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Today in History: Friday, August  05, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On August 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles…

Today in History: Thursday, August  04, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 4, 1944, Anne Frank, 15, was arrested along with her sister, parents…

Today in History: Wednesday, August  03, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage…

Today in History: Tuesday, August  02, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate. AP…

Today in History: Monday, August  01, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On August 1, 2007, the eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the…

Today in History: Friday, July  29, 2016 AP Highlight in History: On July 29, 1588, the English soundly defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle…

TMN STAFF July 28 1540 King Henry VIII of England’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed and Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. 1750…

TMN STAFF 1861 Union general George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. 1940 Billboard magazine…

TMN STAFF 1788 New York became the 11th state in the United States. 1847 Liberia became Africa’s first republic. 1908 The Office of the Chief…

July 25 1946 The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. 1952 Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.…