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August 9th 2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C)

Today it's around 21C with a chance of rain :rolleyes2:
 
August 26th 1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.

General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien had a very full Army career to put it mildly :salute:: He was one of the few British Officers to survive the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879 during the Anglo Zulu War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Smith-Dorrien
 
August 27th 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history, between Great Britain and Zanzibar, lasted a total of 38 minutes (09:00 to 09:38)
 
GICOP said:
August 27th 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history, between Great Britain and Zanzibar, lasted a total of 38 minutes (09:00 to 09:38)
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Who won? {sm3} -- Al
 
September 1st 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
 
September 3rd 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_British_Residency_in_Kabul

Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force








All figures - Trophy of Wales
 
September 6th 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
 
September 7th 1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol
 
September 9th 1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.

 
September 12th 1897 – Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of India, Battle of Saragarhi

"The contingent of the twenty-one Sikhs from the 36th Sikhs was led by Havildar Ishar Singh. They all chose to fight to the death. It is considered by some military historians as one of history's great last-stands."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saragarhi

:salute::
 
September 15th 1944 – Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery

:salute::
 
September 16th 1795 – The first occupation by Great Britain of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay
 
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