Antonia Fraser (English author of history and novels and wife to Harold Pinter) is born (1932) - Aug. 27
BBC transmits the first ever live television pictures across the channel (1950) - Aug. 27
Brian Epstein (Manager for the Beatles) is found dead at age 32 in his Belgravia home in London (1967) - 8/27
Comair Flight 191 (Delta Airlines flight 5191) from Lexington to Atlanta crashed while attempting to takeoff 49 of 50 on board died (2006) - Aug. 27
Global Forgiveness Day - 8/27
Heinkel He 178 (Worlds first fully jet powered aircraft) has its maiden flight (1939) - 8/27
Louis Mountbatten, 1st earl of Mountbatten of Burma and cousin to Queen Elizabeth, is killed by an IRA bomb while on holiday in Ireland (1944) - 8/27
Mars (4th planet in our solar system) makes its closest approach to earth (2003) - Aug. 27
Moldava declares its independence from the USSR (1991) - Aug. 27
Ostankino Tower (Moscow Russia) catches on fire killing three people (2000) - Aug. 27
Rainbow Bridge that connects Tokyo Japan's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba is completed (1993) - Aug. 27
Titian (Italian Renaissance artist) dies in Venice during the Plague of 1575 that sweeps Italy, Sicily and segments of Northern Europe (1576) - 8/27
Banana Lover's Day - Aug. 27
Just Because Day - August 27
August 28, 2017
Charles and Diana (The Prince and Princess of Wales) formally end their unhappy 15 year marriage in divorce (1996) - Aug. 28
Hurricane Irene strikes the east coast of the United States causing widespread destruction and at least 27 deaths (2011) - Aug. 28
Dakota Tornado (1st known photograph capturing a tornado-1884) - Aug. 28
Midway Atoll (Island) is formally annexed by Captain William Reynols for the United States (1867) - Aug. 28
The Peace Palace (International Court of Justice in The Hague Netherlands) is inaugurated by Queen Wilhelmina (1913) - Aug. 28
Plainfield-Crest Hill-Joliet, IL F5 Tornado killed 29 people and injured 350 is the only F5 tornado to hit the Chicago area (1990) - Aug. 28
Ramstein Airshow Disaster took place in front of an audience of 300,000 in West Germany 7 spectators and 3 pilots died 346 were injured (1988) - Aug. 28
Robert Shaw (English stage and film actor and writer) dies from a heart attack (1978) - Aug. 28
UPS is founded by 19 year old Jim Casey and 18 year old Claude Ryan as the American Messenger Company in Seattle Washington (1907) - Aug. 28
Summer Bank Holiday - last Monday in August observed in England and Wales (2017) - Aug. 28
August 29, 2017
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is founded (1898) - Aug. 29
Hurricane Katrina devastates most of the US Gulf Coast (2005) - Aug. 29
Lemon Juice Day - 8-29
The Ayatollah al-Hakim is assassinated when a massive car bomb exploded killing him and as many as 125 others (2003) - Aug. 29
Quebec Bridge collapses during its first construction killing 75 of the 86 construction workers (1907) - 8/29
USS F-4 (SS-23) sunk on 25 March 1915 with all 21 on board perished. Five months later a new precedent was set when it was raised (1915) - Aug. 29
Chop Suey Day - 8/29
World's first motorcycle is patented by Gottlieb Daimler (1885) - Aug. 29
August 30, 2017
Charles Bronson (American Actor best known for his "tough guy" roles) died (2003) - Aug. 30
Fanya Kaplan attempted to assassinate Lenin by shooting him 3 times. She was captured and executed 4 days later (1918) - Aug. 30
Glenn Ford (Canadian-born American film actor) dies in his Beverly Hills, CA home at age 90 (2006) - 8/30
HMS Pandora (sent to recover the pirated Bounty in the South Pacific) ran aground then sank claiming 31 of her crew and 4 prisoners (1791) - Aug-30
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (two parallel bridges that cross Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana) opens (1956) - Aug. 30
Mary Shelley (British novelist best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley) is born (1797) - 8/30
Max Factor (known as the father of Modern Cosmetics) - died (1938) - Aug. 30
Princess Marina (Duchess of Kent and aunt to Queen Elizabeth through marriage) is laid to rest (1968) - Aug. 30
Hotline (Red Phone) a direct communications line between the heads of state in the USSR and USA is put into operation (1963) - 8/30
Rudolph Valentino's funeral is held in NYC with 100,000 mourners in attendance (1926) - Aug. 30
STS-41-D (Space Shuttle Discovery) is launched from Kennedy Space Center on its maiden voyage (1984) - 8/30
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1967) - Aug. 30
Hajj (the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) begins (2017) - 8/30
August 31, 2017
AeroMexico flight 498 (enroute from Mexico City to LAX) collides in mid-air with a privately-owned Piper Archer all 67 aboard are killed (1986) - 8/31
Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed are killed in Paris when their car crashes into the thirteenth pillar of the Pont de l'Alma (1997) - 8/31
Eat Outside Day - Aug. 31
Henry VI becomes King of England at a very young age of only nine months (1422) - 8/31
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union (1991) - Aug. 31
LAPA Flight 3142 crashes shortly after takeoff from the Buenos Aires airport 65 fatalities of 100 aboard (1999) - Aug. 31
Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom (1957) - 8/31
Mary Ann Nichols (First victim of Jack the Ripper) is murdered (1888) - Aug. 31
Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips have their separation announced and confirmed by Buckingham Palace (1989) - Aug. 31
Russian Apartment Bombings (1st bomb exploded in a mall killing 1 and injuring 40-1999) - Aug. 31
Malaysia gains independence from the U.K. (1957) - Aug. 31
Trinidad and Tobago become independent from the UK (1962) - Aug. 31
September 1, 2017
Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason despite having the full force of the Jefferson administration thrown against him (1807) - Sep. 1
Two small red acrobatic planes crash during a Polish air show when they try to occupy the same space (2007) - Sep. 1
Lady Anne Boleyn is made the Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiance Henry VIII (1532) - 9/1
Edgar Rice Burroughs (American author best known for his creation of Tarzan) is born (1875) - Sep. 1
Great Hinckley fire (Hinckley, MN) burned approximately 200,000 acres and killed 418 people (1894) - Sep. 1
Great Kanto earthquake, magnitude between 7.9 and 8.4 on Richter scale, struck Honshu with 105,000 confirmed deaths (1923) - 9/1
Jacques Cartier (Portugese explorer) died from an epidemic (1557) - Sep. 1
Louis XIV of France dies of ganrene four days before his seventy-seventh birthday (1715) - Sep. 1
St. Petersburg Russia is renamed Petrograd (1914) - Sep. 1
Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union (1991) - Sep. 1
Excellent Point Day - 9/1
Yvonne De Carlo (Canadian-born American film and television actress best known for her role as "Lily Munster") is born (1922) - Sep. 1
Eid al-Adha (Muslim Holiday) commemorates Ibrahim's (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God on the 10th day of Dhul Hiija (2017) - 9/1
September 2, 2017
Great Fire of London begins at Pudding Lane in Thomas Farryner's bakery and burns for 3 days destroying 10,000 buildings (1666) - Sep. 2
Vietnam declares its independence from Japan (1945) - Sep. 2
JRR Tolkien (British author best known for his Lord of the Rings trilogy) died (1973) - Sep. 2
Labor Day Hurricane was an unnamed Category 5 hurricane that killed approx 600 people in Florida (1935) - Sep. 2
Marie Josephine Louise (titular Queen consort to the Count of Provence, later Louis XVIII of France) is born (1753) - Sep. 2
Pope Innocent X orders the destruction of the ancient city of Castro, Italy (1649) - Sep. 2
Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates (1967) - Sep. 2
September Massacres (during the revoltuion, a wave of mob violence overtakes Paris during which 1,200 trapped prisoners were executed-1792) - Sep. 2
Swiss Air Flight 111 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean after an onboard fire spreads beyond the control of the crew (1998) - Sep. 2
USS Shenandoah (zeplin) departed Lakehurst on a promotional flight to midwest state fairs during which it crashed in Ohio (1925) - 9/2
Archduchess Elizabeth Marie of Austria is born in Laxenburg (1883) - Sep. 2
V-J Day (the day of Japan's formal surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri-1945) - Sep. 2
September 3, 2017
Beslan School hostage crisis ends in the deaths of 344 people mostly teachers and students (2004) - Sep. 3
Princess Alice (Thames pleasure paddle steamer) and the Bywell Castle (a collier) collided with a loss of 640 lives (1878) - Sep. 3
Marie Louise, princesse de Lamballe (close friend and confidente to Marie Antoinette) is murdered by the French Mob (1792) - Sep. 3
Qatar declares its independence from the UK (1971) - Sep. 3
Richard I of England is crowned King at Westminster Abbey (1189) - Sep. 3
Saint Marinus founds San Marino, the world's oldest surviving republic, in (301 AD) - Sep. 3
Viking 2 (NASA space orbiter) lands on Mars (1975) - Sep. 3
Football Day - Sep. 3
Vince Lombardi (American NFL coach for whom the NFL's trophy is named) died from intestinal cancer only 10 weeks after it was diagnosed (1970) - Sep. 3
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