This Day in History

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 23 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed Despite worldwide demonstrations in support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder. On April 15, 1920, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his guard. The murderers, who were described as two Italian men, escaped with more than... read more 21st CENTURY 2021 FDA fully approves the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 1990s 1999 New York City reports first cases of West Nile virus 1960s 1968 Black soldiers stage sit-in at Fort Hood American Revolution 1784 State of Franklin declares independence Art, Literature, and Film History 1970 Lou Reed plays his last show with the Velvet Underground 2000 First "Survivor" finale airs Civil War 1861 Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow is arrested Crime 2006 Austrian teen escapes after eight years in captivity INVENTIONS & SCIENCE 1856 Eunice Foote’s research on global warming is presented publicly Roaring Twenties 1926 Valentino dies Sports 1947 First Little League World Series champion crowned 1989 Pete Rose gets booted from baseball U.S. Presidents 1814 Dolley Madison saves portrait from British World War I 1914 Battle of Mons World War II 1939 Germany, Soviet Union sign non-aggression pact 1945 Marcario García becomes first Mexican national to receive U.S. Medal of Honor

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 24 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupts On August 24, after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of... read more Cold War 1954 Congress passes Communist Control Act Crime 1981 John Lennon's killer sentenced 1982 Wall Street informer, Martin Siegel, hatches insider trading scheme 2012 Killer in Norway massacre is sentenced France 1572 Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre Mexico 1821 Spain accepts Mexican independence Sports 1875 Captain Webb becomes first person to swim the English Channel Vietnam War 1969 U.S. unit refuses commander's order War of 1812 1814 British troops set fire to the White House Westward Expansion 1873 Elusive Mount of the Holy Cross photographed World War I 1914 Poet Alan Seeger volunteers in French army SPACE EXPLORATION 2006 Pluto is demoted

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 25 1944 Paris is liberated after four years of Nazi occupation After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. German resistance was light, and General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison, defied an order by Adolf Hitler to blow up Paris’ landmarks and burn the city... read more 1980s 1985 Samantha Smith dies in plane crash 21st Century 2009 Ted Kennedy, "liberal lion of the Senate," dies at 77 Art, Literature, and Film History 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" opens in U.S. theaters 1962 Little Eva earns a #1 hit with "Loco-Motion" Crime 1984 Truman Capote, author of "In Cold Blood," dies Exploration 1875 Englishman swims the Channel Natural Disasters & Environment 1979 Hurricane David is born Religion 325 Council of Nicaea concludes U.S. Presidents 1950 Truman orders army to seize control of railroads Westward Expansion 1896 Outlaw Bill Doolin is killed World War I 1914 Germans burn Belgian town of Louvain World War II 1945 An American missionary to China becomes the first casualty of the Cold War 19th Century 1835 "The Great Moon Hoax" is published in the "New York Sun"

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 26 1939 First televised Major League baseball game On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. At the time, television was still... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1978 "Grease" movie soundtrack earns its second #1 hit Cold War 1957 Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile Crime 1986 "Preppy Murder" stuns New York France 1346 Battle of Crecy U.S. Presidents 1794 President George Washington decides to subdue Whiskey Rebellion U.S. Politics 1968 Democratic convention besieged by protesters 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president United States Constitution 1920 19th Amendment adopted World War I 1914 Battle of Tannenberg begins Sports 2016 Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sits during national anthem, gives interview about it for the first time

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 27 1883 Krakatoa explodes One of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurs on Krakatoa (also called Krakatau), a small, uninhabited volcanic island located west of Sumatra in Indonesia, on August 27, 1883. Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles... read more American Revolution 1776 British forces defeat Patriots in the Battle of Brooklyn Art, Literature, and Film History 1955 "The Guinness Book of Records" debuts 1967 Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies Cold War 1952 "Red Scare" dominates American politics Crime 1979 Lord Mountbatten killed by IRA 2007 NFL star Michael Vick pleads guilty in dogfighting case SPORTS 1976 Transgender athlete Renée Richards barred from U.S. Open U.S. Presidents 1908 Lyndon B. Johnson is born Westward Expansion 1875 Tycoon William Ralston drowns World War I 1916 Romania enters World War I

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 28 1955 Emmett Till is murdered On August 28, 1955, while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. His assailants—the white woman's husband and her brother—made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton ... read more   Watch a Video About Emmett Till After Emmett Till was accused of flirting with a white woman, he was brutally murdered. Find out how his death galvanized a movement. Watch Now Africa 1879 Zulu king captured Black History 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington Crime 1990 Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida Germany 1988 Air-show accident burns spectators Great Britain 1996 Charles and Diana divorce Religion 1774 St. Elizabeth born in New York City U.S. Presidents 1917 President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists U.S. Politics 1968 Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago Westward Expansion 1869 Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition World War II 1941 Mass slaughter in Ukraine

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29, 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was among the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. In the wake of the storm, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls surrounding New Orleans and its sub... read more 1980s 1987 HIV-positive Ray brothers' home burned down Ancient Americas 1533 Pizarro executes last Inca emperor Art, Literature, and Film History 1958 Michael Jackson is born 1982 Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday Civil War 1862 North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run Cold War 1949 Soviets explode atomic bomb Crime 2007 Richard Jewell, hero security guard wrongly accused as Olympic bombing suspect, dies Inventions & Science 1876 Charles F. Kettering, inventor of electric self-starter, is born Natural Disasters & Environment 1960 Hurricane Donna is born Sports 2004 Brazilian marathoner assaulted at Olympics U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 2008 Republican John McCain selects Sarah Palin as his running mate Vietnam War 1970 Thousands of Mexican-American antiwar activists march in Chicano Moratorium NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY 1911 Ishi discovered in California 1970 Native American group occupies Mount Rushmore to protest broken Treaty of Fort Laramie World War I 1914 Women join British war effort

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 30 1967 Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution... read more American Revolution 1776 Washington refuses British general's letter of reconciliation Art, Literature, and Film History 1980 Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with "Sailing" 2003 Movie tough guy Charles Bronson dies Black History 1983 Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel to space Crime 1989 A murdering couple is sentenced to death Inventions & Science 2006 California Senate passes Global Warming Solutions Act Russia 1918 Vladimir Lenin shot U.S. Presidents 1963 Hotline established between Washington and Moscow Vietnam War 1969 Ho Chi Minh responds to Nixon letter

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 31 1997 Princess Diana dies in a car crash Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales—affectionately known as "the People's Princess"—dies in a car crash in Paris. She was 36. Her boyfriend, the Egyptian-born socialite Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the car, Henri Paul, died as well. Princess Diana was one of the m... read more American Revolution 1777 Sam Mason survives Native American attack Art, Literature, and Film History 1928 Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "The Threepenny Opera" premieres in Berlin Cold War 1980 Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers Crime 1888 Jack the Ripper's first victim murdered 1985 Los Angeles mob attacks "Night Stalker" serial killer EUROPEAN HISTORY 2015 Angela Merkel says “Wir schaffen das” on accepting refugees Inventions & Science 1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetograph 1955 William Cobb demonstrates first solar-powered car Natural Disasters & Environment 1886 Earthquake shakes Charleston, South Carolina U.S. Presidents 1935 FDR signs Neutrality Act World War I 1916 American soldier Harry Butters killed in the Battle of the Somme

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY September 1 1972 Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the World Chess Championship On September 1, 1972, in what's billed as the "Match of the Century," American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky during the World Chess Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the world's most publicized title match ever played, Fischer, a 29-year-old Brooklynite, became t... read more   HISTORY Store Labor Day Sale Gear up for the end of summer and get 30% off all Fast Ship items at the HISTORY Collection. Use code FASTSHIP30, valid until 9/5, Midnight PT. Shop the Sale 21st Century 2004 Chechen separatists storm Russian school Africa 1969 Qaddafi leads coup in Libya American Revolution 1775 King George refuses Olive Branch Petition Art, Literature, and Film History 1850 P.T. Barnum brings European opera star Jenny Lind to New York Holidays 2001 First Muslim holiday U.S. postage stamp is issued Civil War 1864 Atlanta falls to Union forces Cold War 1983 Korean Airlines flight shot down by Soviet Union Crime 1981