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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Associated Press On Aug. 4, 1944, Anne Frank, 15, was arrested along with her sister, parents and four other people after they had spent two…
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Associated Press On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas. On…
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Associated Press Today in History: July 30, 2015 1619- The first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, Va. 1729- The city of Baltimore was…
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Associated Press Today in History: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 On July 29, 1588, the English soundly defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines.…
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Associated Press Today in History: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 On July 28, 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. On this…
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