Browsing: August

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 28th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 28, 489, the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric, defeated the forces under Odoacer, King of Italy, at the Battle of Isonzo, thus opening the route into the heart of Italy. On August 28, 632, Fatimah bint Muhammad, the youngest and possibly the only daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, beloved by Muhammad and by Muslims throughout the world, died under…

A Brief History On August 28, 1973, Stockholm, Sweden police arrested two bank robbers after a five day standoff in which the robbers held four people as hostages.  Incredibly, the hostages seemed to take sides with the robbers, a psychological effect later named “Stockholm Syndrome.” Digging Deeper The perpetrator of the crime, Jan-Erik Olsson, was a convicted criminal that had absconded while on furlough from prison.  A veteran of prior armed robberies, Olsson was armed with a sub-machinegun during the robbery. When police arrived at the scene, Olsson took hostages, and the standoff began.  Police brought Olsson’s friend from prison…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 27th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 27, 1859, Colonel Edwin Drake of the Seneca Oil Company drilled a successful oil well just outside Titusville, Pennsylvania, the discovery of the first commercially viable oil well. On August 27, 1859, oil was discovered in Pennsylvania, an event we used to list “10 Momentous Discoveries.” On August 27, 1915, a member of the clergy tried to assassinate another member…

A Brief History On August 27, 1982, far away from Anatolia, Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide killed Turkish diplomat Atilla Altıkat in Ottawa, Ontario, as vengeance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915.  Time and distance do not always stop those bent on revenge, and we list a few of those incidents. Digging Deeper In 1943, the US conducted Operation Vengeance, sending P-38 fighters 435 miles to shoot down and kill Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the Pearl Harbor raid. From 1972 to 1973, Israel’s Mossad conducted Operation Wrath of God, revenge for the murders of Israeli athletes…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 26th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 26, 1346, at the Battle of Crecy, English archers proved the superiority of the English longbow over the combination of armored knights and crossbowmen fielded by the French. On August 26, 1346, at the Battle of Crecy, the English longbow reigned supreme, and ever since the longbow has been closely associated with England. On August 26, 1444, the Battle of…