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FIRST WORLD WAR ERUPTS:
August 1, 1914
Four days after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war against each other.
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HITLER BECOMES F'HRER:
August 2, 1934
With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fıhrer, or "Leader."
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Pullman Palace Presides Pitilessly:
August 3, 1894
After a long and violent summer, the strike at the Pullman Palace Car Company was broken in 1894.
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Labor Takes a Hit:
August 3, 1981
Blood wasn't spilled, nor was a single life lost, but August 3, 1981 still stands as one of the darkest days in modern labor history.
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NAUTILUS TRAVELS UNDER NORTH POLE:
August 3, 1958
On August 3, 1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole.
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ANNE FRANK CAPTURED:
August 4, 1944
Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captures 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse.
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UPS Has Its Downs:
August 4, 1997
For months the Teamsters prepared for it, mobilizing, rallying, canvassing and generally priming the rank and file for action.
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MARILYN MONROE IS FOUND DEAD:
August 5, 1962
Movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. She was discovered lying nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand.
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Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers:
August 5, 1981
On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work.
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ANDY WARHOL IS BORN:
August 6, 1928
Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the latter part of the 20th century, is born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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U.S. EMBASSIES IN EAST AFRICA BOMBED:
August 7, 1998
At 10:30 a.m. local time, a massive truck bomb explodes outside the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
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NIXON RESIGNS:
August 8, 1974
In an evening televised address, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign.
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OWENS WINS 4TH GOLD MEDAL:
August 9, 1936
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4x100-meter relay.
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SON OF SAM ARRESTED:
August 10, 1977
24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested and charged with being the "Son of Sam," the serial killer who terrorized New York City for more than a year, killing six young people and wounding seven others with a .44-caliber revolver.
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FEDERAL PRISONERS LAND ON ALCATRAZ:
August 11, 1934
A group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay.
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NICKLAUS SETS TITLE RECORD:
August 12, 1973
American golfer Jack Nicklaus wins the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) championship for his 14th major title, surpassing Bobby Jones' record of 13 major championships.
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HITCHCOCK BORN:
August 13, 1899
Alfred Hitchcock, the macabre master of moviemaking, is born in London on August 13, 1899. His innovative directing techniques and mastery of suspense made him one of the most popular and influential filmmakers of the 20th century.
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PEKING RELIEVED BY MULTINATIONAL FORCE:
August 14, 1900
During the Boxer Rebellion, an international force featuring British, Russian, American, Japanese, French, and German troops relieves the Chinese capital of Peking after fighting its way 80 miles from the port of Tientsin.
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Social Security Act Passed:
August 14, 1935
While the Social Security Act was passed on August 14, 1935, the roots of the legislation can be traced back to the crash of '29.
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Massive labor strikes hit Poland:
August 14, 1980
Workers in Gdansk, Poland, seize the Lenin Shipyard and demand pay raises and the right to form a union free from communist control.
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Death of a Labor Leader:
August 14, 1977
Michael F. Widman, Jr., leader of the campaign to unionize the Ford Motor Company, died at age seventy-seven in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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BERLIN WALL BUILT:
August 15, 1961
Two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall--the Berlin Wall--to permanently close off access to the West.
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ELVIS PRESLEY DIES:
August 16, 1977
Popular music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42.
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Carnegie Establishes Eight-Hour Day:
August 16, 1923
Though its late founder wasn't always the best friend of labor, on August 14, 1923, Carnegie Steel established the eight-hour day for its workers.
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Birth of Labor Leader:
August 16, 1894
George Meany, the first president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), was born in New York City on this day.
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BALLOON CROSSES THE ATLANTIC:
August 17, 1978
The Double Eagle II completes the first transatlantic balloon flight when it lands in a barley field near Paris, 137 hours after lifting off from Preque Isle, Maine.
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Meredith graduates from Ole Miss:
August 17, 1963
James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi, graduates with a degree in political science.
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Woman suffrage amendment ratified:
August 17, 1920
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is ratified by Tennessee, giving it the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it the law of the land.
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A Halt at Hormel:
August 17, 1985
Though the Hormel Company had been reeling in record profits, management decided to slash wages and benefits, prompting workers at the Austin, Minnesota, plant to call a strike on this day in 1985.
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GENGHIS KHAN DIES:
August 18, 1227
Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, dies in the district of Qingshui, China,during a campaign against the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia. He left behind a Mongol Empire that he had extended across the Asian continent.
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Birth of Francis Joseph I
August 18, 1830
Born on this day in 1830, his 68-year reign as emperor of Austria ended during World War I.
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OLD IRONSIDES EARNS ITS NAME:
August 19, 1812
During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeats the British frigate Guerriıre in a furious engagement off the coast of Nova Scotia. Witnesses claimed that the British shot merely bounced off the Constitution's sides, as if the ship were made of iron rather than wood.
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SOVIETS INVADE CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
August 20, 1968
On the night of August 20, 1968, approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring"--a brief period of liberalization in the communist country.
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Birth of the Eight-Hour Workday:
August 20, 1862
Today marks a birthday of sorts for the eight-hour workday.
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KENYATTA FREED:
August 21, 1961
Jomo Kenyatta, leader of the Kenyan independence movement, is released by British colonial authorities after nearly nine years of imprisonment and detention.
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U.S. WINS FIRST AMERICA'S CUP:
August 22, 1851
On August 22, 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America bests a fleet of Britain's finest ships in a race around England's Isle of Wight.
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VALENTINO DIES:
August 23, 1926
The death of silent-screen idol Rudolph Valentino at the age of 31 sends his fans into a hysterical state of mass mourning.
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Ma Ma GigFoot's Birthday
Today is a special day for Gig, being that it is one of the few days that he is allowed to use the phone.
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VESUVIUS ERUPTS:
August 24, 79 A.D.
After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands.
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PARIS LIBERATED:
August 25, 1944
After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
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19TH AMENDMENT ADOPTED:
August 26, 1920
The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution by proclamation of Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of struggle by woman suffragists. Its two sections read simply: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex" and "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
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MOUNTBATTEN KILLED BY IRA:
August 27, 1979
Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed when Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists detonate a 50-pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel Shadow V. Mountbatten, a war hero, elder statesman, and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was spending the day with his family in Donegal Bay off Ireland's northwest coast when the bomb exploded.
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KING'S
August 28, 1963
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to more than 200,000 people attending the March on Washington.
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PIZARRO EXECUTES LAST INCA EMPEROR:
August 29, 1533
Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors.
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CLEOPATRA COMMITS SUICIDE:
August 30, 30 B.C.
Cleopatra, queen of Egypt and lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, takes her life following the defeat of her forces against Octavian, the future first emperor of Rome.
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PRINCESS DIANA DIES:
August 31, 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in Paris' Pitie-Salpetiere Hospital after suffering massive chest injuries in an early morning car accident.
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