Category: History

August 30 in History August 30th is… National Beach Day National Grief Awareness Day Toasted Marshmallow Day 1835 – Melbourne, Australia, was founded. 1836 – The city of Houston, named after former General Sam Houston, was founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen. 1945 – Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by British […]

August 29 in History August 29th is… According to Hoyle Day Cabernet Sauvignon Day Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day 1758 – The first American Indian reservation was established at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, opening the door to electric generators. 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s first […]

August 28 in History August 28th is… National Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day National Power Rangers Day National Red Wine Day National Thoughtful Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day 1609 – Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1789 – William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus. 1810 – The French Navy accepted the surrender of a […]

August 27 in History August 27th is… Banana Lovers Day National Just Because Day Pots De Creme Day 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days. 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeated a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. 1859 – Petroleum was […]

August 26 in History August 26th is… Dog Day Cherry Popsicle Day National Got Checked Day National WebMistress Day Women’s Equality Day 1498 – Michelangelo began his work by carving the Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion. 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of […]

August 25 in History August 25th is… Banana Split Day National Kiss and Make-up Day National Park Service Founders Day National Secondhand Wardrobe Day Whiskey Sour Day 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. 1835 – The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax, a six-part article falsely attributed to […]

August 24 in History August 24th is… National Maryland Day Peach Pie Day Waffle Day 79 (Volcano Eruption) Mount Vesuvius erupted. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were buried in volcanic ash, although some scholars believe it was October 24th. Pop/Rock band Bastille wrote a song about the event in 2013. 1215 – Pope […]

August 23 in History August 23rd is… Cuban Sandwich Day National Ride the Wind Day Sponge Cake Day 79 – Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. 1305 – Sir William Wallace was executed for high treason at Smithfield in London. 1775 – King George III delivered […]

August 22 in History August 22nd is… National Bao Day National Be an Angel Day Never Bean Better Day Eat A Peach Day Pecan Torte Day National Surgical Oncologist Day Take Your Cat to the Vet Day National Tooth Fairy Day 565 – Columba, an Irish missionary, reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. […]

August 21 in History August 21st is… National Brazilian Blowout Day National Senior Citizens Day Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day 1883 – An F5 tornado struck Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic. 1888 – William Seward Burroughs patented the first practical adding machine in the United States (#’s 388,116-388,119). 1911 – […]

August 20 in History August 20th is… National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day International Homeless Animals’ Day Lemonade Day National Radio Day 1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. 1858 – Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society […]

August 19 in History August 19th is… National Aviation Day International Bow Day Potato Day National Soft Ice Cream Day 295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, was dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges 1612 – The “Samlesbury witches,” three women from the Lancashire village of […]