# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 28, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/81 "2016-07-28T16:39:54Z")
\*\*July 28, 1945: \*\*A B-25 crashes into the Empire State Building, causing 14 deaths. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/82 "2016-07-28T21:17:43Z")
July 28th 1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/83 "2016-07-29T04:20:53Z")
**July 29, 1981** : Prince Charles and Lady Diana marry. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/84 "2016-07-30T05:12:17Z")
**July 30, 1945** : A few minutes past midnight, a Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis. The incident is remembered in [_Jaws_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMl1NbR0h_A) (with wrong date given). ---
**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:** [July 30, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/85 "2016-07-30T05:38:38Z")
\*\*July 30, 1928: \*\*George Eastman shows first color motion pictures. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/86 "2016-07-31T04:41:10Z")
**July 31, 1954** : K2 is summited for the first time. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/87 "2016-07-31T05:54:41Z")
\*\*July 31, 1932: \*\*The Washington quarter, designed by John Flanagan, goes into circulation. ---
**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, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/88 "2016-08-01T04:02:37Z")
**August 1, 1966** : Mass murderer Charles Whitman kills 16 and wounds another 32 at the University of Texas. ---
**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, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/89 "2016-08-01T05:42:09Z")
\*\*August 1, 1790: \*\*First U.S. census, population of 3,939,214. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/90 "2016-08-01T21:22:39Z")
August 1 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler. ---
**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, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/91 "2016-08-02T04:33:27Z")
\*\*August 2, 1922 \*\*: A typhoon hits Swatow, China. 60,000-100,000 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 3, 2016, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/92 "2016-08-03T04:19:59Z")
**August 3, 1965** : Orange County, California Highway Inspector Rex Heflin photographs a [hat-shaped UFO](http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/1960s/photo305.htm). The pictures are popular among the saucer crowd. ---
**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, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/93 "2016-08-03T08:48:59Z")
\*\*August 3, 1492: \*\*Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for the “Indies.” \*\*Same day: \*\*All Jews are expelled from Spain. ---
**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, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/94 "2016-08-04T04:09:05Z")
**August 4, 1892** : Allegedly, Lizzie Borden took an axe… ---
**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, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/95 "2016-08-04T15:56:07Z")
\*\*August 4, 1944: \*\*Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by the 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 5, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/96 "2016-08-05T17:31:33Z")
**August 5, 1962** : Marilyn Monroe is found dead next to an empty bottle of sleeping pills. ---
**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, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/97 "2016-08-06T17:38:39Z")
**August 6, 1945** : Hiroshima ---
**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 8, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/98 "2016-08-08T18:18:40Z")
August 8, 1576 – The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe’s observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven. > **[Uraniborg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniborg)** > > Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}55°54′28″N 12°41′48″E / 55.90778°N 12.69667°E / 55.90778; 12.69667 > > Uraniborg (Danish: Uranienborg, Swedish: Uraniborg) was a Danish astronomical observatory and alchemy laboratory established and operated by Tycho Brahe. It w... ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/99 "2016-08-09T19:46:39Z")
August 9, 1945: Nagasaki gets nuked. EDIT: On a side note, the house where I’m staying in Honolulu for the month of August was at one time owned by US Navy pilot Raymond Waite. He transported the film of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Washington. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/100 "2016-08-10T03:24:01Z")
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