THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 0108 The birthday

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 01/08. The birthday of all horses. 01/08/30 BC Mark Antony. Roman Politician & General dies. 01/08/30 BC Octavian(Later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt bringing it under control of the Roman Empire.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 01/08/1498. Christopher Colombus becomes the 1 st. European to visit Venezuela. 01/08/1619. The 1 st African slaves arrive in Jamestown Virginia. 01/08/1774. British chemist Joseph Priestley discovers Oxygen.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 01/08/1834. Slavery is abolished in the British Empire. 01/08/1902. The U. S. A. buys the Panama Canal from France. 01/08/1914. Germany declares War on Russia in W. W. 1.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 01/08/1924. Sir Frank Worrell is born. West Indian Cricket Captain whom the trophy is named after for cricket tests between Australia & the West Indies. 01/08/1941. The 1 st. Jeep is produced. 01/08/2009. Corazon Aquino. The 11 th. President of the Philippines dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 02/08/1820. John Tyndall. British physicist is born. 02/08/1934. Paul von Hindenberg. German Field Marshall & President of Germany dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 02/08/1939. Albert Einstein writes to U. S. President Franklin D Roosevelt urging him to begin the development of an Atomic Bomb. 02/08/1943. The Japanese sink the U. S. boat PT 109 during W. W. 2. The future U. S. President John F Kennedy saves all but 2 of his crew.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 02/08/1973. Champion Australian swimmer Suzie O’Neill is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 03/08/1856. Alfred Deakin. Australia’s 2 nd. Prime Minister is born. 03/08/1934. Adolf Hitler becomes the Supreme leader of Germany. “The Fuhrer” 03/08/2008. Aleksander Sololzhenitsyn. A famous Russian author dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 04/08/1792. Percy Shelley. English poet is born. 04/08/1901. Louis Armstrong. Famous American Jazz Musician is born. 04/08/1914. UK declares war on Germany in W. W. 1. 04/08/1923. Reg Grundy. Australian Television & Media owner is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 04/08/1942. David Lange. N. Z. Prime Minister 1984 – 1989 is born. 04/08/1960. Tim Winton. Australian novelist & short story writer is born. 04/08/1961. U. S. President Barack Obama is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 05/08/1305. Scottish hero Sir William Wallace is executed by the English. 05/08/1815. Edward Eyre. Australian explorer is born. 05/08/1908. Harold Holt. Australian Prime Minister between 1966 – 1967 is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 05/08/1930. Neil Armstrong. US Astronaut & 1 st. man to walk on the moon is born. 05/08/1962. Marilyn Monroe. American actress dies. 05/08/1984. Sir Richard Burton. Welsh Actor dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 05/08/2008. Reg Lindsay. Australian country & western singer dies. 06/08/1809. Alfred Lord Tennyson. English poet is born. 06/08/1825. Bolivia gains her Independence. 06/08/1881. Alexander Fleming. Scottish scientist who discovered Penicillin is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 06/08/1885. Sir Isaacs. 1 st. native born Governor General of Australia is born. 06/08/1926. Gertrude Ederle became the 1 st woman to swim the English Channel.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 06/08/1945. Atomic Bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during W. W. 2. 06/08/2017. The “Golden Girl” of Australian Athletics of the 1950’s & 1960’s Betty Cuthbert dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 07/08/1948. Greg Chappell. Famous Australian cricketer is born. 08/08/1588. The English Fleet attacked the Spanish Armada. 08/08/1909. Mother Mary Mackillop. Australia’s 1 st Saint dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 08/08/1967. The Association of South East Asian Nations was formed. (ASEAN. ) 08/08/1974. U. S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation: “effective at noon tomorrow” as a result of the Watergate scandal.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 08/08/2017. Famous American Country & Western singer Glen Campbell dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 9 TH. International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. 09/08/1493. The opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. 09/08/1631. John Dryden, English poet & dramatist was born. 09/08/1938. Rod Laver. Champion Australian Tennis player & the only person ever to win 2 Grand Slams is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 09/08/1945. A second atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan during W. W. 2. 09/08/1961. John Key. New Zealand’s Prime Minister is born. 09/08/1985. Clive Churchill. South Sydney & Australian Rugby League great dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 11/08/1897. Enid Blyton. English author is born. 11/08/1972. The last U. S. ground troops leave South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War. 11/08/2014. Robin Williams. Famous American actor & comedian dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 12/08/1886. Sir Keith Murdoch. Australian journalist & founder of the Murdoch media empire is born. 12/08/1964. Ian Fleming. English author & creator of James Bond is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 13/08/1926. Fidel Castro. Cuban Revolutionary leader is born. 13/08/1946. H. G. Wells. English Science fiction writer is born. 13/08/1961. East Germans began building the Berlin Wall.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY 13/08/2008. Michael Phelps becomes the 1 st. person ever to win 8 Gold medals at a single Olympics in Beijing, China. 14/08/1902. Felix Wankel. German inventor of the Rotary Engine is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 14/08/1941. Father Maximillian Kolbe dies in the German Concentration Camp at Auschwitz. He gives up his life to save another prisoner who had a family. He is canonised in 1982 as one of the 20 th. Century Martyrs.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: AUGUST 14/08/1945. Japan surrenders to end W. W. 2. 14/08/1947. Pakistan becomes Independent. 14/08/1973. Record breaking Australian swim star Kieran Perkins is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST August 15 th. is celebrated by Catholics as the Feast of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven. 15/08/1057. King Macbeth of Scotland dies. 15/08/1769. Napoleon Bonaparte is born. 15/08/1771. Sir Walter Scottish author is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 15/08/1914. The Panama Canal is opened to traffic. 15/08/1945. V. J. Day. Japan surrenders to mark the end of W. W. 2. 15/08/1947. India becomes Independent.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY. AUGUST 15/08/1948. South Korea becomes Independent. 15/08/1950. Princess Anne. The Princess Royal is born. 15/08/1960. The Congo becomes Independent.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 16/08/1948. . Babe Ruth. American Baseball legend dies. 16/08/1958. Madonna. American singer & actor is born. 16/08/1977. “The King of Rock & Roll” Elvis Presley dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 17/08/1943. The Allies conquer Sicily in W. W. 2. 17/08/1945. Indonesia becomes Independent.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 18 th. Vietnam Veterans day 19/08/1871. Orville Wright. Pioneer aviator is born. 20/08/1858. Charles Darwin publishes his theory of evolution. 20/08/1968. Soviet Troops invade Czechoslovakia.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 21/08/1770. Captain James Cook formally claims Eastern Australia for Great Britain calling it New South Wales. 21/08/1959. Hawaii is proclaimed as the 50 th. State of the U. S. A.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 22/08/1642. The start of the English Civil War. 22/08/1647. Denis Papin. French Scientist who invented the Pressure Cooker is born. 22/08/1862. Claude Debussy. French composer is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 23/08/1939. Germany & the Soviet Union sign a non aggression pact “The pact of steel” prior to the beginning of W. W. 2. 23/08/1942. The battle of Stalingrad begins in W. W. 2. 24/08/1936. The Australian Antarctic territory is created.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 24/08/2014. Sir Richard Attenborough dies. He was a famous English actor, director and producer. He was also Life President of Chelsea Football Club.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 25/08/1867. Michael Faraday. English scientist dies. 25/08/1930. Sean Connery. Scottish actor who starred as James Bond is born. 25/08/1968. Stan Mc. Cabe. Famous Australian cricketer dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 25/08/2009. Senator Edward M. Kennedy. U. S. Senator for Massachusetts 1962 – 2009 dies. 25/08/2012. Neil Armstrong. The 1 st. man to walk on the moon on July 20 th. 1969 dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 26/08/1498. Michelangelo is asked to create the Pieta. 26/08/1908. Sir Donald Bradman is born. 26/08/1910. Mother Teresa. Catholic nun & winner of the Nobel peace prize is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 27/08/1789. The French National Assembly (Parliament) adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man. 27/08/1910. Sir Donald Bradman. Famous Australian Cricketer is born. 27/08/1910. Lyndon B. Johnson. 36 th. President of the U. S. A. is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 27/08/2013. Bill Peach. Famous current Affairs Journalist for the A. B. C. dies. 28/08/1828. Leo Tolstoy. Russian author is born. 28/08/1833. UK ended slavery in its colonies

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 28/08/1996. Princess Diana & Prince Charles divorce. 29/08/1831. Michael Faraday discovers Electromagnetic Radiation. 29/08/1844. Edmund Ignatius Rice. Founder of the Christian Brothers dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 29/08/1862. Andrew Fisher. 3 times Australian Prime Minister is born. 30/08/1835. Foundation of the City of Melbourne. 30/08/1797. Mary Wollstonecraft. English author of Frankenstein is born.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 31/08/1814. Captain Arthur Phillip who led the 1 st. Fleet to Australia in 1788 dies. 31/08/1897. Thomas Edison patents the 1 st. movie projector. 31/08/1945. Sir Robert Menzies forms the Liberal Party of Australia.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY AUGUST 31/08/1957. Malaysia gains its independence from Great Britain. 31/08/1997. Dianna The Princess of Wales is killed in a car accident in Paris. 31/08/2013. David Frost. Famous English T. V. Journalist & Interviewer dies.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH: “ Never in the history of human conflict, has so much been owed by so many, to so few. It was perhaps, their finest hour. ” Sir Winston Churchill. Prime Minister of England, in a speech to the House of Commons , during the Battle of Britain, 20 th. August 1940.