Historical Events in August, Month of August Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 12, 1944 | Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. |
| August 3, 1678 | Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes. |
| August 28, 1789 | William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus. |
| August 7, 1990 | First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War. |
| August 1, 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. |
| August 29, 1911 | Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. |
| August 31, 1986 | The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423. |
| August 19, 2017 | Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in the 2017 Cypress Island Atlantic salmon pen break. |
| August 14, 1370 | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Karlovy Vary. |
| August 16, 1920 | Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw. |
| August 18, 1937 | A lightning strike starts the Blackwater Fire of 1937 in Shoshone National Forest, killing 15 firefighters within 3 days and prompting the United States Forest Service to develop their smokejumper program. |
| August 16, 1987 | Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground. |
| August 15, 1941 | Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage. |
| August 7, 2020 | Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board. |
| August 8, 1264 | Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison. |
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