Historical Events In August - 06

0258 St Sixtus II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.

0523 St Hormisdas ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.

0768 On this day in history constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1181 Supernova observed by Chinese &Japanese astronomers on this day in history.

1787 On this day in history constitutional Convention in Phila begans debate

1806 On this day in history holy Roman Empire ends

1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis &Tripoli on this day in history.

1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act on this day in history.

1862 On this day in history cSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly damaged in Union attack

1864 On this day in history rebels evacuate Ft Powell, Mobile Bayd

1870 On this day in history white conservatives suppresed black vote &captured Tenn legislature

1889 London's Savoy Hotel opens, the first British hotel to have private baths on this day in history.

1890 Cy Young pitches &wins 1st game on this day in history.

1890 On this day in history first use of electric chair in US, John Hart, in NY for murder

1914 Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia on this day in history.

1914 On this day in history ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54

1914 On this day in history serbia declares war against Germany

1915 On this day in history battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli starts – Seven Australians receive Victoria Crosses

1919 The first air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on this day in history.

1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins on this day in history.

1926 On this day in history gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel

1926 Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system on this day in history.

1927 On this day in history the third Toronto Union Station is opened officially by Edward, Prince of Wales. It was opened to the public on August 11, but passengers had to walk across to the old station tracks. The first day on which trains used the new, elevated, tracks through the new station platform was January 31, 1930.

1934 On this day in history uS troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915

1944 Deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins on this day in history.

1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" on this day in history.

1945 On this day in history the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.

1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court on this day in history.

1948 Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics on this day in history.

1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen from Netherlands is first women to win 3 golds at Olympics on this day in history.

1951 On this day in history typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria

1958 On this day in history glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles

1961 On this day in history gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported

1962 On this day in history jamaica gains independence from Britain

1964 Sir Cedric Hardwicke actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71 on this day in history.

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