August ~ Historical Events

1824 Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African coast through the American Colonization Society (ACS)

1827 Race riots in Cincinnati, Ohio, are spurred by the city’s threat to enforce restrictive residency requirements on Black residents; over 1,000 people (more than half of the Black population) leave, many bound for Canada

1843 National Black Convention meets in Buffalo, New York

1851 Second US National Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Brinley Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts

1867 The Representation of the People Act (1867) extends suffrage in the UK

1876 US law removes Native Americans from Black Hills after discovering gold

1934 US ends occupation of Haiti after 19 years, which started after the 1915 assassination of Haiti’s president

1945 A riot ensues in San Francisco as the city celebrates the end of WWII

1964 Race riot in Dixmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago

1975 Indian action-adventure film “Sholay,” directed by Ramesh Sippy and starring Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan, is released as the highest-grossing Indian film ever

1978 US House of Representatives approves (233-169) a 39-month extension for ERA

1988 New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments ~ The 1988 Bronx apartment rebuild was a significant, well‑publicized effort to address housing shortages and decay. While it did provide new units, the program’s effectiveness and fairness have been questioned in hindsight — especially regarding whether funds were fully and equitably used to benefit residents. Without specific audit evidence from that year, the perception of “short‑changing” residents is plausible, but it reflects a pattern of challenges in 1980s urban housing policy rather than an isolated failure.

1989 F. W. de Klerk becomes President of South Africa

1994 South African President Nelson Mandela receives the Anne Frank Penning

2019 Israel bars US Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering for supporting the Palestinian-led boycott movement

2022 Scotland becomes the first country in the world to make period products free for all

Source: onthisday.com