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The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
August 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM. On this day in history, August 12, 1877, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light ...
July 20. Buzz Aldrin's bootprint on the Moon. 1651 – Wars of the Three Kingdoms: After crossing the Firth of Forth, English Commonwealth forces defeated a Scottish army at the Battle of Inverkeithing, opening the rest of the country to occupation. 1867 – The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace ...
The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [ 7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. [ 8] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been ...
That same day, his expedition went ashore and he claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. The pair sponsored Columbus' attempt to find a western ocean route that went to China, India ...
The iconic British comedy musical film, "A Hard Day’s Night," was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released ...
February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years ).
On this day in history, August 10, 1776, Declaration of Independence reaches London. Kerry Byrne. August 9, 2024 at 9:02 PM.