Historical Events in August, Month of August Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| August 19, 1960 | Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants. |
| August 12, 1953 | First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme. |
| August 5, 1914 | World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War. |
| August 17, 2015 | A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. |
| August 1, 1964 | The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| August 17, 1985 | The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. |
| August 20, 2008 | Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. |
| August 9, 1942 | World War II: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. |
| August 17, 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| August 2, 338 | A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. |
| August 7, 1976 | Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars. |
| August 23, 1990 | West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3. |
| August 14, 2007 | The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 500 people. |
| August 11, 1975 | East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. |
| August 31, 1920 | Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów. |
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