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August 9, 2017
10th August 1792: Tuileries Palace stormed & French monarchy suspended
On the 10th August 1792, French revolutionary troops stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Referred to by some historians as ‘the Second Revolution’ the events of the 10th August suspended the monarchy under King Louis...
August 8, 2017
9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the USA
On the 9th August 1974, Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment and the almost certain removal from office due to the Watergate Scandal. Although Nixon’s impeachment trial...
August 7, 2017
8th August 1963: The Great Train Robbery takes place
On the 8th August 1963, a gang of 15 men attacked a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and stole over £2.6million in cash. Worth £50million today, the vast majority of the money...
August 6, 2017
7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress
On the 7th August 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the United States Congress. The joint resolution granted powers to President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force to assist countries in...
August 5, 2017
6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On the 6th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay. 70,000 people were killed instantly, of whom 20,000 were...
August 4, 2017
5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed
On the 5th August 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested near the South African town of Howick and imprisoned facing charges of inciting workers’ strikes and leaving the country without a passport. He wasn’t released for...
August 3, 2017
4th August 1944: First Allied jet pilot to achieve a combat victory by ‘tipping’ a V-1 doodlebug
RAF Flight Officer T. D. Dean became the first Allied jet pilot to achieve a combat victory when he ‘tipped’ a Nazi German V-1 ‘doodlebug’ flying bomb with his Gloster Meteor jet fighter. The V-1...
August 2, 2017
3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
At 8am on the 3rd August 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on the voyage that would take him to the Americas. While Columbus captained the Santa...
August 1, 2017
2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after Hindenburg dies
On the 2nd August 1934, the 86 year old German Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg died of lung cancer and Adolf Hitler became both the Führer and Reich Chancellor of the German People. It effectively merged...
July 31, 2017
1st August 1834: Slavery Abolition Act comes in to force
On the 1st August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into force in the United Kingdom, although it had received royal assent a year earlier. The Act outlawed slavery throughout the British Empire, although there...
