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Posted on August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/7/1947 : Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.

8/7/1947 : Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia

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Posted on August 6, 2019August 5, 2019 by: Jmorris

August 6, 1945: World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” is dropped by the United States

August 6, 1945: World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated …

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Posted on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/5/1962: American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose

8/5/1962: American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her …

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Posted on August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/4/1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

8/4/1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and …

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Posted on August 3, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/3/1936 : Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.

8/3/1936 : Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating …

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Posted on August 2, 2019July 31, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/2/1923: Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding

8/2/1923: Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the …

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Posted on August 1, 2019July 31, 2019 by: Jmorris

8/1/1993: “The Great Flood of 93” The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

August 1, 1993: “The Great Flood of 93” The Great …

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