Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 55 events. Showing 31 - 55.
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- USS Shenandoah, the United States’ first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
- Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
- Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
- World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.
- World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
- The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
- World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
- World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Nelson off Malta.
- Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
- A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
- “Nino” Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers’ champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
- The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its first episode on the CBS network.
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- The People’s Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
- The German U-boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
- Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
- Qatar becomes an independent state.
- Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women enters into force.
- In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
- Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People’s Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
- Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
- In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
- The Beslan school hostage crisis ends on its third day with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of whom are children.
- Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan.
- China’s Victory Day Parade is held in Beijing to celebrate the 70th Victory over Japan Day of the Second World War.
