1964 On Elston Howard Night, NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record of 1,330 1965 Gemini V returns to Earth after 120 orbits and a record 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes, and 14 seconds [1] 1965 San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays sets an NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th in August 1966 Dutch Interior Minister Smallenbroek resigns after driving drunk 1966 The Beatles' last public concert takes place before a crowd of 25,000, with 7,000 unsold seats, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California 1967 Final episode of television drama series "The Fugitive" starring David Janssen is watched by 78 million people 1967 Yankees' longest day: Red Sox win the first game 2-1 in 9 innings, and Yankees win the second game in 20 innings, 4-3, totaling 8 hours and 19 minutes 1968 Anne McCaffrey makes history as the first woman to win a Hugo Award for Best Novella with her work "Weyr Search" (Dragonflight) [1] 1968 Democrats nominate Hubert Humphrey for US President in Chicago 1969 Joe Pepitone quits NY Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench 1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1970 Black Panthers confront police in Philadelphia; one officer is killed 1972 Sandy Neilson wins the women's 100 m freestyle gold medal in 58.59 seconds at the Munich Olympics, beating fellow American Shirley Babashoff and Shane Gould of Australia 1972 SF Giant Jim Barr retires the first 20 batters he faces, added to the last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for a record 41 in a row 1974 USSR performs an underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR 1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova, becoming the fourth brightest in the sky 1977 Iggy Pop releases his second album "Lust for Life," a collaboration with David Bowie 1977 MLB St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb 's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as the Padres win 4-3 1978 USSR performs a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing Meadows, New York 1979 Great Britain performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation purchases Mutual Black Network 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals a professional baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg, South Atlantic League) 1982 38°F (3.33°C) is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the month of August in Cleveland, Ohio 1982 MLB Kansas City Royals infielder George Brett gets his 1,500th hit 1982 Steve Miller 's single "Abracadabra" hits #1 1982 The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany 1985 Atlantis moves to the launch pad for the 51-J mission 1985 New York Yankees Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time 1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany ties the world women's 200 m record (21.71 seconds) 1986 Moroccan King Hassan II signs a unity treaty with Libya 1987 Houston Astros MLB player Nolan Ryan surpasses the 200-strikeout barrier for a record 11th time 1987 Portuguese athlete Rosa Mota wins the Women's Marathon at the World Championships in Rome in 2 hours, 25 minutes, and 17 seconds 1988 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets a Guinness World Record for tap dancing, with 4,497 participants dancing to "There's No Business Like Show Business" 1988 USSR launches Soyuz TM-6, including Valery Polyakov, Vladimir Lyakhov, and the first Afghan cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, to the Mir station 1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, killing 13 1990 Saddam Hussein declares that America can't defeat Iraq 1991 JFK Jr. wins his first battle as an attorney 1991 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signs a decree to close the Semipalatinsk test site, the location of 456 Soviet nuclear tests from 1949 to 1989, following protests by the Nevada-Semipalatinsk anti-nuclear movement [1] 1991 USSR suspends Communist Party activity 1992 Braves' Charlie Leibrandt records his 1,000th strikeout. He decides to keep the ball by rolling it to the dugout, allowing Ricky Jordan to take second base on an error 1992 Irish rock band U2 plays the first of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC 1992 Randy Myers blows his sixth save of the season, the fifth time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris 1993 John Harris wins the 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship 1994 British band Oasis release their debut album "Definitely Maybe," which becomes the fastest-selling album in the UK 1996 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, operated by a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 on board 1997 Netflix is founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in Scotts Valley, California, as an online DVD rental business 2001 Goodwill Games V opens in Brisbane, Australia, for the final edition of the event 2003 Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf 2003 Skype Technologies releases its pioneering video-conferencing software 2004 28th Summer Olympic Games close at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece 2004 Athens Olympic marathon is run on the same route as the 1896 Games, starting at the site of the Battle of Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens; Stefano Baldini of Italy wins men's gold in 2:10:55 2004 Brazil wins the men's volleyball gold medal with a 3-1 victory over Italy at the Athens Olympics 2004 Future undisputed world light heavyweight boxing champion Andre Ward of the US wins the light heavyweight gold medal at the Athens Olympics, defeating Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus on points 2004 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher clinches his fifth consecutive F1 World Drivers' Championship with a second place finish in the Belgian F1 Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2004 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf at Reserve Vineyards & GC: Craig Stadler wins his final major event by one stroke over Allen Doyle and Jerry Pate 2005 Hurricane Katrina makes its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $115 billion in damage 2007 Six AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles, each loaded with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, are mistakenly loaded onto a B-52H heavy bomber at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and flown to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana 2009 Cristiano Ronaldo makes his debut for Real Madrid, scoring a penalty in their 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruña 2010 62nd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family , Bryan Cranston , and Kyra Sedgwick win 2010 British BBC television series "Last of the Summer Wine" airs its final episode, ending after 31 seasons as the longest-running sitcom ever 2011 "Tha Carter IV" 9th studio album by Lil Wayne is released 2012 Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction 2012 Georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed 2012 Operation Eagle, undertaken by the Egyptian Army, results in the deaths of 11 suspected terrorists and the arrest of another 23 2013 41 people are killed and 33 are injured in a bus accident in Kenya 2013 Actor Gary Sinise is named an honorary Marine by the Commandant of the Marine Corps 2014 Riots break out in Guinea following rumors that health workers are deliberately transmitting the Ebola virus to locals 2014 Senegal is the fifth country hit by Ebola 2016 Italian coastguard says 6,500 migrants are rescued at sea in 40 separate incidents in one day off the coast of Sabratha, Libya 2017 Hurricane Harvey sets a rainfall record of 51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou from a tropical cyclone in the continental US, according to the US National Weather Service 2017 Monsoon rains in Mumbai cause chaos, closing schools and airports 2017 US President Donald Trump visits flood-affected Texas 2018 Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond resigns from the Scottish National Party amid sexual abuse allegations 2018 Germany returns the human remains of Namibian Herero and Nama people killed during the 1904-08 genocide at a church service in Berlin 2018 John McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona State Capitol Rotunda in Phoenix 2018 Russian President Vladimir Putin announces new retirement ages in a TV address amid protests: 60 for women and 65 for men 2018 Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs an NFL record contract extension with the Green Bay Packers: 4 years worth $134 million, rising to a possible $180 million with a record $103 million in guarantees 2019 Discovery of world's largest child sacrifice site is announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from the Chimú culture in Huanchaco, Peru 2019 Scientists announce there is no single "gay" gene, with genetics accounting for at most 25% of same-sex behavior in a study published in "Science" 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