1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright set fire to the living quarters of the architect’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murdered seven people, and burned the living quarters to the ground. It is unknown if the servant was arrested or not
636 – Beginning of the five-day decisive Battle at Yarmuk: Muslim forces defeat the Byzantine army to take control of Syria for the first time
778 – Battle of Roncevaux Pass: Roland, commander of the rearguard of Charlemagne’s army is defeated by the Basques
1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
1261 – Michael VIII Palaeologus is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island, and rename themselves as the Knights of Rhodes
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1534 – Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates took initial vows that would lead to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September of 1540
1620 – Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
1748 – United Lutheran Church the American colonies organized
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States
1876 – US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
1877 – Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, “hello” would be a more appropriate greeting than “ahoy” when answering the telephone.
1889 – The Great London dock strike from August 15 to September 16 helps extend British trade unionism from the skilled classes to the less skilled
1900 – The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion
1906 – King Edward VII of Great Britain visits German Emperor Wilhelm II to discuss the escalating rivalry between their nations’ naval forces
1911 – The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright set fire to the living quarters of the architect’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murdered seven people, and burned the living quarters to the ground. It is unknown if the servant was arrested or not https://www.history.com/news/the-massacre-at-frank-lloyd-wrights-love-cottage
1914 – The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
1918 – Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Russia were severed.
1923 – Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
1934 – US ends occupation of Haiti after 19 years; started after the 1915 assassination of Haiti’s president
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK.
1936 – Carla de Vries, an American tourist at the swimming event of the Berlin Olympics finds Adolf Hitler “so friendly and gracious” she shakes his hand and gives him a kiss
1939 – “The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy Garland became famous for the movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
1943 – Because of his special talent to use food scraps in both unusual and appetizing recipes, the U.S. War Department awarded Sgt. Edward Dzuba the Legion of Merit.
1944 – The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France.
1947 – India gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes an independent nation within the Commonwealth , Jawaharlal Nehru addresses the nation with the Indian Declaration of Independence and takes office as the first Prime Minister of India
1947 – India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan at Karachi
1948 – The Republic of Korea was proclaimed.
1953 – Inmates riot at Kingston Penitentiary; burn three buildings; do $2 million damage.
1954 – Dictator Alfredo Stroessner names himself the 42nd President of Paraguay
1960 – Congo gains its Independence, The Central African country came under French control in the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, the French consolidated their territories in Central Africa to create the French Equatorial Africa, with Brazzaville as its capital.
1961 – East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 – Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens its doors to participants and spectators, The iconic music festival, popularly known as Woodstock was held in Bethel, New York at the 600-acre farm of farmer Max B. Yasgur. Over 400,000 people attended the festival, which is often thought to be a key moment in the anti-establishment movement that was gaining popularity in the United States.
1970 – Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers.
1971 – U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices.
1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus continues, and the 37% of the island is now under Turkish control
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea is killed amid an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee, during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.
1975 – Military coup in Bangladesh. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman killed along with all family members, except Haseena Wajid.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by The Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the “”Wow! signal”” for notation made by a volunteer on the project
1983 – Six-month-old Lisa Harap of Queens Village, NY became the youngest identifiable living person to appear on a cover of “TIME” magazine.
1983 – Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone beaten in fight, and undergoes brain surgery
1984 – PKK, Kurdish people in Turkey gain arms and start a Guerrilla warfare campaign against the Turkish military
1986 – The U.S. Senate approved a package of economic sanctions against South Africa. The ban included the importing of steel, uranium, textiles, coal, and produce from South Africa.
1992 – Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the “myth” concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina.
1994 – The U.S. Social Security Administration became an independent government agency. It had been a part of the Department of Health and Human Services agency.
1997 – The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up.
1998 – Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, becoming the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco
2000 – A group of 100 people from North Korea arrived in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they had not seen for half a century. Also, a group of 100 South Koreans visited the North.
2001 – Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
2006 – Der Spiegel, Spiegel Online, publishes documents confirming German writer Günter Grass’ membership of the Waffen-SS in World War II
2015 – North Korea began using UTC+08:30 (official name Pyongyang Time) as a rejection of Japanese imperialism.
2017 – Barack Obama’s tweet “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most-liked tweet ever
2017 – Scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in “Nature Communications”
2018 – First ever US execution by fentanyl of Carey Dean Moore at Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln
2018 – Record 72,000 Americans (up 10%) killed by drug overdoses in 2017 in new figures by Centers for Disease Control
2019 – American Michael Gargiulo, found guilty of stabbing three women, killing two in Los Angeles, while awaiting trial for third killing
2019 – Whistleblower releases damaging report on General Electric titled “General Electric, a Bigger Fraud Than Enron” claiming $38 billion accountancy fraud
2021 – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital Kabul and take control
2022 – Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make period products free for all
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
