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August 13 1932:
Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice-chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out "for all or nothing." |
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August 14, 1947 - Pakistan gains Independence from the British Indian Empire under the administration of United Kingdom and joins the British Commonwealth.
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August 13th, 1929 : Valentine’s Day Massacre On this day, in Chicago, gunmen suspected to be in the employment of organised-crime boss Al Capone murdered seven members of the George "Bugs" Moran "North Siders" gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre stirred a media storm centred on Capone and his illegal Prohibition-era activities and motivated federal authorities to redouble their efforts to find evidence incriminating enough to take him off the streets. I wonder if it was a Friday? No was not a Friday Harold  |
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August 14 1848:
The Oregon Territory was established. |
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August 16 1812:
Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. |
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August 13th, 1929 : Valentine’s Day Massacre On this day, in Chicago, gunmen suspected to be in the employment of organised-crime boss Al Capone murdered seven members of the George "Bugs" Moran "North Siders" gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre stirred a media storm centred on Capone and his illegal Prohibition-era activities and motivated federal authorities to redouble their efforts to find evidence incriminating enough to take him off the streets. I wonder if it was a Friday? This happened on Valentine's Day which is February 14, 1929 -- not August 13 as you stated. It was a Thursday as well. |
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August 17 1987:
Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, died at Spandau prison in West Berlin at age 93, having apparently committed suicide by strangling himself with an electrical cord. He had been the only inmate at Spandau for 21 years. |
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August 19 1960:
A tribunal in Moscow convicted American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage. |
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August 20 2008:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal to put a U.S. missile defense base in Poland. |
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August 22 1996:
President Bill Clinton signed welfare legislation ending guaranteed cash payments to the poor and demanding work from recipients. |
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