# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/783 "2017-08-01T04:05:43Z")
**August 1, 1944** : [Anne Frank makes her final diary entry](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://amp.usatoday.com/story/13471811/&ved=0ahUKEwix2dqLkrXVAhWEdz4KHd_2B9EQFgiGATAQ&usg=AFQjCNGqKnzxEqsBv3KHP6MHE7OLXFq6EQ&cf=1). Three days later she would be arrested and sent to die in a concentration camp. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/784 "2017-08-01T10:39:18Z")
**August 1, 1893** : Henry Perky patents shredded wheat. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/785 "2017-08-02T06:26:45Z")
**August 2, 2008** : The [K2 Disaster](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/k2-the-killing-peak-20120503&ved=0ahUKEwjP9_iB8LfVAhVG4CYKHcIVCc0QFgiwATAX&usg=AFQjCNHRHWN-p1UNRlphjMTksbFsx1-PVw)concludes with 6 more deaths near the summit of the world’s second tallest mountain. 5 had died the previous day. Arriving too late at the summit on August 1, climbers spent a harrowing night trying to survive in the Death Zone. Some hung dangling all night after getting caught up in ropes. Others died in avalanches. The 11 total dead in 24 hours was K2’s deadliest day. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/786 "2017-08-02T08:53:26Z")
**August 2, 1943** : Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/787 "2017-08-02T15:07:37Z")
**August 2, 1790:** The first United States Census is conducted. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/788 "2017-08-03T04:15:09Z")
**August 3, 1970** : [Hurricane Celia](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Celia&ved=0ahUKEwjr1MDMmLrVAhUB4SYKHY8iDLEQFgjVATAo&usg=AFQjCNHt5fGFGZkmUMQUU29DeFWHKieP0g) makes landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas. Almost 9000 homes are destroyed and 28 are killed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/789 "2017-08-03T10:47:41Z")
**August 3, 1977** : The Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/790 "2017-08-04T05:10:38Z")
**August 4, 1845** : The British ship [\*Cataraqui \*](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataraqui_(ship)&ved=0ahUKEwiehbCr5rzVAhWDVyYKHahJDXYQFgiOATAH&usg=AFQjCNFnpJyrCv0aRr-dej9dqBkluqB_DA) wrecks in a storm off King Island, Australia. 400 die in this, Australia’s deadliest maritime disaster. 8 crewman and 1 passenger survive and are rescued after 5 weeks marooned on King Island. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/791 "2017-08-04T10:42:44Z")
**August 4, 1892** : The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/792 "2017-08-05T05:58:23Z")
**August 5, 1949** : [The Ambato Earthquake](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Ambato_earthquake&ved=0ahUKEwjBqav6s7_VAhWESiYKHRlmCEUQFgi4ATAP&usg=AFQjCNGYuY_h78A7pkb1e3Q43qNdlUOjhA) in Ecuador kills over 5000. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/793 "2017-08-05T23:45:57Z")
**August 5, 1914** : The American Traffic Signal Company installs a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. It has two colors, red and green, and a buzzer, based on the design of James Hoge, to provide a warning for color changes. The design by James Hoge allows police and fire stations to control the signals in case of emergency. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/794 "2017-08-06T05:18:08Z")
**August 6, 1930** : In one of history’s most famous unexplained disappearances, New York Supreme Court associate justice [Judge Joseph F. Crater](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.prairieghosts.com/crater.html&ved=0ahUKEwik6Oby6sHVAhUFJCYKHYXUDl4QFgiLATAN&usg=AFQjCNEP9BbwV7tWXxkHDQut_75Ys7x3ZQ)steps into a taxi in New York City and is never seen again. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/795 "2017-08-06T14:33:28Z")
**August 6, 1945** : 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. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/796 "2017-08-07T05:50:11Z")
**August 7, 1904** : [The Eden Train Wreck](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.kmitch.com/Pueblo/edenwreck.html&ved=0ahUKEwi-o86ntcTVAhUMOCYKHT1NAfUQFgg0MAE&usg=AFQjCNHAvH3XgFX5_ADMnpBjrpgp9pWWTA). A flash flood wave washes the No 11 Missouri Pacific Flyer off a bridge 8 miles north of Pueblo, Colorado. At least 97 die. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/797 "2017-08-08T05:32:18Z")
**August 8, 1975** : Remnants of typhoon Nina collide with a cold front over China, producing extraordinary rainfall and causing the [Banqiao Dam](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.engineeringclicks.com/banqiao-dam/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwjb-aSw8sbVAhVCKCYKHUjcDsQQFgjeATAg&usg=AFQjCNHzClHFKafOSoNe5HaHWjHefwIygA&cf=1) to fail. The resulting catastrophe is the deadliest structural failure in human history. At least 171,000 are killed (some estimates go as high as 230,000). Over 10 million people are displaced. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/798 "2017-08-08T23:59:46Z")
**August 8, 1945:** After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/799 "2017-08-09T07:33:00Z")
**August 9, 1865** : The [SS \*Pewabic](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.professionalmariner.com/February-2007/The-sinking-of-the-Civil-War-era-steamer-Pewabic-ranks-as-one-of-worst-disasters-in-the-history-of-the-Great-Lakes-0/&ved=0ahUKEwiDquuI0MnVAhWJ5CYKHS8QD5cQFghKMAY&usg=AFQjCNGKbFmEuHPUNKPAINEULoTyexFyiw)\*collides with its sister ship \*Meteor \* on Lake Huron, about six miles off Thunder Bay. The _Pewabic_ sinks killing over 100. This is the deadliest disaster ever on Lake Huron. Several died since trying to reach this wreck. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/800 "2017-08-10T14:57:00Z")
**August 10, 1856** : An estimated category 4 hurricane destroys [Last Island, Louisiana](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hurricane-destroyed-louisiana-resort-town-never-be-inhabited-again-180961645/&ved=0ahUKEwjN6_eL8szVAhUkxYMKHcB8DtcQFgjjATAf&usg=AFQjCNFu1Jx2HXp7nV192v1eH5ODXzLBzw). Prior to the storm, Last Island was a popular resort for the wealthy. Over 200 died in the hurricane. Last Island was split by the storm surge waters and much of it submerged. Today the area is a wildlife sanctuary. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/801 "2017-08-11T15:15:36Z")
**August 11, 1909** : [The SS \*Arapahoe \*](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/08/11/distress-signal-sos-first-heard-at-hatteras-1909&ved=0ahUKEwipnuvgus_VAhUC0oMKHZDMDecQFghRMAc&usg=AFQjCNHPxZYbDNKnRLVA-ruyc4ZDJ0dmsw) becomes the first ship ever to use the SOS distress code. The boat had been disabled off Hatteras, North Carolina and needed help. The message is received and the ship rescued. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/802 "2017-08-12T04:23:41Z")
**August 12, 1985** : [JAL Flight 123](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://thevelvetrocket.com/2008/01/13/the-japan-airlines-flight-123-jal-123-disaster/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwjMz-uv6tDVAhVIZCYKHddECsIQFgjYATAi&usg=AFQjCNF8U3HB-aSv7lxSU_wRXvd6avAkJw&cf=1) crashes into a mountain in Japan. 520 die. This is the deadliest single airplane disaster in history. 4 people actually survived, and it is believed some others might also have lived if rescue operations had been better carried out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=41)