On August 5.1796 ; The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars. source
On August 5.1796 ; The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964,
On August 6.1819 ; Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. source
On August 6.1819 ; Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
On August 6.1890 ; At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. source
On August 6.1890 ; At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
On August 6.1926 ; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. source
On August 6.1926 ; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
On August 6.1942 ; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress. source
On August 6.1942 ; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
On August 7.1858 ; The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. source
On August 7.1858 ; The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
On August 7.1955 ; Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan. source
On August 7.1955 ; Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
On August 8.1908;– Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight. source
On August 8.1908;– Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
On August 8.1946 ; First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with interco source
On August 8.1946 ; First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with interco
On August 9.1610 ; The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia. source
On August 9.1610 ; The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
On August 9.1914 ; Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I. source
On August 9.1914 ; Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
On August 11.1804 ; Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria. source
On August 11.1804 ; Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
On August 11.1934 ; The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. source
On August 11.1934 ; The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
On August 11.1962 ; Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. source
On August 11.1962 ; Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
On August 12.1953 ; The first testing of real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb. source
On August 12.1953 ; The first testing of real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
On August 12.1960 ; Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. source
On August 12.1960 ; Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
The first electric passenger train was presented by Werner von Siemens at Berlin in 1879.
On August 12.1977; The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. source
On August 12.1977; The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
On August 13.1898 ; Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found. source
On August 13.1898 ; Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
On August 13.1913 ; First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. source
On August 13.1913 ; First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
On August 14.1885 ; Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. source
On August 14.1885 ; Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
On August 14.1893 ; France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. source
On August 14.1893 ; France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
On August 16.1913 ; Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students. source
On August 16.1913 ; Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
On August 16.1944 ; First flight of the Junkers Ju 287. source
On August 16.1944 ; First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
On August 17.1771 ; Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis in Scotland source
On August 17.1771 ; Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis in Scotland
On August 17. 1943 ; World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins. source
On August 17. 1943 ; World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
On August 17. 1943 ; World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program. source
On August 17. 1943 ; World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
On August 18. 1945 ; Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day. source
On August 18. 1945 ; Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
On August 19. 1854 ; The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred. source
On August 19. 1854 ; The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
