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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 ...

27th August 1896: Shortest recorded war in history fought between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar

The British bombardment was swift and devastating, setting Zanzibar's palace and its buildings ablaze and killing or wounding approximately 500 men and women. The war lasted for barely 40 ...

26th August 1895: The world’s first major AC power plant began producing electricity at Niagara Falls

The world’s first large-scale, alternating current power plant began producing electricity at Niagara ...

25th August 1916: The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson

Forty-four years after the establishment of Yellowstone, the service was created when President Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act on 25 August, ...