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6th September 1901: President William McKinley shot at the Pan-American Exposition by Leon Czolgosz

President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist during a ...

5th September 1781: Battle of the Chesapeake sees the British Navy repelled by the French during the American War of Independence

The French victory blocked British reinforcements and resupplies for General Cornwallis at Yorktown who surrendered his forces on October ...

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

Romulus’ overthrow facilitated Odoacer’s rise and the transition to the Ostrogothic ...

3rd September 301: The world’s oldest republic still in existence founded when Saint Marinus establishes San Marino

While the republic’s first government was based on a self-governed assembly known as the Arengo, the current system in San Marino has been in place since the Statutes of ...

2nd September 1935: The Labor Day hurricane, the most intense hurricane to ever make landfall

The most intense hurricane to ever make landfall struck the United ...

1st September 1985: Wreck of the Titanic discovered by a team led by Robert Ballard

The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert ...

31st August 1920: The world’s first radio news service begins broadcasting in Detroit, Michigan

The world’s first radio news program was broadcast on the station 8MK in Detroit, ...

30th August 1963: The Moscow-Washington hotline enters operation

The Moscow–Washington hotline entered operation, providing a direct link between the Kremlin and the ...

29th August 1949: USSR successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, codenamed RDS-1 and nicknamed First Lightning

The explosion had the power of 22 kilotons of TNT, and was 50% more destructive than its designers had ...

28th August 1955: The murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi

Black teenager Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly flirting with and offending a white woman in ...