The Revolución Libertadora began in Argentina, resulting in the end of Juan Perón’s second term as President.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in Pretoria prison from injuries inflicted while in police custody.
On the 19th August 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was placed under house arrest in what is known as the August Coup.
The Weimar Republic was officially established on 11th August 1919, when Friedrich Ebert signed the new constitution into law.
On the 5th August 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested near the South African town of Howick and imprisoned facing charges of inciting workers’ strikes and leaving the country without a passport.
On the 2nd August 1934, the 86 year old German Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg died of lung cancer and Adolf Hitler became both the Führer and Reich Chancellor of the German People.
On the 1st August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into force in the United Kingdom, although it had received royal assent a year earlier.
On the 23rd July 1914, Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia specifically designed to be rejected and lead to war between the two countries.
On the 22nd July 1706, the foundation for the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain was laid when commissioners from England and Scotland agreed the Acts of Union.
Congress formally recognized the Pledge when it was included in the U.S. Flag Code.
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