Historical Events in August, Month of August Events
Here is a list of some historical events in August. You can learn What major event happened in August?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 17, 2005 | Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. |
| August 30, 1594 | King James VI of Scotland holds a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle. |
| August 23, 1655 | Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| August 9, 1942 | World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. |
| August 24, 1949 | The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect. |
| August 24, 2014 | A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989. |
| August 20, 1940 | World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". |
| August 20, 1975 | ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people. |
| August 4, 1889 | The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project. |
| August 25, 2011 | Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas. |
| August 17, 2005 | The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts. |
| August 12, 1492 | Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. |
| August 16, 1930 | The first British Empire Games are opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon. |
| August 19, 1964 | Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics. |
| August 28, 1810 | Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy accepts the surrender of a British Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of Grand Port. |
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