On August 11th, 1711, the first race was held at Ascot.

On August 10th, 1954, the groundbreaking ceremony for Saint Lawrence Seaway was held at Massena, New York.

On August 9th, 1483, the Sistine Chapel was opened.

On August 8th, 1930, Betty Boop appeared in her first cartoon.

On August 7th, 1927, the Peace Bridge opened between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York.

On August 6th, 1806, Francis II abdicated, ending the Holy Roman Empire.

On August 5th, 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.

On August 4th, 1902, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the River Thames opened.

On August 3rd, 1958, the USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap.

On August 2nd, 1870, the Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway, opened in London.

On August 1st, 1831, the London Bridge opened.

On July 31st, 781, the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji took place.

On July 30th, 1733, the first Freemasons lodge was opened in what would become the United States.

On July 29th, 1836, the Arc de Triomphe in France was inaugurated.

On July 28th, 1794, Robespierre was sent to the guillotine as punishment for doing the same to thousands of others before him.

On July 27th, 1866, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was completed.

On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.

On July 25th, 1894, the first Sino-Japanese War began.

On July 24th, 1847, Brigham Young and 148 Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley.