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Harris will be the second woman in history to do so following Clinton, whose monumental 2016 run made her the first woman to clinch a major party's nomination, though she went on to lose the ...
April 1, 1954 (Thursday) The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India. It would become the largest school in the world by 1988. [ 1]
August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 126 days remain until the end of the year.
August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024) Blackwater Fire. 684 – Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, cementing Umayyad control of Syria. 1823 – At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the British colony in Demerara-Essequibo (in present-day Guyana), demanding emancipation.
on this day in history, august 15, 1935, entertainer will rogers, aviator wiley post, killed in plane crash Ruth remains perhaps the most celebrated athlete in American sports.
on this day in 2003, bob hope, beloved by generations of troops, dies at age 100 "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts," he said in one of his most oft-repeated quips.
June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 192 days remain until the end of the year.
August 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM. On this day in history, August 12, 1877, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light ...