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389 Episoade

1. 11th August 106: Roman Emperor Trajan declares Dacia (modern Romania) a Roman province

   Publicat: 11.08.2024
2. 10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

   Publicat: 10.08.2024
3. 9th August 1942: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, known as the “Leningrad” Symphony, received its premiere in the city under siege

   Publicat: 09.08.2024
4. 8th August 1925: More than 50,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan stage a march in Washington D.C.

   Publicat: 08.08.2024
5. 7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago

   Publicat: 07.08.2024
6. 6th August 1806: Holy Roman Empire officially dissolved following the abdication of Francis II

   Publicat: 06.08.2024
7. 5th August 1962: Nelson Mandela arrested and jailed in South Africa

   Publicat: 05.08.2024
8. 4th August 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims US neutrality in the First World War

   Publicat: 04.08.2024
9. 3rd August 1798: Battle of the Nile ends with a decisive British victory over the French Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars

   Publicat: 03.08.2024
10. 2nd August 1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad becomes San Francisco’s first cable car

    Publicat: 02.08.2024
11. 1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched

    Publicat: 01.08.2024
12. 31st July 1917: Battle of Passchendaele begins during the First World War, resulting in one of the muddiest battles of the conflict

    Publicat: 31.07.2024
13. 30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

    Publicat: 30.07.2024
14. 29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

    Publicat: 29.07.2024
15. 28th July 1932: Bonus Marchers forcibly evicted from Washington D.C. by the Army

    Publicat: 28.07.2024
16. 27th July 1794: Thermidorian Reaction begins in France with the arrest of Maximilien Robspierre

    Publicat: 27.07.2024
17. 26th July 1948: Truman abolished racial segregation in the US military with Executive Order 9981

    Publicat: 26.07.2024
18. 25th July 1934: Austrian Chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, assassinated by members of the Austrian Nazi Party

    Publicat: 25.07.2024
19. 24th July 1911: Machu Picchu ‘rediscovered’ by US explorer Hiram Bingham III

    Publicat: 24.07.2024
20. 23rd July 1952: Egyptian Revolution begins, leading to the overthrow of King Farouk I and the end of British influence in Egypt

    Publicat: 23.07.2024