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1961 – In an effort to stem the tide of refugees attempting to leave East Berlin, the communist government of […]

AUGUST 12 1604 Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光, August 12, 1604 – June 8, 1651) was the third shōgun of the

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the

AUG 11 1825 IstvánTürr, (10 August 1825 in Baja, Hungary – 3 May 1908 in Budapest) was a Hungarian soldier,

Rin Tin Tin – Died August 10, 1932 b. 1918 German-born American dog actor. American soldier Lee Duncan found Rin

August 10, 1927 The Mount Rushmore memorial is dedicated. It was completed in 1941. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered

AUGUST 10 1729 William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814) was a British

1945 – A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s

AUGUST 9 1808 William Thomas Ward (August 9, 1808 – October 12, 1878) was a brigadier general in the United

1942 – The U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on