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| '''[[Dormition of the Mother of God|Feast of Dormition]]''' ([[Julian calendar]]) |
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| [[1565]] – [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] founded '''[[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]''' in [[Spanish Florida]], the oldest continually occupied [[European colonization of the Americas|European settlement]] in the continental United States. |
| [[1565]] – [[Pedro Menéndez de Avilés]] founded '''[[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]]''' in [[Spanish Florida]], the oldest continually occupied [[European colonization of the Americas|European settlement]] in the continental United States. |
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| [[1845]] – The first issue of the [[popular science]] magazine '''''[[Scientific American]]'''''<!-- ''(cover pictured)''-->, currently the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, was published. |
| [[1845]] – The first issue of the [[popular science]] magazine '''''[[Scientific American]]'''''<!-- ''(cover pictured)''-->, currently the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, was published. |
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| [[1850]] – German composer [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[romanticism|romantic]] opera '''''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'''''<!-- ''(2015 production pictured)''-->, containing the [[Bridal Chorus]], was first performed under the direction of [[Franz Liszt]] in [[Weimar]], Germany. |
| [[1850]] – German composer [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[romanticism|romantic]] opera '''''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'''''<!-- ''(2015 production pictured)''-->, containing the [[Bridal Chorus]], was first performed under the direction of [[Franz Liszt]] in [[Weimar]], Germany. |
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| [[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Army]] successfully extended its [[Union blockade|blockage strategy]] by '''[[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries|capturing]]''' two [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forts on [[North Carolina]]'s [[Outer Banks]]. |
| [[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Union Army]] successfully extended its [[Union blockade|blockage strategy]] by '''[[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries|capturing]]''' two [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] forts on [[North Carolina]]'s [[Outer Banks]]. |
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| [[1867]] – Captain [[William Reynolds (naval officer)|William Reynolds]] of the {{USS|Lackawanna|1862|6}} formally took possession of '''[[Midway Atoll]]''' for the United States. |
| [[1867]] – Captain [[William Reynolds (naval officer)|William Reynolds]] of the {{USS|Lackawanna|1862|6}} formally took possession of '''[[Midway Atoll]]''' for the United States. |
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| [[1901]] – '''[[Silliman University]]''' in [[Dumaguete]], Philippines, was founded as the first American educational institution in Asia. |
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| [[1924]] – An unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]], known as the '''[[August Uprising]]''', began. |
| [[1924]] – An unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic]], known as the '''[[August Uprising]]''', began. |
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| [[1937]] – '''[[Toyota|Toyota Motors]]''', now the world's largest automobile manufacturer, was spun off from [[Toyota Industries]] as an independent company. |
| [[1937]] – '''[[Toyota|Toyota Motors]]''', now the world's largest automobile manufacturer, was spun off from [[Toyota Industries]] as an independent company. |
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| [[1957]] – '''[[Strom Thurmond]]''' began a [[Filibuster in the United States Senate|filibuster]] against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]] that lasted for {{nowrap|24 hours}} and {{nowrap|18 minutes}}, the longest one ever by a single U.S. Senator. |
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| [[1988]] – During an air show at the [[Ramstein Air Base|Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base]] near [[Kaiserslautern]], West Germany<!--Before 1990 German unification-->, three aircraft of the [[Frecce Tricolori|Italian Frecce Tricolori]] demonstration team '''[[Ramstein air show disaster|collided]]''' and fell into the crowd, killing all three pilots and 67 spectators. |
| [[1988]] – During an air show at the [[Ramstein Air Base|Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base]] near [[Kaiserslautern]], West Germany<!--Before 1990 German unification-->, three aircraft of the [[Frecce Tricolori|Italian Frecce Tricolori]] demonstration team '''[[Ramstein air show disaster|collided]]''' and fell into the crowd, killing all three pilots and 67 spectators. |
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* [[1789]] – With the first use of his new 1.2 m (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, [[William Herschel]] discovered a new [[Moons of Saturn|moon of Saturn]], which was later named '''[[Enceladus]]'''. |
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* [[1789]] – [[William Herschel]] discovered '''[[Enceladus]]''', a [[Moons of Saturn|moon of Saturn]], during the first use of [[40-foot telescope|his new telescope]] which was then the [[List of largest optical telescopes historically|largest in the world]]. |
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* [[1830]] – '''''[[Tom Thumb (locomotive)|Tom Thumb]]'''''<!-- ''(replica pictured)''-->, the first American-built [[steam locomotive]], engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in [[Maryland]]. |
* [[1830]] – '''''[[Tom Thumb (locomotive)|Tom Thumb]]'''''<!-- ''(replica pictured)''-->, the first American-built [[steam locomotive]], engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in [[Maryland]]. |
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* [[1909]] – The '''[[1909 Monterrey hurricane]]''' dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico. |
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* [[1859]] – A '''[[Solar storm of 1859|massive solar storm]]''' began, causing a [[coronal mass ejection]] to strike the Earth's [[magnetosphere]] that generated [[aurora]]e that were visible in the [[middle latitudes]]. |
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* [[1950]] – In tennis, '''[[Althea Gibson]]''' became the first African-American woman to compete at the [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]]. |
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* [[1963]] – American civil-rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]<!-- ''(pictured)''--> delivered the speech "'''[[I Have a Dream]]'''" during the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom|March on Washington]], calling for civil and economic rights and an end to [[racism in the United States]]. |
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* [[1987]] – Construction began on the '''[[Ryugyong Hotel]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Pyongyang]], the [[List of tallest buildings in North Korea|tallest building in North Korea]]. |
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* Born/died this day: '''[[Augustine of Hippo]]''' (d. 430){{·}} '''[[Omayra Sánchez]]''' (b. 1972) |
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* [[1993]] – The NASA spacecraft ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' flew by the asteroid '''[[243 Ida|243 Ida]]''' and took photographs that later revealed the first known [[Minor-planet moon|asteroid moon]] ''(both pictured)''. |
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* [[2021]] - The second phase of the [[Thomson-East Coast MRT line]] opens for service |
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* Born/died this day: | '''[[Augustine of Hippo]]'''<!--Arab saint--> |d|430| '''[[Emperor Go-Reizei]]'''<!--Japanese emperor--> |b|1025| '''[[Johannes Banfi Hunyades]]'''<!--Hungarian alchemist--> |d|1646| '''[[Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine]]'''<!--French general--> |d|1793| '''[[Jean Baptiste Point du Sable]]'''<!--Founder of Chicago--> |d|1818| '''[[Lindsay Hassett]]'''<!--Australian cricketer--> |d|1767| '''[[C. Doris Hellman|C. Doris Hellman]]'''<!--American historian--> |b|1910| '''[[Frederick William von Kleist]]'''<!--Prussian officer--> |b|1913| '''[[Jack Kirby]]'''<!--American illustrator--> |b|1917| '''[[Béla Guttmann]]'''<!--Hungarian footballer/coach--> |d|1981| '''[[Sora Amamiya]]'''<!--Japanese voice actress--> |b|1993 |
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* [[1993]] – The [[1993 Singaporean presidential election|first]] direct '''[[Presidential elections in Singapore|Presidential election in Singapore]]''' was held. |
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* [[2003]] – A pizza delivery man in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], '''[[Death of Brian Wells|was killed]]''' during a complex [[bank robbery]] when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded. |
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* [[1909]] – '''[[Goudi coup|A military ''coup d'etat'']]''' against the government of [[Dimitrios Rallis]] began in the [[Goudi]] neighbourhood of [[Athens]], Greece. |
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{{Born and died list|'''[[He Gui]]'''<!--Chinese general--> |d|919| '''[[Edward Dando]]'''<!--British thief--> |d|1832| '''[[Vittorio Sella]]'''<!--Italian photographer--> |b|1859| '''[[Katharine Abraham]]'''<!--American economist--> |b|1954| }} |
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* [[1993]] – '''[[243 Ida]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first asteroid found to have a [[Minor-planet moon|moon]] when it was visited by NASA's ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' probe. |
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Emperor Ferdinand II
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Feast of the Assumption (Julian calendar); | refimprove section |
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1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine in Spanish Florida, the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States. | refimprove sections |
1845 – The first issue of the popular science magazine Scientific American, currently the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, was published. | unreferenced section |
1849 – Austria reconquered the Republic of San Marco, an Italian revolutionary state that had declared its independence 17 months earlier. | refimprove |
1850 – German composer Richard Wagner's romantic opera Lohengrin, containing the Bridal Chorus, was first performed under the direction of Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany. | refimprove |
1861 – American Civil War: The Union Army successfully extended its blockage strategy by capturing two Confederate forts on North Carolina's Outer Banks. | unreferenced section |
1867 – Captain William Reynolds of the USS Lackawanna formally took possession of Midway Atoll for the United States. | refimprove section |
1901 – Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines, was founded as the first American educational institution in Asia. | Referencing issues |
1924 – An unsuccessful insurrection against Soviet rule in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, known as the August Uprising, began. | date not cited |
1937 – Toyota Motors, now the world's largest automobile manufacturer, was spun off from Toyota Industries as an independent company. | no tag, but lots of paragraphs without citations |
1957 – Strom Thurmond began a filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that lasted for 24 hours and 18 minutes, the longest one ever by a single U.S. Senator. | refimprove section |
1963 – Two young women were murdered in New York City; the mistreatment of the suspect by the police and his forced confession led New York to abolish its death penalty. | refimprove section |
1963 – The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, at the time the world's longest floating bridge, opened across Lake Washington in Washington, U.S. | lots of citations needed (5) and a refimprove section |
1988 – During an air show at the Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany, three aircraft of the Italian Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collided and fell into the crowd, killing all three pilots and 67 spectators. | unreferenced section |
Sheridan Le Fanu |b|1814 | Unreferenced material |
Edward Burne-Jones |b|1833| | unreferenced section |
Shania Twain |b|1965| | Lots unsourced |
Shulamith Firestone |d|2012 | Lots unsourced |
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- 475 – Orestes took control of Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, forcing Emperor Julius Nepos to flee.
- 1619 – Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1640 – Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.
- 1789 – William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.
- 1830 – Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
- 1909 – The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
- 1950 – In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
- 1955 – African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
- 1963 – American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
- 1973 – Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
- 1987 – Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
- 1993 – The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
- 2021 - The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service
- Born/died this day: | Augustine of Hippo |d|430| Emperor Go-Reizei |b|1025| Johannes Banfi Hunyades |d|1646| Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine |d|1793| Jean Baptiste Point du Sable |d|1818| Lindsay Hassett |d|1767| C. Doris Hellman |b|1910| Frederick William von Kleist |b|1913| Jack Kirby |b|1917| Béla Guttmann |d|1981| Sora Amamiya |b|1993
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- Second Battle of Bull Run appears on August 30, so 1861 battle should not appear in the same year
![SMS Mainz (background) shortly before sinking in the Battle of Heligoland Bight](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/A_Remarkable_Camera_Record_of_the_Sinking_of_the_German_Cruiser_Mainz_off_Heligoland_August_28th_1914.jpg/178px-A_Remarkable_Camera_Record_of_the_Sinking_of_the_German_Cruiser_Mainz_off_Heligoland_August_28th_1914.jpg)
- 1542 – Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts: During the Battle of Wofla, the Portuguese commander Cristóvão da Gama was captured by the Adal Sultanate and executed the next day.
- 1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.
- 1914 – In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured).
- 1993 – The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.
- 2003 – A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.
- He Gui (d. 919)
- Edward Dando (d. 1832)
- Vittorio Sella (b. 1859)
- Katharine Abraham (b. 1954)