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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Today in History

1017   Turks defeat the Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV at Manikert, Eastern Turkey.
1429   Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
1789   The Constituent Assembly in Versailles, France, approves the final version of the Declaration of Human Rights.
1862   Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson encircles the Union Army under General John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1883   The Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupts in the largest explosion recorded in history, heard 2,200 miles away in Madagascar. The resulting destruction sends volcanic ash up 50 miles into the atmosphere and kills almost 36,000 people–both on the island itself and from the resulting 131-foot tidal waves that obliterate 163 villages on the shores of nearby Java and Sumatra.
1920   The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified, giving women the right to vote.
1943   The United States recognizes the French Committee of National Liberation.
1957   Ford Motor Company reveals the Edsel, its latest luxury car.

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