9 15 August 1920 Polish 5th Army halted the Red Army advance towards Warsaw. It was a decisive moment in the Polish-Soviet War (12-25 August 1920), and paved the way to a decisive Polish victory in the conflict. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
6 15 August 1836 Liverpool Lime Street Station was officially opened. It remains the oldest still-operating grand terminus mainline station in the UK and is a branch of the West Coast Main Line from London Euston which terminates at the station. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
7 15 August 1248 The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) 0 comments · 15h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
4 15 August 1986 Corporal punishment was officially banned in British state schools. It was not ended in private schools until 1998 in England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland and 2003 in Northern Ireland. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
4 15 August 1939 Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
3 15 August 2013 The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
4 15 August 1096 Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II. 0 comments · 15h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1914 Germans attacked Dinant, a strategic crossing on the Meuse defended by the Belgians & French. Initial assault failed. Lt Charles de Gaulle, creator of France’s 5th Republic, was among the first to be wounded, receiving a bullet in the fibula. 0 comments · 12h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
2 15 August 1842 The first detective force was formed, as a division of the Metropolitan Police. In 1878 it became the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
2 15 August 1971 President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
2 15 August 1969 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
2 15 August 1947 India gains independence from British rule after nearly 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
2 15 August 1945 Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1945 The Allies proclaimed V-J Day on the day the Japanese promise to unconditionally surrender came into effect. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1992 The new football Premier League season began. It consisted of 22 clubs that had broken away from the original Football League. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1998 Apple introduces the iMac computer. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1998 Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1965 The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1963 The Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1961 Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1947 Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 15 August 1944 Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1943 Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1942 Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defences. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
0 15 August 1941 Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower. 0 comments · 14h ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww2
