22nd June 1942: The words of the Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress
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22nd June 1942: The words of the Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress

Congress formally recognized the Pledge when it was included in the U.S. Flag ...

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24th August 79: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wipes out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum

24th August 79: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wipes out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum

Beginning at around 1pm on 24 August, Mount Vesuvius sent gas, volcanic ash, and pumice into the stratosphere for up to 20 hours. This was followed by a pyroclastic flow that carried gas and molten rock down from the volcano and which then buried the previously fallen ...

24 Aug 0s

23rd August 1942: Battle of Stalingrad enters its most intense phase with a bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe

23rd August 1942: Battle of Stalingrad enters its most intense phase with a bombing campaign by the German Luftwaffe

While the broader Battle of Stalingrad began on 17 July, it wasn’t until 23 August that the city itself was attacked. Over 1,000 German aircraft dropped bombs in one of the Eastern Front’s most intense aerial ...

23 Aug 0s

22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end

The Stanley family surrounded and killed Richard III after the king chose to break ranks and target Henry Tudor ...

22 Aug 0s

21st August 1911: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre in Paris

21st August 1911: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre in Paris

Vincenzo Peruggia served just six months in jail for the robbery, and was hailed by many Italians as a nationalist hero for returning the Mona Lisa to her real home although it was later returned to ...

21 Aug 0s

20th August 1975: NASA launches Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars and transmit images of the surface back to Earth

20th August 1975: NASA launches Viking 1, the first spacecraft to land on Mars and transmit images of the surface back to Earth

Viking 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 20 August 1975 and took nearly 11 months to reach ...

20 Aug 0s

19th August 1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby held in Dayton, Ohio

19th August 1934: The first All-American Soap Box Derby held in Dayton, Ohio

Held in Dayton, Ohio, on a track measuring 1,980 feet, the first All-American Soap Box Derby attracted 362 participants and more than 40,000 ...

19 Aug 0s

18th August 1612: The trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches begin

18th August 1612: The trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches begin

The trials of the Pendle Witches are not only some of the most famous but also some of the best recorded witch trials in British history, and represent two per cent of all British witches to face trial over three ...

18 Aug 0s

17th August 1945: Animal Farm by George Orwell published in the United Kingdom

17th August 1945: Animal Farm by George Orwell published in the United Kingdom

Subtitled “A Fairy Story,” the Animal Farm used a farmyard allegory to critique totalitarianism, particularly the rise and betrayal of the ideals of the Russian Revolution, which caused several publishers to initially reject the book, with concerns that it would harm wartime relations with the ...

17 Aug 0s

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