Aug 30, 2026
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Aug 27, 2026
27th August 1916: Romania enters the First World War by declaring war on Austria-Hungary
Aug 27, 2026
27th August 1916: Romania enters the First World War by declaring war on Austria-Hungary
Aug 24, 2026
24th August 1814: The Burning of Washington sees British forces during the War of 1812 capture and set fire to many principal public buildings
Aug 21, 2026
21st August 1945: The Demon Core fatally irradiates physicist Harry Daghlian during an experiment at Los Alamos Laboratory
Aug 18, 2026
18th August 1940: “The Hardest Day” of the Battle of Britain during the Second World War
Aug 15, 2026
15th August 1969: Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near Bethel in New York
Aug 12, 2026
12th August 1977: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes the first free flight of the Space Shuttle programme
Aug 9, 2026
9th August 1944: Smokey Bear, the forest fire prevention mascot, first appears on a poster in the United States
Aug 6, 2026
6th August 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law during the height of the Civil Rights movement
Aug 3, 2026
3rd August 1914: Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, remarked that “The lamps are going out all over Europe…”
Jul 31, 2026
31st July 1971: David Scott and James Irwin drive the first Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission
Jul 28, 2026
28th July 1755: Expulsion of the Acadians agreed by British Lieutenant Governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council
Jul 25, 2026
25th July 1792: Brunswick Manifesto during the French Revolution threatened retaliation if the royal family was harmed
Jul 24, 2026
24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres
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