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  1. 17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany

    Publicerades: 2024-08-17

  2. 16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars

    Publicerades: 2024-08-16

  3. 15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad

    Publicerades: 2024-08-15

  4. 14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan

    Publicerades: 2024-08-14

  5. 13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

    Publicerades: 2024-08-13

  6. 12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

    Publicerades: 2024-08-12

  7. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

    Publicerades: 2024-08-11

  8. 10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

    Publicerades: 2024-08-10

  9. 9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege

    Publicerades: 2024-08-09

  10. 8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.

    Publicerades: 2024-08-08

  11. 7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago

    Publicerades: 2024-08-07

  12. 6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II

    Publicerades: 2024-08-06

  13. 5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa

    Publicerades: 2024-08-05

  14. 4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War

    Publicerades: 2024-08-04

  15. 3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars

    Publicerades: 2024-08-03

  16. 2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

    Publicerades: 2024-08-02

  17. 1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

    Publicerades: 2024-08-01

  18. 31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict

    Publicerades: 2024-07-31

  19. 30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

    Publicerades: 2024-07-30

  20. 29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

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