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398 Épisodes

1. 20th August 1968: Warsaw Pact troops invade to end the Prague Spring

   Publié: 20/08/2024
2. 19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest

   Publié: 19/08/2024
3. 18th August 1933: Nazis reveal the Volksempfänger, a low-cost radio receiver, to the public

   Publié: 18/08/2024
4. 17th August 1807: The North River Steamboat was launched between New York and Albany

   Publié: 17/08/2024
5. 16th August 1793: National Convention of France agrees to the levée en masse, a policy of conscription during the Revolutionary Wars

   Publié: 16/08/2024
6. 15th August 1941: Last execution at the Tower of London takes place when German spy Josef Jakobs is killed by firing squad

   Publié: 15/08/2024
7. 14th August 1947: Partition of India begins with creation of the independent Dominion of Pakistan

   Publié: 14/08/2024
8. 13th August 1918: Opha May Johnson becomes the first woman to enlist in the US Marine Corps

   Publié: 13/08/2024
9. 12th August 1990: Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, discovered by Susan Hendrickson

   Publié: 12/08/2024
10. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

    Publié: 11/08/2024
11. 10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

    Publié: 10/08/2024
12. 9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege

    Publié: 09/08/2024
13. 8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.

    Publié: 08/08/2024
14. 7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago

    Publié: 07/08/2024
15. 6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II

    Publié: 06/08/2024
16. 5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa

    Publié: 05/08/2024
17. 4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War

    Publié: 04/08/2024
18. 3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars

    Publié: 03/08/2024
19. 2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

    Publié: 02/08/2024
20. 1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

    Publié: 01/08/2024