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1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) 1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC 1861 William Bateson, originator of term "genetics" 1864 Red Cross Anniversary 1876 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph 1882 Snow falls on Lake Michigan 1890 Daughters of the American Revolution organizes 1918 6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command & shoots 20 Germans & captures 132 more 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated 1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks 1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC 1945 Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter 1945 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea 1949 Bhutan, land of the Dragon, became an independent monarchy 1953 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1960 Ivory Coast declares independence 1963 Great Train Robbery in England, $2.6 million ($7.3 million) 1973 VP Spiro T Agnew branded as "damned lies" reports he took kickbacks from govt contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign 1974 Pres Richard M Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12PM 08/09 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus 1983 Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet 1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war 1989 US space shuttle STS-28 launched 1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait 1991 Shite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy
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