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31 Aug 1142
Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League - with the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah
31 Aug 1230
Bishop Willebrand of Utrecht grants Swells state justice
31 Aug 1310
German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
31 Aug 1422
Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months
31 Aug 1745
Jacobite Rising Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
31 Aug 1751
British troops under Sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
31 Aug 1778
British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
31 Aug 1836
HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia Cape Verde Islands
31 Aug 1842
US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
31 Aug 1843
Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
31 Aug 1850
California pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
31 Aug 1864
Atlanta Campaign Battle of Jonesboro Georgia 1900 casualties
31 Aug 1876
Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
31 Aug 1881
1st US mens single tennis championships (Newport Rhode Island)
31 Aug 1886
1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US at Charleston South Carolina 110 die
31 Aug 1891
US National Championship Mens Tennis Newport R.I. Defending champion Oliver Campbell beats Clarence Hobart 2-6 7-5 7-9 6-1 6-2 second of 3 straight titles
31 Aug 1894
The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act passed by Richard Seddons Liberal government making New Zealand the first country in the world to outlaw strikes in favour of compulsory arbitration
31 Aug 1895
1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid 10 & won 12-0)
31 Aug 1896
Louis Napoleon Parkers Rosemary premieres in NYC
31 Aug 1900
Dodgers Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
31 Aug 1902
Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
31 Aug 1903
Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
31 Aug 1904
US National Championship Mens Tennis Newport RI Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier 10-8 6-4 9-7 for his lone major singles title
31 Aug 1905
Mbunga rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East Africa
31 Aug 1905
25th US National Championship Mens Tennis Newport RI Beals Wright beats defending champion Holcombe Ward 6-2 6-1 11-9 for his lone major singles title
31 Aug 1907
Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan Persia & Tibet
31 Aug 1909
Swedish runner Thure Johansson runs world record marathon (24034.2) in Stockholm
31 Aug 1911
The Sullivan Act requiring New Yorkers to possess licences for firearms small enough to be concealed comes into effect
31 Aug 1913
Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
31 Aug 1913
Massive protest rally on Sackville Street attacked by the Dublin Metropolitan Police two strikers killed by the police
31 Aug 1914
24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale Michigan (state record)
31 Aug 1914
German troops reconquer SoldauNeidenburg East-Prussia
31 Aug 1914
Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
31 Aug 1915
Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants 2-0
31 Aug 1915
Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
31 Aug 1916
Oscar Asches musical Chu Chin Chow premieres in London
31 Aug 1918
Boston Red Sox win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
31 Aug 1919
John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
31 Aug 1919
Petlyuras Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
31 Aug 1920
Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
31 Aug 1923
League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
31 Aug 1928
Brecht & Weils play The Threepenny Opera premieres
31 Aug 1934
1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game Chicago Bears 0 All-Stars 0 (79432)
31 Aug 1935
1st national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
31 Aug 1935
Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians 5-0
31 Aug 1935
Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 105 tons of cabbages in 6 hours
31 Aug 1937
Dets rookie Rudy York sets record for HRs of 18 HRs in August
31 Aug 1938
5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game All-Stars 28 Washington 16 (74250)
31 Aug 1939
Staged Polish assault on radio station in Gleiwitz
31 Aug 1940
1st edition of illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
31 Aug 1940
RAF Fighter Command loses 39 aircraft against Luftwaffes 41
31 Aug 1940
German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap rationing
31 Aug 1941
Great Gildersleeve a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
31 Aug 1942
Battle at Alam Halfa German & Italians assault
31 Aug 1942
U-boats sink and damage 131 allied ships this month (639946 tons)
31 Aug 1943
1st battle of Essexnew Yorktown US assault on Marcus Island
31 Aug 1943
Japanese occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
31 Aug 1944
French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
31 Aug 1946
Foghorn Leghorn Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series) first debuts in Walky Talky Hawky
31 Aug 1947
NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
31 Aug 1948
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands celebrates golden jubilee
31 Aug 1953
KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
31 Aug 1953
WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston MA (IND) begins
31 Aug 1954
Hurricane Carol hits New England 70 die Costliest ever hurricane at the time and 1st storm name to be retired.
31 Aug 1954
Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 As)
31 Aug 1954
WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring ME (ABC) begins
31 Aug 1954
Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs en route to season total 49
31 Aug 1955
1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated (Chicago Illinois)
31 Aug 1955
KTRE TV channel 9 begins broadcasting in Lufkin Texas (ABCNBC affiliate)
31 Aug 1959
48th Davis Cup Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
31 Aug 1959
Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Deans NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
31 Aug 1960
US sweeps the medals in the shot put at the Rome Olympics Bill Nieder wins gold with 19.68m ahead of countrymen Parry OBrien and Dallas Long
31 Aug 1962
Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
31 Aug 1964
Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium future home of Angels
31 Aug 1965
US Congress establishes Department of Housing & Urban Development
31 Aug 1965
The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft makes its first flight.
31 Aug 1966
Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
31 Aug 1966
The Battle of Algiers directed by Gillo Pontecorvo starring Jean Martin Saadi Yacef premieres at the Vienna International Film Festival
31 Aug 1968
12000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60000 buildings in NE Iran
31 Aug 1968
68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
31 Aug 1968
Roy Face ties W Johnsons record of 802 pitching appearances with club
31 Aug 1968
Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr X) in Minn to become NWA champ
31 Aug 1968
Gary Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over
31 Aug 1970
59th Davis Cup USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
31 Aug 1970
Lonnie McLucas a Black Panther activist convicted
31 Aug 1970
Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassadors home in Wassenaar
31 Aug 1970
WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
31 Aug 1971
Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (24630)
31 Aug 1971
An inquiry into allegations of brutality by the security forces against those interned without trial in Northern Ireland is announced
31 Aug 1972
Lasse Viren runs Olympicworld record 10000m (2738.4)
31 Aug 1972
Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut wins balance beam & floor exercise gold medals at the Munich Olympics follows gold in the teams all-round
31 Aug 1972
American super swimmer Mark Spitz wraps up the Olympic butterfly double with a world record 54.27 in the 100m in Munich having already won the 200m in world record time 200.70
31 Aug 1972
American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of John Kinsella Fred Tyler Steve Genter & Mark Spitz swim a world record 735.78 to beat West Germany for the gold medal at the Munich Olympics
31 Aug 1972
Australian swimmer Gail Neall with a world record 502.97 wins the 400m individual medley gold medal at the Munich Olympics
31 Aug 1974
Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
31 Aug 1977
Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125524)
31 Aug 1977
Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
31 Aug 1977
Ian Smith espousing racial segregation wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorates vote
31 Aug 1978
Emily & William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst
31 Aug 1979
In the battle of American teenage tennis prodigies 16 year old Tracy Austin beats 14 year old Andrea Jaeger 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round at US Open
31 Aug 1979
Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as US UN ambassador
31 Aug 1980
Oklahoma closes at Palace Theater NYC after 301 performances
31 Aug 1980
80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
31 Aug 1980
Polands Solidarity trade union federations forms and is offically recognised by the Polish government
31 Aug 1980
The Gdask Agreement is signed allowing Polish citizens to bring democratic changes within the communist political structure
31 Aug 1981
Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut v England at Lords
31 Aug 1981
Royals manager Jim Frey is fired & replaced by Dick Howser
31 Aug 1983
Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
31 Aug 1984
Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
31 Aug 1985
Prakas sets trotting mile record of 153.4 at Du Quoin Illinois
31 Aug 1985
Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over 100 M
31 Aug 1985
Night Stalker suspect that terrorized California captured in East Los Angeles
31 Aug 1986
Aeromexico DC-9 & small plane collide in LA killing 82 (15 on the ground)
31 Aug 1986
Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov 398 die
31 Aug 1987
Curtis Strange sets golfs earning for year record (697385)
31 Aug 1987
South Africas longest mine strike in history ends
31 Aug 1988
5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
31 Aug 1988
Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
31 Aug 1988
Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
31 Aug 1989
Arbitrator T Roberts orders owners to pay 105 million for collusion
31 Aug 1990
Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
31 Aug 1990
East & West Germany sign a treaty to join legal & political systems
31 Aug 1990
Ken Griffey Sr & Jr are 1st father & son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners
31 Aug 1991
Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
31 Aug 1991
Richard J Kerr ends term as deputy director of CIA
31 Aug 1991
Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
31 Aug 1991
William H. Webster ends term as 14th director of CIA
31 Aug 1991
Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union following the failed coup in Moscow
31 Aug 1992
44th Emmy Awards Northern Exposure Christopher Lloyd & Dana Delane win
31 Aug 1992
Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine 500 die
31 Aug 1992
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland Ohio on WNCX 98.5 FM
31 Aug 1993
Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
31 Aug 1993
HMS Mercury the Royal Navys communications training establishment closes after 52 years in commission.
31 Aug 1994
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Sinn Fin) declares a ceasefire in Northern Ireland
31 Aug 1997
Gin Game closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
31 Aug 1997
Eddie George runs for 216 yards on 35 carries and scores a touchdown as the Oilers playing their first NFL game in Tennessee beat Oakland 24-21 in overtime at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis
31 Aug 1998
North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong its first satellite.
31 Aug 1999
The first of a series of apartment bombings in Moscow killing one person and wounding 40 others.
31 Aug 1999
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires killing 65 including 2 on the ground.
31 Aug 1999
Fly 5th studio album by Dixie Chicks is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album 2000 Billboard Album of the Year 2000)
31 Aug 2005
A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1199 people.
31 Aug 2005
62nd Venice Film Festival Brokeback Mountain directed by Ang Lee wins Golden Lion
31 Aug 1903
New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 and 9-2 at the Polo Grounds
31 Aug 1920
Detroit radio station 8MK (now WWJ 950AM) is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
31 Aug 1980
Polands Solidarity trade union federations forms and is officially recognised by the Polish government
31 Aug 1985
ngel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over 100 M
31 Aug 1990
Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners) the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored
31 Aug 1992
44th Emmy Awards Northern Exposure (best drama & drama writing)Christopher Lloyd (Road To Avalonlea) & Dana Delany (China Beach) win
31 Aug 1992
Dynamite explosion in Philippines mine 500 die
31 Aug 1981
MLB Kansas City Royals fire manager Jim Frey replace him with Dick Howser
31 Aug 1987
The Great Potato Incident Minor league Williamsport Bills catcher Dave Bresnahan attempts to lure an opposing baserunner off third base using a potato carved to look like a baseball. Umpire calls runner safe and the catcher is fined 50 and released by the team [1] [2]
31 Aug 1992
Dynamite explosion in a mine in the Philippines kills 500
31 Aug 1142
Possible date for establishment of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) League [disputed date - other research places date between 1450 and 1660]
31 Aug 1889
Second International Electrical Congress adopts the joule as unit of energy (after James Prescott Joule) the watt as unit of power (after James Watt) and the quadrant as unit of electrical inductance (later renamed henry)
31 Aug 1909
A. J. Reach Co. patents cork-centered baseball
31 Aug 1935
Russian miner Aleksey Stachanov digs 102 tons of coal in under 6 hours using a jackhammer
31 Aug 1954
Hurricane Carol hits New England 70 die. Costliest ever hurricane at the time and 1st storm name to be retired.
31 Aug 1954
Cincinnati 1st baseman Ted Kluszewski hits 2 HRs in a 9-3 loss v Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium Philadelphia 1st Redleg to ever hit 40 MLB HRs en route to season total 49
31 Aug 1960
US sweeps the medals in the shot put at the Rome Olympics Bill Nieder wins gold with 19.68m ahead of countrymen Parry OBrien and Dallas Long
31 Aug 1962
Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) with Eric Williams as first Prime Minister
31 Aug 1964
Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium future home of MLB California Angels
31 Aug 1968
12000 die in 7.8 quake which destroys 60000 buildings in NE Iran
31 Aug 1968
Roy Face ties W. Johnsons record of 802 pitching appearances with club
31 Aug 1968
Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr X) in Minnesota to become NWA champ
31 Aug 1970
Lonnie McLucas a Black Panther activist convicted of conspiracy to commit murder
31 Aug 1974
Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen Neteherlands harbor
31 Aug 1991
Richard J. Kerr ends term as deputy director of CIA
31 Aug 1992
44th Emmy Awards Northern Exposure (Best Drama & Best Drama Writing) Christopher Lloyd (Road To Avalonlea) and Dana Delany (China Beach) win
31 Aug 1842
American blacksmith Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine
31 Aug 1843
Liberty Party nominates James Birney as presidential candidate
31 Aug 1864
Atlanta Campaign Battle of Jonesboro Georgia 1900 casualties
31 Aug 1881
1st US mens single tennis championships held at Newport Rhode Island
31 Aug 1894
Phillies outfielder Billy Hamilton equals George Gores MLB single game stolen bases record with 7 steals in 10-8 win vs Washington Senators in Philadelphia
31 Aug 1896
Louis Napoleon Parkers play Rosemary premieres in NYC
31 Aug 1900
Brooklyn pitcher Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Philadelphia Phillies in 2nd inning of the Superbas 9-4 loss at Washington Park Kennedy still achieves his 4th 20-win season
31 Aug 1902
Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (a horse rider)
31 Aug 1935
1st national skeet championship in Indianapolis
31 Aug 1972
Finnish runner Lasse Viren runs Olympic and world record 10000m (2738.4)
31 Aug 1977
Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft altitude record of 38.26 km (125524)
31 Aug 1941
Radio program Great Gildersleeve a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
31 Aug 1991
Colorado Rockies bat out of order against Montreal Expos in 1st inning
31 Aug 2012
Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo Japan
31 Aug 2015
US President Barack Obama arrives in Alaska on a 3 day tour highlighting climate change
31 Aug 2015
Violent protests in Kiev after Ukraine parliament vote leave 1 national guard dead 100 injured
31 Aug 2017
Indications that Neanderthals were the first to make glue out of tar strengthened by research published in Scientific Reports
31 Aug 2017
International Organization for Migration states 18500 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmars Rakhine state after 110 deaths making for Bangladesh
31 Aug 2018
19-year old Indonesian boy rescued after 49 days afloat when his floating fish trap became adrift
31 Aug 1895
First professional football game QB John Brallier is paid 10 and his team wins 12-0
31 Aug 1902
Split skirt first worn by Mrs. Adolph Landeburg a horse rider
31 Aug 1946
Foghorn Leghorn a Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series) debuts in Walky Talky Hawky
31 Aug 1947
NY Giants set a season record for HRs by a club with 183 and end the season with 221
31 Aug 1955
First sun-powered automobile is demonstrated in Chicago Illinois
31 Aug 1977
Aleksandr Fedotov sets an aircraft altitude record of 37650 meters (123523 feet)
31 Aug 1990
East Germany and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems
31 Aug 1998
North Korea reportedly launches its first satellite Kwangmyngsng-1. While the North Korean government claims the launch is successful no objects are tracked in orbit from the launch.
31 Aug 1999
LAPA Flight 3142 a Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires killing 65 people including 2 on the ground
31 Aug 2005
A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 965 people
31 Aug 2017
Indications that Neanderthals are the first to make glue out of tar are strengthened by research published in Scientific Reports
31 Aug 2018
19-year-old Indonesian boy is rescued after 49 days adrift when his floating fish trap becomes detached
31 Aug 2019
Gunman kills seven and injures 22 during high speed chase in Odessa Texas
31 Aug 2019
India removes citizenship status from 1.9 million people in state of Assam leaving them off its new National Register of Citizens
31 Aug 2019
Major track crash during Formula 2 race at Spa-Francorchamps Belgium kills Anthoine Hubert and critically injures Juan Manuel Correa
31 Aug 2019
Minnesota Twins smash 6 HRs in 10-7 loss to the Tigers in Detroit break MLB record by hitting 268th home run of the season
31 Aug 2019
US missile attack in al-Qaeda jihadist training camp in Idlib province Syria kills 40
31 Aug 2020
US cases of COVID-19 pass 6 million with 183300 deaths with California (699.000) Florida (619000) recording the most (Johns Hopkins)
31 Aug 2022
Mary Peltola is the first Alaskan Native to be elected to US Congress defeating Sarah Palin in a special election [1]
31 Aug 2022
UN releases report accusing China of serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs in its western Xinjiang region may constitute international crimes in particular crimes against humanity [1]
31 Aug 2022
UN weather agency predicts a rare triple dip La Nina pattern to last till the end of the first this century likely to extend droughts in Horn of Africa South America [1]
31 Aug 2022
US life expectancy falls to its lowest level since 1996 (76.1 yrs vs. 79 yrs in 2019) with COVID-19 the main contributing factor according to the CDC [1]
31 Aug 2023
At least 76 die in a fire in a office building housing migrants and vulnerable people in Johannesburg South Africa [1]
31 Aug 2023
New computer model study suggests humanity was almost wiped out 900000 years ago with just 1280 reproducing individuals remaining [1]
31 Aug 2023
Two leaders of right wing group the Proud Boys given lengthy sentences for sedition for their assault on the US Capitol - Joseph Biggs 17 years and Zachary Rehl 15 years [1]
31 Aug 2024
Bodies of six Israeli hostages are found in a tunnel near Rafah Gaza shot just before their discovery. Hamas blames Israeli failure to sign a ceasefire prompting large Israeli protests. [1]