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Notable events on August 11 to 17 across history
A recap of events from 1898 to 2003 including Alcatraz opening in 1934, Watts riot 1965, U S ground troops leaving Vietnam 1972, NATO in Afghanistan 2003, Spain’s 1898 peace, IBM PC 1981, Vatican chapel consecration, Panama Canal 1914, India Pakistan independence 1947, Nixon gold standard move 1971, Lockerbie reparations 2003, Fort Sumter shelling 1863, Hebgen Lake quake 1959, and Clinton Lewinsky testimony 1998 with a photo of Wyatt Carpenter and the Hebgen Lake scar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Watts
Los Angeles
U.S
South Vietnam
NATO
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Britain
Richard M. Nixon
Libya
Lockerbie
Scotland
Fort Sumter
South Carolina
Hebgen Lake
Montana
Wyatt Carpenter
Bill Clinton
White House
Monica Lewinsky