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August 12. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 141 days remain until the end of the year.
August 13 is the 225th ... 1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National ...
August 12. Quagga mare at London Zoo. 1834 – A race riot in Philadelphia destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people. 1883 – The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.
August 11. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year.
Selected anniversaries/August. 30 BC – War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt. 902 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Led by Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid forces captured the Byzantine stronghold of Taormina, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
August 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM. On this day in history, August 12, 1877, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light ...
August 18 is the 230th day of the year ... [12] [13] 1891 – A major ... it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
August 26. August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 127 days remain until the end of the year.