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27 August 410 27 Aug 2013 | 03:36 am
The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends.
26 August 1883 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
The final and worse stages of 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begin.
25 August 1768 25 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Captain James Cook begins his first voyage.
24 August 1875 23 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
Captain Matthew Webb became first person to ever swim the English Channel
23 August 1944 23 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
A US Army Air Forces B24 bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England killing 61 people.
22 August 1971 22 Aug 2013 | 12:46 am
20 of the Camden 28 are arrested
21 August 1959 21 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaims Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
20 August 1988 20 Aug 2013 | 04:56 am
The “Black Saturday” during the 1988 fire in Yellowstone National Park
19 August 1612 19 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
The “Samlesbury witches” are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
18 August 1966 18 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
The Battle of Long Tan takes place during the Vietnam War after an Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phuoc Tuy province.
