THIS DAY IN UNEXPLAINED HISTORY
©Copyrighted by Dave Ayotte & Caty Bergman
To read more about a specific event, click on that event:
(not every day in the month has an "on this day in history" event
--but I'm working on it)
August
August 1st
1930: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, Continued on August 3rd (Judge Crater) - New York City, New York USA
August 2nd
1934: Adolph Hitler Assumes Title Of The Der Fuhrer - Germany
August 3rd
1930: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, Continued on August 6th (Judge Crater) - New York City, New York USA
August 4th
1577: BIZARRE BLACK DOG EVENTS - Bongay And Norwich, England
1892: Lizzie Borden's Parents Were Found Hacked To Death Today - Fall River, Massachussets USA
August 5th
1924: The First Orphan Annie Comic Strip Ran Today In The New York Daily News - New York City, New York USA
August 6th
1930: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE, Continued from August 1st and 3rd (Judge Crater) - New York City, New York USA
August 7th
August 8th
1972: LOCH NESS MONSTER SIGHTING - Loch Ness, Scotland
August 9th
1969: Sharon Tate Murders - 10050 Cielo Drive, Los Angeles, California USA
August 10th
1846: Congress Chartered The Smithsonian Institution Today - Washington, D.C. USA
1979: UFO SIGHTING - Frisco, Texas USA
August 11th
1979: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE/ ANTI-SCIENCE EVENT - Between Greece And Saudia Arabia
August 12th
1962: LAKE MANITOBA MONSTER SIGHTING - Lake Manitoba, Canada
1970: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Lightning Ball) - Sidmouth, England
1983: UFO ABDUCTION (Alfred Burtoo) - Aldershot, Hampshire, England
August 13th
1965: HAUNTED HOUSE EVENT (Haw Branch Plantation) - Amelia, Virginia USA
August 14th
1817: SEAMONSTER SIGHTING - Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts USA
August 15th
1969: The Woodstock Music And Arts Fair Began Today - Woodstock, New York USA
August 16th
1969: LOCH MORAR MONSTER SIGHTING - Loch Morar, Inverness County, Scotland
August 17th
1966: UFO SIGHTING - Rio de Janerio, Brazil
August 18th
1587: First British Child Was Born In America Today (Virginia Dare) - Roanoke Island, Virginia And North Carolina, USA
1587: MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE - Roanoke Island, Virginia And North Carolina, USA
August 19th
1969: LOCH MORAR MONSTER SIGHTING - Loch Morar, Inverness County, Scotland
1970: BIGFOOT SIGHTING - Skamania, Washington USA
August 20th
1953: UFO SIGHTING - New Haven, Connecticut USA
August 21st
1915: UFO SIGHTING/ MASS ABDUCTION - Gallipoli, Turkey
August 22nd
1678: STRANGE EVENT - Hartfordshire, England
August 23rd
1980: ESP EVENT (Alex Tanous) - New York City, New York USA
August 24th
1832: First woman to fly across the U.S. (Amelia Earhart) - Newark, New Jersey USA
August 25th
1955: UFO SIGHTING - Kelly-Hopkinsville, Kentucky USA
August 26th
1978: ESP EVENT (Saint Malachy) - Rome, Italy
August 27th
1913: First Person To Do Loop-The-Loop In Airplane (Lt. Peter Nesterov) - Russia
1968: WEIRD STUFF FROM THE SKY (Rain Of Blood And Flesh) - Between Cacapava And Soä José dos Campos, Brazil
August 28th
1932: URBAN LEGEND EVENT (Alligators In Sewers) - New York City, New York USA
August 29th
August 30th
1878: MONSTER SIGHTING (Lake Champlain Monster) - Lake Champlain, New York USA
1910: UFO SIGHTING - New York City, New York USA
August 31st
1888: FIRST KNOWN JACK THE RIPPER MURDER (Mary Ann Nichols) - London, England
1996: HAUNTED PLACE EVENT (John D. Long Lake) - Union, South Carolina USA