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August 14, 1936: Rainey Bethea Becomes the Last Person Publicly Executed in the United States (www.ozy.com)
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August 13, 1918: Opha Mae Johnson Becomes the First Woman to Enlist in the Marines (www.worldwar1centennial.org)
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August 12, 1883: The Last Quagga Dies in Captivity (www.wired.com)
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August 11, 1942: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil Receive a Patent for a Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum Communication System (WIFI) (www.forbes.com)
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August 10, 1897: Felix Hoffman Discovers A Way to Synthesize Aspirin (www.sciencehistory.org)
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Aug. 7, 1960: ‘Psycho’ was the rage, but ‘Ben-Hur’ promised a close race in Jacksonville (www.jacksonville.com)
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August 8, 1969: The Manson Family Commits the Tate Murders (time.com)
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August 7, 1792: George Washington Commissions “The Badge of Military Merit” – Now Known as the Purple Heart (history.army.mil)
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August 6th 1945; The Enola gay drops "little boy" over Hiroshima, killing an estimate 140.000 inhabitants (en.wikipedia.org)
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August 6, 1806: Francis II Abdicates Ending the Holy Roman Empire (www.historytoday.com)
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August 5, 1861: The US Army Abolishes Flogging (taskandpurpose.com)
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August 4, 1693: Dom Perignon "Invented" Champagne (mentalfloss.com)
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Cowra prison break: The biggest, bloodiest prison breakout in WWII (www.news.com.au)
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August 3, 1958: The Nautilus Becomes the First Submarine to Travel Under the North Pole (www.history.com)
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August 2, 1923: Calvin Coolidge is Made President of the United States Following Warren G. Harding's Passing (www.coolidgefoundation.org)
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August 1, 1943: Operation Tidal Wave: US Forces Attempts to Destroy Romanian Oil Fields (www.afhistory.af.mil)
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July 31, 1703: Robinson Crusoe Author Daniel Defoe is Put in Pillory for “Seditious Acts”, Is Pelted With Flowers Instead of Rocks (shgregg.com)
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July 30, 1676: Bacon’s Rebellion (allthatsinteresting.com)
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July 29, 1848: Irish Potato Famine - Tiperary Revolt (www.historyireland.com)
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July 28, 1939: The Sutton Hoo Helmet is Discovered (www.khanacademy.org)
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July 27, 1900: Wilhelm II's "Hun speech" - the Speech that Lead to the Nickname "Huns" for Germans (youtu.be)
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July 25, 1861: The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution is Passed Declaring the Reason for the Civil War to Be “Preservation of the Union” (civilwarmonths.com)
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July 24, 1937: Alabama Drops Charges Against the “Scottsboro Boys” (famous-trials.com)
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July 23, 1968: Glenville Shootout in Cleveland Sparks Racial Tension (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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July 22, 1916: The Preparedness Day Bombing Kills 10, Labor Activists Blamed for Crime (time.com)
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