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On Aug. 12, 1898, the peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.

 

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On Aug. 13, 1961, Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city's eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees.

 

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On Aug. 14, 1945, President Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.

 

Are you attempting to generate any sort of discussion with these posts, or is this simply copy/paste spam?

 

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On Aug. 16, 1977, the singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

 

I remember that day.

 

Juliet is turning into Zaz/Nevermind.

 

I wasn't around then (was born in '79), but when my older sister was alive she talked about it as a very sad, dark day.

 

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On Aug. 17, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair concluded near Bethel, N.Y.

 

Did anyone die?

 

3 people at Woodstock

 

Why did you leave that out Juliet316? Whyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

Because I didn't know about that?

 

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On Aug. 18, 1963, James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

 

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On Aug. 19, 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.

 

did anyone die due to this man's führership?

 

Oh, only about 11 million people.

 

Far more than that if you assume the whole war (Pacific theater as well) wouldn't have happened without him.

 

War in the Pacific had deeper roots than Hitler, so I beg to differ.

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On Aug. 20, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the ''Prague Spring'' liberalization drive of Alexander Dubcek's regime.

 

Oh I agree but Japan and Nazi Germany joined up in the mid 30's. Also, it's very difficult to imagine them attacking the U.S. if not for their alliance with Hitler.
The casualties, civilian and military, that would have happened in the Pacific would probably have been far less. And since we can only guess what would have happened in an alternate timeline, we can't logically exclude that the Pacific only war would have ended very early, etc.

 

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On Aug. 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union

 

Then a bunch of volcanoes erupted killing everyone in sight right?

 

No.

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On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to take a public automobile ride.