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 9, 1907 | The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. |
| August 9, 2012 | Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate a NFL game. |
| August 27, 1985 | Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida. |
| August 29, 1915 | US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident. |
| August 20, 1998 | The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval. |
| August 1, 1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. |
| August 26, 1346 | At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size. |
| August 27, 1963 | An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.[10] |
| August 14, 1598 | Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal. |
| August 25, 1823 | American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota. |
| August 30, 1984 | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage. |
| August 5, 2010 | Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. |
| August 22, 1972 | Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. |
| August 5, 1962 | Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990. |
| 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. |
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