And the next date in the calendar is....

[unloadonme]

1 August 1714 – Death of Queen Anne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain

 

[BillyT]

August 2, 1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.

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[unloadonme]

3 August 1872 – Birth of King Haakon VII of Norway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway

 

[BillyT]

August 4, 1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.

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[unloadonme]

5 August 1901 – Death of Victoria, Princess Royal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_Princess_Royal

 

[BillyT]

August 6, 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

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[unloadonme]

7 August 1632 – Death of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Vere,_19th_Earl_of_Oxford

 

[BillyT]

August 8, 1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born.

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[unloadonme]

9 August 1872 – Birth of Archduke Joseph August of Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Joseph_August_of_Austria

 

[BillyT]

August 10, 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor is born.

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[unloadonme]

11 August 1897 – Birth of Enid Blyton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

 

[BillyT]

August 12, 1939 – George Hamilton, American actor is born.

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[unloadonme]

13 August 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim

 

[BillyT]

August 14, 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is born.

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[unloadonme]

15 August 1771 – Birth of Sir Walter Scott, Bt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott

 

[BillyT]

August 16, 1924 – Fess Parker, American actor is born.

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[unloadonme]

17 August 1424 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verneuil

 

[BillyT]

August 18, 1917 – A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.

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[unloadonme]

19 August 1777 – Birth of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies

 

[BillyT]

August 20, 1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.

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