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1 agosto: Lughnasadh e Imbolc rispettivamente negli emisferi settentrionale e meridionale; Buwan ng Wika inizia nelle Filippine 902 – Guidate da Ibrahim II di Ifriqiya, le forze aghlabidi conquistano la roccaforte bizantina di Taormina, concludendo la conquista musulmana della Sicilia. 1774 – Lo scienziato britannico Joseph Priestley (nella foto) libera ossigeno gassoso, confermando la scoperta di questo elemento da parte del chimico tedesco-svedese Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1971 - Il Concert for Bangladesh, una coppia di concerti di beneficenza organizzati da George Harrison e Ravi Shankar per i rifugiati del genocidio del Bangladesh, ha luogo al Madison Square Garden di New York City. 1991 – Il presidente degli Stati Uniti George HW Bush pronuncia un discorso al parlamento ucraino a Kiev mettendo in guardia contro l'indipendenza dall'Unione Sovietica. 2 agosto: Giornata della Memoria dei Rom 216 aC - Seconda guerra punica: le forze cartaginesi in inferiorità numerica guidate da Annibale sconfissero un esercito romano vicino alla città di Canne, nell'Italia sud-orientale. 1790 - Il primo censimento degli Stati Uniti è stato ufficialmente completato, con la popolazione residenziale della nazione enumerata a 3.929.214. 1897 – L'assedio di Malakand terminò quando una colonna di soccorso riuscì a raggiungere la guarnigione britannica nella regione di Malakand, nella provincia della frontiera nord-occidentale dell'India coloniale. 1920 – L'autore nepalese Krishna Lal Adhikari (nella foto) viene condannato a nove anni di prigione per aver pubblicato un libro sulla coltivazione del mais. 3 agosto: Eid al-Mubahlah (Islam sciita, 2021) 1857 - Ribellione indiana: un assedio di otto giorni (raffigurato) di una dependance fortificata ad Arrah occupata da 68 difensori contro più di 10.000 uomini terminò quando un gruppo di soccorso disperse gli assedianti. 1903 - I ribelli macedoni a Kruševo proclamarono una repubblica, che esisteva per dieci giorni prima che le forze ottomane distruggessero la città. 1913 - Uno sciopero dei lavoratori agricoli a Wheatland degenerò in una rivolta, diventando uno dei primi grandi scontri di lavoro agricolo in California. 1959 - La polizia di stato portoghese ha aperto il fuoco sui lavoratori portuali in sciopero a Bissau, nella Guinea portoghese, uccidendo almeno 25 persone in un passaggio che ha portato alla Guerra d'indipendenza della Guinea-Bissau quattro anni dopo. 2005 - Il presidente mauritano Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya è stato rovesciato in un colpo di stato militare mentre partecipava al funerale di re Fahd dell'Arabia Saudita. 4 agosto 1796 – Guerre rivoluzionarie francesi: comandato da Napoleone Bonaparte (raffigurato), l'esercito francese d'Italia sconfisse definitivamente le forze austriache guidate da Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich nella battaglia di Lonato. 1830 - Il geometra americano James Thompson produce la prima piattaforma di Chicago su ordine dei Commissari del canale dell'Illinois e del Michigan. 1991 – Un'esplosione sulla nave da crociera greca MTS Oceanos ha rotto il suo scafo, facendola affondare al largo della costa orientale del Sud Africa, con tutte le 571 persone a bordo salvate. 2006 – Guerra civile dello Sri Lanka: diciassette dipendenti dell'organizzazione non governativa francese ACF International vengono massacrati a Muttur. 5 agosto: Giornata del Ringraziamento della Vittoria e della Patria in Croazia (1995) 641 o 642 - Il re Penda di Mercia sconfisse e uccise il re Oswald di Northumbria nella battaglia di Maserfield, tradizionalmente ritenuta combattuta a Oswestry, nello Shropshire, in Inghilterra. 1888 - Bertha Benz compie il primo viaggio in automobile a lunga distanza, guidando per 106 km (66 miglia) da Mannheim a Pforzheim, in Germania, a bordo di una Benz Patent-Motorwagen (nella foto). 1981 – Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Ronald Reagan licenzia in massa gli 11.345 membri in sciopero della Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. 2011 – La NASA lancia la sonda Juno su Giove come parte del programma New Frontiers. 6 agosto 1861 – Sotto la minaccia di bombardamenti militari, Dosunmu, Oba di Lagos, cedette l'isola di Lagos alle forze britanniche. 1890 – Nella prigione di Auburn, nello stato americano di New York, William Kemmler è la prima persona ad essere giustiziata su una sedia elettrica. 1965 - Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Lyndon B. Johnson ha firmato il Voting Rights Act (nella foto), mettendo fuori legge li
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