Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 70 events. Showing 31 - 60.
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- In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- In Aydın, Turkey, independence of Aydın, from Greek occupation.
- The Bank of Latvia established.
- The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
- The first Tour de Pologne began.
- Steamer SS Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
- The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
- World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
- First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, kills 55 people.
- World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
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- Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- Mohammed Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan.
- Garfield Todd becomes Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.
- João Goulart becomes President of Brazil.
- The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August’s Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
