Aug 23 German bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London
Aug 10 Anti-Jewish laws are passed in Romania.
Aug 25 First "parachute wedding."
Aug 27 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
Aug 01 First expulsion of Jews from Cracow.
Aug 18 Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler dies
Aug 20 British PM Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
Aug 31 Hollywood screen stars Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh are married.
Aug 03 The birth of Martin Sheen, American actor
Aug 19 The birth of Jill St John, American actress
Aug 03 Lithuanian is accepted into the USSR
Aug 07 Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for an 1856 British Guiana)
Aug 01 HMS OSWALD,sunk 10 miles SE of Cape Spartivento, SW Italy in Ionian Sea - rammed by Italian destroyer 'Vivaldi'.
Aug 17 FDR &Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
Aug 08 Battle of Britain
Aug 20 Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21
Sep 15 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
Sep 03 The first showing of high definition color TV
Sep 16 Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House
Sep 27 Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.
Sep 25 Cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico
Sep 15 Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory
Sep 07 German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
Sep 12 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
Sep 03 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
