Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, accidentally electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a turkey.
3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne
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France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
21st August 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA
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20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
20th August 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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