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6th September 1651: Charles II of England hides in an oak tree to escape capture by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester

With Parliamentary troops searching the surrounding woodland, Royalist soldier William Careless suggested the king should hide in an oak tree, later known as the Royal ...

5th September 1793: The Reign of Terror begins in France during the Revolution

The Reign of Terror began in France when Bertrand Barère, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, made a speech in favour of it that ended with the exclamation, “Let's make terror the order of the ...

4th September 1957: Nine Black students denied entry to Little Rock High School in Arkansas

The Little Rock Crisis gained national attention, and was only resolved when President ...

3rd September 1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War

The Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was signed by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of ...

2nd September 1792: September Massacres begin during the French Revolution, resulting thousands of deaths

With the prisons full of suspected counter-revolutionaries, the radical journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat urged the citizens of Paris to take up arms and eliminate these ‘enemies of the ...

1st September 1969: Libyan Revolution brings Muammar Gaddafi to power following the overthrow of King Idris I

In the early hours of September 1, while King Idris I was in Turkey receiving medical treatment, Gaddafi and the Free Officers Movement launched their coup that took control of key institutions in Tripoli and Benghazi, including military bases, government offices, and radio ...

31st August 1888: Discovery of the first victim of Jack the Ripper in London

On the 31st August 1888, Mary Ann Nichols – commonly known as Polly – became the first confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel area of ...

30th August 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American Justice of the US Supreme Court

President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court on June 13, 1967, and his nomination was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 69 to 11 on August ...

29th August 1911: Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in California

Ishi, believed to be the last surviving member of the indigenous Yahi tribe, emerged from the wilderness in ...

28th August 1973: Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm ends, prompting the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

During a bank robbery in Stockholm, Jan-Erik Olsson took four bank workers hostage. They later began to exhibit sympathy towards their captors while becoming fearful of the police’s ...