August 1896

Sunday 16:

Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in the Klondike in Canada.

Bridget Driscoll becomes the first person in the world to die in an automobile accident after being struck by a car travelling about 4 MPH.

Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (9:02 to 9:40) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

Chop suey is invented in New York City.

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