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August 19 1989: Several hundred East Germans crossed the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began…
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August 12 1960: NASA launched Echo 1A, the agency’s first successful communications satellite. 2018: NASA launches the Parker Space Probe, its first mission to…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
August 5 1305: William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London. (He…
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July 29 1948: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936…
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July 22 1793: Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean to become the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada. 1923: Born…
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July 15 1838: Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Bible miracles and declaring Jesus a great man,…
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July 8 1777: Vermont became the first state to abolish slavery. 1878: The corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe. 1951: Paris celebrated its…
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June 24 1374: The first recorded outbreak of St. John’s Dance caused people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and to…
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June 17 1631: Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth; her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, spent the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the…
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June 10 1692: Bridget Bishop became the first person hanged during the Salem Witch Trials near Salem, Mass., for “Certain Detestable Arts called Witchcraft…