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File:Alice Ramsey ggbain.03065 a.jpg|Alice Huyler Ramsey with her {{nowrap|[[Maxwell automobile]]}} |
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File:Cavelier de la salle.jpg|René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle |
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File:Peace bridge in winter.jpg|Peace Bridge |
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File:TulagiBeachBlue.jpg|U.S. Marines wading ashore on Tulagi Island |
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File:20060825 Barry Bonds follow through.jpg|Barry Bonds |
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File:Harvard Mark I Computer - Left Segment.jpg|Portion of the Harvard Mark I |
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File:Harvard Mark I Computer - Input-Output Details.jpg|Harvard Mark I input/output and control |
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File:Bundesarchiv Bild 192-334, KZ Mauthausen, Garagenhofeinfahrt.jpg|Entrance to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp |
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File:Bronze Horseman unveiling.jpg|The inauguration of the Bronze Horseman |
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File:Bronze Horseman002.jpg|The Bronze Horseman |
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File:Abandoned parking lot in Love Canal.jpg|Love Canal area in 2012 |
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File:Le-griffon.jpg|''Le Griffon'' |
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| ; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Ivory Coast]]''' ([[1960]]) |
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| [[1782]] – The '''[[Bronze Horseman]]''', an [[equestrian statue]] of [[Peter the Great]] that serves as one of the symbols of [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, was unveiled. |
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| [[1927]] – The official opening ceremony of the '''[[Peace Bridge]]''' between [[Fort Erie, Ontario]], and [[Buffalo, New York]], at the east end of [[Lake Erie]], was held two months after it opened to the public. |
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| [[1933]] – Iraqi troops slaughtered 600–3,000 [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] during the '''[[Simele massacre]]''' in the [[Dohuk Governorate|Dahuk]] and [[Nineveh Governorate|Mosul]] districts. |
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| [[1938]] – Prisoners from [[Dachau concentration camp]] were sent to begin construction of '''[[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex|Mauthausen]]'''<!-- ''(entrance pictured)''-->, which would later be part of one of the largest [[Nazi concentration camps|labour camp]] complexes in German-occupied Europe. |
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| [[1947]] – An expedition led by Norwegian explorer [[Thor Heyerdahl]] on his raft, the '''''[[Kon-Tiki expedition|Kon-Tiki]]''''', completed a 101-day journey across the [[Pacific Ocean]]. |
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| [[1965]] – Prime Minister '''[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]''' of the [[Malaysia|Federation of Malaysia]] demanded that [[Singapore]] withdraw from the federation, choosing to "sever ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government." |
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| [[1978]] – Two years after the discovery of [[toxic waste]] that had been [[Negligence|negligently]] disposed of, U.S. President [[Jimmy Carter]] declared a federal health emergency in the '''[[Love Canal]]''' neighborhood<!-- ''(pictured in 2012)''--> of [[Niagara Falls, New York]]. |
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| [[1999]] – The [[Chechnya]]-based [[Islamism|Islamist]] militia group [[Islamic International Brigade]] '''[[War of Dagestan|invaded]]''' the neighbouring Russian republic of [[Dagestan]] in support of the Shura of Dagestan<!--not linked, no article--> separatist movement. |
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| [[2007]] – '''[[Barry Bonds]]''' surpassed [[Hank Aaron]]'s career [[home run]] total with his [[List of milestone home runs by Barry Bonds|milestone 756th home run]]. |
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| '''[[Richard Sykes (biochemist)]]''' (b. 1942){{·}} |
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* [[768]] – The papacy of '''[[Pope Stephen III|{{nowrap|Stephen III}}]]''', who convened the [[Lateran Council (769)|Lateran Council of 769]], began. |
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* [[1679]] – '''''[[Le Griffon]]''''', a [[barque]] built by [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle|René-Robert de La Salle]], began its journey to be the first [[sailing ship]] to navigate the upper [[Great Lakes]]. |
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* [[1794]] – U.S. president [[George Washington]] invoked the '''[[Militia Acts of 1792]]''' to suppress the [[Whiskey Rebellion]] in [[western Pennsylvania]]. |
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* [[1909]] – Fifty-nine days after leaving [[New York City]] with three passengers, '''[[Alice Huyler Ramsey]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> arrived in [[San Francisco]] to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the [[contiguous United States]]. |
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* [[1914]] – [[World War I|World {{nowrap|War I}}]]: France launched '''[[Battle of Mulhouse|its first attack]]''' of the war in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the province of [[Alsace]] from Germany. |
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* [[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] initiated the first American offensive of the [[Guadalcanal campaign]] with '''[[Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo|landings]]''' on [[Guadalcanal]] and [[Tulagi]] in the [[Solomon Islands]]. |
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* [[1944]] – [[IBM]] presented the first [[Programmable calculator|program-controlled calculator]] to [[Harvard University]], after which it became known as the '''[[Harvard Mark I|{{nowrap|Mark I}}]]'''. |
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* [[1987]] – '''[[Lynne Cox]]''' became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from [[Little Diomede Island|Little Diomede]] to [[Big Diomede]] in the [[Bering Strait]] in 2 hours and 5 minutes. |
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* [[1998]] – Car bombs '''[[1998 United States embassy bombings|exploded simultaneously]]''' at the [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|American embassies]] in the East African capital cities of [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania, and [[Nairobi]], Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others. |
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* [[2008]] – Fighting between the Georgian and [[South Ossetia]]n separatist forces escalated to the six-day '''[[Russo-Georgian War]]'''. |
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* Born/died: '''[[Hugh Foliot]]''' (d. 1234) | '''[[Joseph Marie Jacquard]]''' (d. 1834) | '''[[Huntley Wright]]''' (b. 1868) | '''[[Art Houtteman]]''' (b. 1927) | '''[[Rebecca Kleefisch]]''' (b. 1975) | '''[[Charlize Theron]]'''<!--South African actress--> (b. 1975) | '''[[Peter Jennings]]''' (d. 2005) | '''[[Frances Oldham Kelsey]]''' (d. 2015) |
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==Notes== |
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* [[Bertha Benz]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 5|August 5]], so Alice Huyler Ramsey should not appear in the same year. |
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* [[Second Chechen War]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 26|August 26]], so Invasion of Dagestan and Russia–Georgia War should not appear in the same year. |
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'''[[August 7]]''': '''[[Simele massacre|Assyrian Martyrs Day]]''' ([[1933]]) |
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{{main page image/OTD|File:MeritBadge (transparent).png|Badge of Military Merit}} |
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* [[1461]] – [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] general Cao Qin<!--not wikilinked, no article exists yet--> staged '''[[Rebellion of Cao Qin|a failed coup]]''' against the [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming|Tianshun Emperor]]. |
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* [[1782]] – The '''[[Badge of Military Merit]]''' ''(pictured)'', the precursor to the U.S. [[Purple Heart]], was established as a [[Military awards and decorations|military decoration]] of the [[Continental Army]]. |
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* [[1946]] – The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the [[Turkish Straits]] no longer represented the security interests of its fellow [[Black Sea]] nations, escalating the '''[[Turkish Straits crisis]]'''. |
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* [[1970]] – [[Jonathan P. Jackson|Jonathan Jackson]] '''[[Marin County Civic Center attacks|kidnapped]]''' [[Harold Haley]], a judge in [[Marin County, California]], to coerce the release of the [[Soledad Brothers]], including Jackson's brother [[George Jackson (activist)|George]]. |
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* [[1985]] – Five members of the Bamber family '''[[White House Farm murders|were found murdered]]''' at a farmhouse in [[Tolleshunt D'Arcy]], England. |
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{{hlist | '''[[Jin Shengtan]]''' (d. 1661) | '''[[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]]'''<!--Swedish scientist--> (d. 1848) | '''[[Brigid Brophy]]'''<!--English writer--> (d. 1995) }} |
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