Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 100-metres at the Rio de Janeiro Games, becoming…
The U.S. Army took control of the Philippine port of Manila during the Spanish-American…
Phonograph invented by Thomas Alva Edison On this day in 1877, American inventor Thomas…
At the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Carl Lewis became the third track-and-field athlete…
Louis XVI of France imprisoned As the French Revolution (1787–99) continued, the country's monarchy…
Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, was fatally shot by a white police…
Trilogy Album American rapper Gunna released his album "The Last Wun" on August 8,…
Resignation of U.S. President Nixon Faced with the near-certain prospect of impeachment for his…
Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal seized by Allies In the Allies' first major offensive in…
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima On this day in 1945, the United States dropped…
Independence declared by Upper Volta Upper Volta—now Burkina Faso (which means “Land of Incorruptible…
Gibraltar captured by Britain During the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain took control…

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