August 11

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August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)

3114 BC – The epoch of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a non-repeating, vigesimal calendar used by the Maya civilization and several other Mesoamerican cultures, occurred.
1492 – The first Papal conclave held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Pope Innocent VIII.
1828 – William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England for murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
1952 – King Talal of Jordan abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein (pictured).
1965 – Violent race rioting began in the Watts district of Los Angeles, lasting for six days and left 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured.
1988 – Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and several senior leaders of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad formed what is now known as Al-Qaeda to continue jihad elsewhere around the world after the Soviet war in Afghanistan ended.

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August 9

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 9: National Day for Singapore (1965); National Women's Day in South Africa 48 BC – Julius Caesar and the Populares defeated Pompey and the Optimates at the Battle of Pharsalus, solidifying his control over the Roman Republic. 1173 – The construction of a campanile, which would eventually become the Leaning Tower of Pisa, began. 1942 – British Raj authorities arrested Mahatma ...

August 10

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 10: Independence Day in Ecuador; International Biodiesel Day; Feast Day of Saint Lawrence 1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa (pictured) sank after sailing less than a nautical mile into her maiden voyage from Stockholm on her way to fight in the Thirty Years' War. 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, today the basis of the Prime ...

August 13

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 13: Independence Day for the Central African Republic (1960) 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés captured Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1704 – The combined forces of England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces defeated France and Bavaria in the Battle of Blenheim (pictured), one of the ...

August 27

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 27: Independence Day for Moldova (1991) 1776 – British forces led by William Howe defeated the American Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn, New York, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War. 1883 – Four enormous explosions from the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa generated tsunamis that destroyed many settlements on Java and ...

August 21

Selected anniversaries [edit] August 21: Ramadan begins at sunset (Islam, 2009); Ninoy Aquino Day in the Philippines 1772 – A bloodless coup d'état led by Gustav III (pictured) was completed with the adoption of a new Swedish Constitution. 1831 – Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, USA, but it was suppressed about 48 hours later. 1959 – Under the terms of ...

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