25 Aug 1768     Captain James Cook departed from Plymouth on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific.
25 Aug 1875     Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the English Channel in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
25 Aug 1944     Paris was liberated as Germany surrendered.
25 Aug 1989     The unmanned Voyager 2 spacecraft sent back the first close-up pictures of Neptune.
25 Aug 1994     Billy Joel divorced his ‘Uptown Girl’ Christie Brinkley after 9 years of marriage
25 Aug 2012     Neil Armstrong died.

26 Aug 1907     Harry Houdini escaped from chains underwater in 57 seconds.
26 Aug 1959     Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis, was launched.
26 Aug 1968     The Beatles released ‘Hey Jude’ the first single on their Apple label.
26 Aug 1985     Zola Budd broke the world 5,000m record.

27 Aug 1950     The BBC transmitted the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.
27 Aug 1964     Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke had it’s film premier.
27 Aug 1967     Brian Epstein died.

28 Aug 1827     Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins first manufactured their Worcestershire Sauce.
28 Aug 1963     Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech.
28 Aug 2004     Kelly Holmes won the 1500m gold in Athens, her second gold of the games.
28 Aug 2009     Blake Fielder-Civil divorced Amy Winehouse after 2 years of marriage.

29 Aug 1958     Cliff Richard and the Drifters released the single ‘Move It’, Cliff Richards first No.1.
29 Aug 1966     The Beatles played their last gig before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
29 Aug 1997     Netflix was launched as an internet DVD rental service.
29 Aug 2005     Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the US Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida.
29 Aug 2016     Gene Wilder died.

30 Aug 1936     The RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
30 Aug 2003     Charles Bronson died.

31 Aug 1888     The body of Jack the Ripper’s first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, was found in Whitechapel.
31 Aug 1940     Laurence Olivier married Vivien Leigh.
31 Aug 1989     Buckingham Palace confirmed Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips are to separate.
31 Aug 1994     Pentium computer beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
31 Aug 1997     Diana, Princess of Wales, died following a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.