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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 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 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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Posted on July 31, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/31/1971 : Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover on the moon

7/31/1971 : Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride …

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Posted on July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/30/1975: Former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot; Never is seen or heard from again…

7/30/1975: Former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking …

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Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/29/1981: The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London

7/29/1981: The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady …

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Posted on July 28, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/28/2002: Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.

7/28/2002: Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine …

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Posted on July 27, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/27/1996 – In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

7/27/1996 – In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes …

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Posted on July 26, 2019July 30, 2019 by: Jmorris

7/26/1990: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is …

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Posted on July 20, 2017July 30, 2019 by: The Editor

7/20/1969: Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon

7/20/1969: Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first manned landing …

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