Hurricane Iniki pummels the Hawaiian island of Kauai - September 11th, 1992
Delano Grape Strike / Michelangelo's David Unveiled - September 8th Flashback
Pirate Raid on the Ganj-i-Sawai / Death of the Last Thylacine - September 7th Flashback
King Charles II Hides in Oak Tree / Buddy Bolden Born - September 6th Flashback
'Hippie' Used in Print / "The Muppet Show" Premiere - September 5th Flashback
Peekskill Riots / First Roll-Film Camera - September 4th Flashback
S-5 Submarine Catastrophe / Libyan Coup D'état - September 1st Flashback
Jack the Ripper's First Murder / Singapore Independence - August 31st Flashback
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown Baptized / Moravia Brings Cholera to U.S. - August 30th Flashback
Wendell Scott Born / The Last of the Yahi People - August 29th Flashback
Emmett Till Murdered / Carrington Event - August 28th Flashback
The Great Moon Hoax Began / First Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Meeting - August 25th Flashback
Microsoft releases the Windows 95 operating system - August 24th, 1995
Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed in London - August 23rd, 1305
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to publicly ride in a car - August 22nd, 1902
Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory dies - August 21st, 1614
Helium is discovered during a solar eclipse - August 18th, 1868
Nicolas Fouquet throws the most famous party in French history - August 17th, 1653
President Tyler is burned in effigy outside the White House - August 16th, 1841
Thomas Edison suggests using the word "hello" as a telephone greeting - August 15th, 1877
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