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This Day in History, August 8
On August 8th, 1930, Betty Boop appeared in her first cartoon.
This Day in History, August 7
On August 7th, 1927, the Peace Bridge opened between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York.
This Day in History, August 6
On August 6th, 1806, Francis II abdicated, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
This Day in History, August 5
On August 5th, 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid.
This Day in History, August 4
On August 4th, 1902, the Greenwich Foot Tunnel under the River Thames opened.
This Day in History, August 3
On August 3rd, 1958, the USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap.
This Day in History, August 2
On August 2nd, 1870, the Tower Subway, the world's first underground railway, opened in London.
This Day in History, August 1
On August 1st, 1831, the London Bridge opened.
This Day in History, July 31
On July 31st, 781, the oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji took place.
This Day in History, July 30
On July 30th, 1733, the first Freemasons lodge was opened in what would become the United States.
This Day in History, July 29
On July 29th, 1836, the Arc de Triomphe in France was inaugurated.
This Day in History, July 28
On July 28th, 1794, Robespierre was sent to the guillotine as punishment for doing the same to thousands of others before him.
This Day in History, July 27
On July 27th, 1866, the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable was completed.
This Day in History, July 26
On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
This Day in History, July 25
On July 25th, 1894, the first Sino-Japanese War began.
This Day in History, July 24
On July 24th, 1847, Brigham Young and 148 Mormon pioneers arrived in Salt Lake Valley.
This Day in History, July 23
On July 23rd, 1962, Telstar relayed the first live trans-Atlantic signal.
This Day in History, July 22
On July 22nd, 1587, the Colony of Roanoke was re-established.
This Day in History, July 21
On July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to walk on the moon.
This Day in History, July 20
On July 20th, 1948, President Truman issued the first peacetime military draft in the United States.
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