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China and Russia agreed to stop targeting nuclear weapons at each other. The US flag was flown in battle for the first time. The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. Steve Fossett went missing while flying over Nevada. A siege on a Russian school ended in over 300 deaths. The Dow Jones hit its highest point before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Sir Malcolm Campbell drove a car over 300 miles per hour. NASA’s Viking 2 probe landed on Mars. San Marino, the world’s oldest republic, was established. The worst storm in Philippine history killed over 4,353 people.
China and Russia have agreed to stop pointing nuclear weapons at each other. (1994) The de-targeting agreement was an important step towards peace between the two countries, easing tense relations that dated back to the beginning of the Cold War.
The US flag was flown in battle for the first time. (1777) In an American Revolutionary War battle at Chooch Bridge in Maryland, General William Maxwell ordered the Stars and Stripes to be hoisted. At the time, the flag had 13 stripes and 13 stars.
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. (1783) Peace treaty was signed by the British and US governments, formally establishing America as an independent country.
Noted adventurer Steve Fossett went missing while flying over Nevada. (2007) Fossett, who was the first person to fly a balloon around the world non-stop and alone, has not been found despite an exhaustive month-long search. His remains were eventually found in October 2008, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. He had died in a plane crash.
A siege on a Russian school ended in more than 300 dead, many of them children. (2004) The school had been taken hostage by Chechen terrorists on September 1st. To end the hostage situation, the Russian military raided the school with explosives. 334 hostages died and several hundred more were injured or missing.
The Dow Jones closed at 381.17, its highest point before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. (1929) The market immediately fell 17% after the high, causing people to panic and start desperately selling stocks . It was the last high point before the Great Depression.
Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive a car more than 300 miles per hour (about 482 kilometers per hour). (1935) Campbell reached a speed of 301,337 miles per hour (about 484,955 kilometers per hour) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
NASA’s Viking 2 probe landed on Mars, camera-ready. (1976) Viking 2’s mission was to return photographs of the surface of Mars. He took 16,000 photos in 1,281 days before his batteries ran out.
One of the world’s smallest nations and its oldest republic was established. (301) San Marino founded San Marino, which still exists today as the oldest republic in the world. The nation of San Marino, which is officially called the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, has a population of approximately 30,000 and is just 24 square miles (about 61 square kilometers).
The worst storm in Philippine history killed more than 4,353 people. (1984) Typhoon-force storm ravaged the country with winds of 115 miles per hour (about 185 kilometers per hour), leaving more than one million people homeless.
