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Key events from August historical anniversaries
A roundup of notable dates from August 18 to 24, listing events across centuries. Virginia Dare’s birth, Roanoke vanishings, Hurricane Alicia damage, Musharraf’s resignation, Daguerre’s process reveal, Hitler’s rise, Powers’ spy trial, Iraq War end, Trotsky’s assassination, Johnson’s anti poverty act, Voyager probe launch, Lincoln–Douglas debates, Quantrill raid, Mona Lisa theft, Hawaii statehood, Soviet coup, America’s Cup, Geneva Convention, Cadillac founding, Clinton welfare reform, Wallace execution, Nazi Stalin pact, Stalingrad start, Lunar Orbiter 1, West Nile first US cases, Washington burning, Truman NATO, Lennon murder, Pluto redefinition.
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William Wallace
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
Earth
Moon
New York City