romeomikegolf
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1789: The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' is adopted by the revolutionary National Assembly in France.
Reply #721. Aug 26 11, 1:24 AM
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tag2371
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Aug 26,1920 The 19th Amendment was adopted into the US Constitution and women earned the right to vote
Reply #722. Aug 26 11, 6:06 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1979: Elizabeth II's cousin, Lord Louis Mountbatten, is killed by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland.
Reply #723. Aug 27 11, 12:10 AM
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tag2371
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1953-Roman Holiday opens,Audrey Hepburns first starring role.
Reply #724. Aug 27 11, 8:10 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1864: The first Geneva Convention, governing internationally accepted rules of warfare, is signed by 26 nations.
Reply #725. Aug 28 11, 1:02 AM
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tag2371
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2005-Hurricane Katrina ravages the Gulf Coast
Reply #726. Aug 28 11, 7:11 AM
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paulmallon
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Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream " speech
Reply #727. Aug 28 11, 12:13 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1949: The Soviet Union becomes the world's second nuclear power after a successful test in Soviet Central Asia.
Reply #728. Aug 29 11, 12:05 AM
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tag2371
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1982 Actress Ingrid Bergman died on her birthday and in 1958 Michael Jackson was born
Reply #729. Aug 29 11, 6:30 AM
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boxjaw
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1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert in front of a paying audience at Candlestick Park, San Francisco.
Reply #730. Aug 29 11, 6:44 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1918: Vladimir Lenin is shot and seriously wounded by female assassin Fanya Kaplan in Moscow.
Reply #731. Aug 30 11, 5:12 AM
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paulmallon
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Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first black Supreme Court justice
Reply #732. Aug 30 11, 1:35 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a Paris underpass.
Reply #733. Aug 31 11, 12:57 AM
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tag2371
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1888-Jack the Ripper claims his forst victim
Reply #734. Aug 31 11, 5:34 AM
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paulmallon
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1959: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers sets a new Natinal League record by striking out 18 SF Giants in a 5-2 victory. The Dodgers would defeat the Chicago White Sox to win that years' World Series
Reply #735. Aug 31 11, 9:45 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1985: RMS 'Titanic', the 'unsinkable' liner lost to an iceberg in 1912, is found by a French-US search team.
Reply #736. Sep 01 11, 2:25 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1666: The Great Fire of London begins in a bakery on Pudding Lane and will destroy much of the city.
Reply #737. Sep 02 11, 12:25 AM
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tag2371
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1945 Allies celebrate V-J Day as japan surrenders.
Reply #738. Sep 02 11, 9:01 AM
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paulmallon
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1969 First ATM "opens for business" in a branch of Chemical Bank in Rockville Center NY
Reply #739. Sep 02 11, 1:26 PM
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