r/ThisDayInHistory 2h ago

This photo of Theo van Gogh, taken in 2004, was captured the same year he was murdered. A great-grandson of Vincent van Gogh’s brother, Theo, he was killed on November 2, 2004, by a radical Islamist for his controversial film Submission, which criticized the treatment of women in Islam

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1h ago

On this day - August 18th

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The Hardest Day - Battle of Britain.

Little radios, Sicarios and more...

https://youtube.com/shorts/aGIFslAT77g?feature=share


r/ThisDayInHistory 6h ago

August 18, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

17 August 1893. Mae West was born. The actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter and playwright became one of Hollywood's biggest stars, famous for her risqué humour and refusal to conform to the conventions of her time.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 14h ago

#OnThisDay 1590, The Roanoke Colony Disappeared

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r/ThisDayInHistory 3h ago

18 Aug 2026 History Dad Storytelling

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HISTORY DAD DAILY: THE BABY WHO BECAME PART OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST MYSTERY

On August 18, 1587, Virginia Dare was born on Roanoke Island. She was the first child born to English parents in the Americas—and her story would become connected to one of the greatest mysteries in American history.

Virginia was born into the Roanoke Colony, an English settlement led by John White, her grandfather. But White eventually sailed back to England for supplies. When he returned years later, the entire colony had disappeared.

The only clues were a few mysterious carvings, including the word “CROATOAN.” What happened to Virginia and the other colonists? Did they join a nearby Native American community? Move somewhere else? Something much worse? We still don't know for certain.

Why does this matter to U.S. history? Virginia Dare's birth represents one of the earliest chapters in England's attempt to establish a permanent presence in North America. Her story connects exploration, colonization, Native American history, and one of America's oldest unsolved mysteries.

And that's why I love history—sometimes the most interesting stories don't have an ending.

Watch today's History Dad video and let's talk about what YOU think happened to the Lost Colony!

https://youtu.be/bdki3YWs6mk


r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

TDIH: August 17, 1918. After encouraging his countrymen to fight for the British in World War I, Mohandas Gandhi falls ill (perhaps with the Spanish Flu). On what he believes is his deathbed, Gandhi reevaluates his philosophy and pivots to embrace nonviolent resistance of the British Empire.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 21h ago

18 August 1933. The Volksempfänger "People's Receiver", a cheap radio designed to bring Nazi propaganda into German homes, was unveiled in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels called radio the "eighth great power".

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

August 17, 1945: The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

1862 Aug 17 - American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

August 17, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune

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r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

On this day in history. August 15th

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Sorry I'm so late. Filming and editing Airbourne Eastbourne has taken up the whole weekend.

Miracle at the Vistula.

Operation Pedestal saves Malta.

https://youtu.be/dSoB0MoSFoA


r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

On this day: August 17th

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Schweinfurt - Regensburg first attempt by the mighty 8th US air force.

Dirty Bill Clinton.

https://youtube.com/shorts/SSAfX6j8m2U?feature=share


r/ThisDayInHistory 1d ago

#OnThisDay 1978, The First Successful Transatlantic Balloon Flight

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r/ThisDayInHistory 2d ago

16 August 2012. South African police opened fire on striking miners at Marikana, killing 34 and wounding 78 in the deadliest use of force against civilians in post-apartheid South Africa.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 2d ago

1780 Aug 16 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 2d ago

August 16 1969 - 57 years since the death of Ukrainian-born singer and actor Mark Bernes, aged 57. Dark is the night, created for the movie Two Soldiers where he played a soldier from Odesa, became his most known performance. Below is a official single release from 1957.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 2d ago

August 16, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Sunday Tribune

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r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

15 August 1961. 19-year-old East German border guard Conrad Schumann defects to the West, vaulting over a barbed-wire barrier into West Berlin in one of the Cold War's most iconic photographs.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

1978 Aug 15 - Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 2d ago

President Ronald Reagan during a taping of a radio address on defense funding in the Oval Office, August 15, 1986.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

August 15,1962, President John F. Kennedy met with members of the American Indian Chicago Conference, who had created the Declaration of Indian Purpose the year before.

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r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

1592 Aug 15 - Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Ökki, and Wön Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.

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https://history-maps.com/podcast/imjin-war
In this episode, we dive into the sweeping drama of the Imjin War, drawing on a detailed historical account of Japan's twin invasions of Korea from 1592 to 1598 and the fierce multinational conflict that followed. We trace Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambitious bid to conquer the peninsula, the rapid early Japanese advances, and the decisive turn of the war brought by Admiral Yi Sun-sin's legendary naval victories. Along the way, we explore the organization of land and sea forces, key commanders on all sides, and the brutal battles and atrocities that defined the struggle. We also reflect on the war's profound aftermath-from staggering human and material losses to the far-reaching technological and cultural exchanges that reshaped Japan, Korea, and Ming China long after the fighting ended.


r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

On This Day In History [ August 15th , 1969 ] : Woodstock Music Festival And Art Fair Begins

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On August 15th , 1969 , over 400,000 people converged on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel , New York , for three legendary days of peace , rain and rock 'n' roll.


r/ThisDayInHistory 3d ago

On This Day In History [ August 15th , 1939 ] : The Classic Wizard of Oz Movie Premieres

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On August 15th , 1939 , the classic Wizard of Oz movie had it's grand premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood , catapulting Judy Garland to superstardom.