Associated Press On Aug. 19, 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. 1929- The comedy…
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Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right of women…
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Associated Press Today in History: Monday, August 17, 2015 On Aug. 17, 1896, a prospecting party discovered gold in Alaska, a finding that touched off…
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Associated Press Today in History: Friday, August 14, 2015 On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating…
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Associated Press Today in History: Thursday, August 13, 2015 On Aug. 13, 1961, Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the…
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Associated Press Today in History: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 On Aug. 12, 1985, a crippled Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 on a domestic flight crashed…
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Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 On Aug. 11, 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at the island prison Alcatraz in San…
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Associated Press Today in History: Friday, August 07, 2015 On Aug. 7, 1998, al Qaida set off bombs at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya,…
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Associated Press Today in History: Thursday, August 06, 2015 On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly…
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Associated Press On August 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. (Her death was ruled a…
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