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 22, 1966 | Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers. |
| August 7, 1679 | The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America. |
| August 24, 1812 | Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz. |
| August 10, 2020 | Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history. |
| August 11, 1979 | Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners. |
| August 27, 2006 | Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. |
| August 13, 1937 | Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins. |
| August 31, 1962 | Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent. |
| August 27, 1914 | World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat. |
| August 24, 1516 | The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq. |
| August 25, 1991 | The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence). |
| August 26, 1814 | Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias. |
| August 18, 2008 | War of Afghanistan: The Uzbin Valley ambush occurs. |
| August 14, 2006 | Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council’s approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. |
| August 1, 1993 | The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. |
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