On This Day In History

[Who Me]

June 19 1885, The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York City from France.

 

[Johannes Reifsteck]

June 20 451, Roman and barbarian warriors halt Attila's army at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France.

 

[Who Me]

June 20 1214, The University of Oxford receives its charter.

 

[James T Kirk]

July 6th, 1942

Anne Frank's Family Takes Refuge

 

[Who Me]

July 6 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully give an anti-rabies vaccine to 9-year-old Joseph Meister, saving his life

 

[Canbec]

I would be remiss for not including this:

July 9, 1986: New Zealand legalizes homosexuality.

Barely 5 years before my birth.

 

[Who Me]

July 9 2021 Canbec posted more than the required one response they also double posted instead of editing their post.

 

[Canbec]

July 9 2021 Canbec posted more than the required one response they also double posted instead of editing their post.

Apologies, that'll teach me not to read the rules.

 

[Who Me]

July 9 2021 Canbec apologizes for posting more than the required one response and also double posted instead of editing their post.

 

[Johannes Reifsteck]

July 26 657, Mu'awiya defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 7, 1942 - The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal, starts. Its also the beginning of Allied offensive operations in the Pacific.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 8, 1647 - The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 10, 1792 - the storming of the tuileries palace occured

 

[Johannes Reifsteck]

August 10 991, Danes under Olaf Tryggvason kill Ealdorman Byrhtnoth and defeat the Saxons at Maldon.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 11, 1918 - The battle of Amiens ends with an Allied victory, which led to the November armistice and the defeat of the German Empire.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 12, 1678 - the king philip's war ends with the assassination of metacom, the intertribal chief of the wampanoag.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 14, 1790 - The Treaty of Värälä was signed in Värälä, Elimäki Municipality, Finland, between Russia and Sweden. It was signed to conclude the Russo-Swedish War.

 

[Johannes Reifsteck]

August 14, 1945 - Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 15, 1947 - The Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi, achieved its goal as a free and independent India was established, ending nearly 200 years of British rule.

 

[Georg_Friedrich]

August 16, 1945 - The Battle of Yongjiazhen was fought during the aftermath of World War II between Communist forces and Kuomintang forces who were allied against the Japanese. The battle was part of the Chinese Civil War, resulting in a victory for the People's Liberation Army.