Notable August dates

dates1^st1740, “Rule Britannia” is sung for the first time in public.
3^rd 1926, Electric traffic lights first appear in Britain.
4^th 1914, Britain declares war on Germany, becoming First World War.
5^th End of Payroll month 4.
6^th 1945, first atomic bomb used over Hiroshima.
8^th 1963, Great Train robbery occurs. £2.6 million stolen.
13^th 1899, Alfred Hitchcock, film director, born.
13^th 1961, Berlin Wall built.
14^th 1945, Japan surrenders, World War 2 ends.
15^th 1969, the Woodstock music festival begins.
22^nd payments for Payroll month 4 due by today latest.
22^nd 1485, Richard III is last king of England to be killed in battle.
23^rd 1940, first night of the blitz.
24^th AD 79, Vesuvius erupts and destroys Pompeii.
25^th 1919, the world’s first international air service begins, London to Paris.
26^th 1883, the volcano Krakatoa causing the biggest eruption in recorded history.
29^th 1897, Chop Suey is invented in New York.
31^st 1900, Coca Cola sold for the first time in Britain.

By ianphillips | August 8, 2016 | Bookkeeping, Cash flow, Reporting |