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1920: Britain, France and other powers dismember the Ottoman Empire with the signing of the Treaty of Sevres.
Reply #701. Aug 10 11, 2:49 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1919: Germany adopts the democratic 'Weimar constitution' following the abolition of the German empire.
Reply #702. Aug 11 11, 2:30 AM
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boxjaw 
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1965 - Watts riots in Los Angeles start. They last for 6 days. 34 people are killed.
Reply #703. Aug 11 11, 5:33 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1981: IBM announces the introduction of the first personal computer, or PC.
Reply #704. Aug 12 11, 12:58 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1961: The East German government closes the border with West Berlin and begins building a dividing wall.
Reply #705. Aug 13 11, 12:26 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1969: British troops are sent to Northern Ireland in a ‘limited operation’ to restore law and order.
Reply #706. Aug 14 11, 12:50 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1947: India gains independence from Britain, having been partitioned into India and Pakistan.
Reply #707. Aug 15 11, 12:26 AM
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boxjaw
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1914 - The Panama Canal is officially transited for the first time.
Reply #708. Aug 15 11, 7:44 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1858: The first transatlantic telegraph is inaugurated by Queen Victoria and US President James Buchanan.
Reply #709. Aug 16 11, 12:40 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1940: RAF volunteer Billy Fiske becomes the first American combat death in Europe in World War Two.
Reply #710. Aug 17 11, 12:21 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1964: South Africa is banned from participating in the Olympics due to its policy of apartheid.
Reply #711. Aug 18 11, 12:33 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1485: Richard III is killed at the Battle of Bosworth and Henry VII becomes the first king of the Tudor dynasty.
Reply #712. Aug 22 11, 9:16 AM
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| great2beme
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2011: August 22 NDP Leader Jack Layton dies.
Reply #713. Aug 22 11, 10:18 AM
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| great2beme
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1642: The English Civil War begins.
Reply #714. Aug 22 11, 10:35 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1305: Scottish rebel William Wallace is hanged, drawn and quartered by the English at Smithfield, London.
Reply #715. Aug 23 11, 1:35 AM
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romeomikegolf
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79: Mount Vesuvius in the Bay of Naples erupts, burying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Reply #716. Aug 24 11, 2:32 AM
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tag2371
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Aug 24 in 1572
70,000 French Protestants, or Huguenots, were killed in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
Reply #717. Aug 24 11, 2:44 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1944: Paris is liberated intact after German general Dietrich von Cholitz disobeys Hitler's order to destroy it.
Reply #718. Aug 25 11, 12:36 AM
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tag2371
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Aug 25,1939-The Wizard of Oz makes it's debut across the nation.
Reply #719. Aug 25 11, 6:29 AM
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| paulmallon
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8/25/84: Truman Capote died
8/25/09: Ted Kennedy died
Reply #720. Aug 25 11, 9:05 PM
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