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30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt
  • 30th August 1918: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, survives an assassination attempt
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29th August 1842: The First Opium War ends when Britain and China sign the Treaty of Nanking
  • 29th August 1842: The First Opium War ends when Britain and China sign the Treaty of Nanking
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28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
  • 28th August 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
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27th August 1928: Fifteen nations including Germany, France and the United States sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact to renounce war
  • 27th August 1928: Fifteen nations including Germany, France and the United States sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact to renounce war
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26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France
  • 26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France
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25th August 1875: Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel
  • 25th August 1875: Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel
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24th August 79: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wipes out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum
  • 24th August 79: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius wipes out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum
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23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu
  • 23rd August 1944: King Michael of Romania leads a coup d’etat against Ion Antonescu
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22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end
  • 22nd August 1485: King Richard III killed at the Battle of Bosworth as the forces of Henry Tudor bring the Plantagenet dynasty to an end
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21st August 1911: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre in Paris
  • 21st August 1911: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre in Paris
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20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
  • 20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
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19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria
  • 19th August 1989: The Pan-European Picnic opens the Cold War border between Hungary and Austria
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18th August 1612: The trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches begin
  • 18th August 1612: The trials of nine Lancashire women and two men known as the Pendle Witches begin
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17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies
  • 17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies
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