1941 – British PM Winston Churchill launched his “”V for Victory”” campaign. The letter “V” became a rallying cry for people in occupied nations as well as Germans who opposed the Nazis.
0711 – Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic
1324 – Mansa Musa, ruler of the Mali Empire, arrives in Cairo on his way to Mecca, with a procession of 600,000 men, 12,000 slaves and 80 camels carrying 136 kg (300 pounds) of gold each
1333 – Battle of Halidon Hill at Berwick where an English army under Edward III and Edward Balliol defeated the Scots forces led by Sir Archibald Douglas. English archers devastated the Scottish army and inflicted terrible losses, including six earls, seventy barons and over 500 knights
1510 – 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin, Prussia
1525 – The Catholic princes of Germany formed the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.
1544 – Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne began.
1553 – Fifteen-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as Queen of England after claiming the crown for nine days. Mary, the daughter of King Henry VIII, was proclaimed Queen.
1692 – Salem Witch Trials: Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
1702 – Great Northern War: Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Krakow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1788 – Prices plunged on the Paris stock market.
1810 – Prussia’s Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people
1848 – Women’s rights: The two day Women’s Rights Convention opens in Seneca Falls, New York and the “”Bloomers”” are introduced at the feminist convention.
1870 – France declared war on Prussia.
1879 – Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon
1880 – SF Public Library starts lending books
1900 – Paris Metro opens, One of the densest metros in the world and the second largest metro in Europe, the first line of the Paris Metro opened during the World’s Fair.
1912 – A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town
1918 – Washington Senators catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for draft deferment; Secretary of War, Newton D Baker rules baseball players not draft exempt but later moves date to 1 September; both leagues end regular season 2 September
1919 – Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of World War I, ex-servicemen rioted and burnt down Luton Town Hall
1939 – Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.
1941 – The first US Army flying school for black cadets dedicted (Tuskegee Ala)
1941 – British PM Winston Churchill launched his “”V for Victory”” campaign. The letter “V” became a rallying cry for people in occupied nations as well as Germans who opposed the Nazis. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/almanac-v-for-victory-sign/
1942 – German U-boats were withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to effective American anti-submarine countermeasures.
1943 – During World War II, more than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attacked Rome for the first tim
1947 – Burmese nationalist Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated.
1956 – US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1963 – Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 metres (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
1964 – In Illinois, Cahokia Mounds was designated as a U.S. National Landmark.
1966 – Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
1974 – The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him.
1975 – The Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts separated after being linked in orbit for two days.
1979 – In Nicaragua, the dictatorship of the Somozas was overthrown by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional or FSLN).
1982 – David S Dodge becomes the first American hostage in Lebanon
1982 – The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 14% of the population had an income below the official poverty level in 1981.
1985 – Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.
1990 – Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California
1993 – President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions
1994 – 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles)
2001 – Michael Brunet discovers the skull of Sahelanthropus tchadensis in the Djurab Desert, Chad. One of the oldest known species in the human family tree, 6-7 million years ago years old
2009 – The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet
2013 – 20 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Diyala, Iraq
2017 – Investigators using DNA identify 16 year-old James Byron Haakenson as a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 41 years after his disappearance
2018 – First commercial flight, the “bird of peace” between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years lands in Asmara, Eritrea, reuniting families
2018 – Israel’s parliament passes controversial “nation state” law giving only Jews self-determination, relegating Arabic to “special status”
2019 – Largest wind farm in Africa opens at Lake Turkana, Kenya, generating 310 megawatts
2020 – Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler criticizes federal policing of protesters in his city, calling it unconstitutional
2021 – Bomb attack on al-Wuhailat market in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival, kills 25 people
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
