August 29, 1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on
WEAF-AM in New York City.
August 30, 1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus
Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.
August 31, 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi
Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
September 1, 1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke
by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
September 2, 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her
son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
September 3, 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes
from slavery.
September 4, 1951 – The first live transcontinental television
broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace
Treaty Conference.
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