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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 13, 1521, Cuauhtémoc, ruler of the Aztecs, was captured while fleeing Tenochtitlán by crossing Lake Texcoco in disguise with his wife, family and friends. On August 13, 1779, a combined US Naval and ground expeditionary force was defeated after a three week campaign known as The Penobscot Expedition, the worst defeat in US Navy history until the surprise attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7,…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 12th, 30 B.C., after the naval defeat of her and Mark Antony’s forces against those of Octavian, and in fear of the public humiliation of being dragged through Rome in chains, Cleopatra committed suicide by snake bite. On August 12, 30 BC, Cleopatra VII Philopater committed suicide by means of an asp bite (small cobra snake) to the breast. On…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 10th or 11th, 991, a Viking invasion of England resulted in The Battle of Maldon, fought in Essex near the River Blackwater. On August 11, 1492, Rodrigo de Borgia was elected Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Alexander VI. On August 11, 1929, George Herman “Babe” Ruth hit his 500th home run at Cleveland’s League Park, the first…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 10, 1628, the brand new Swedish warship, the Vasa, set sail for the first and last time, sinking all by herself with no help from any enemy after traveling less than a mile! On August 10, 1901, Charlotte Anne Moberly (1846–1937) and Eleanor Jourdain (1863–1924) traveled by train to Versailles to visit the Royal Palace and grounds located there about…

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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on August 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On August 9, 48 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar, known more familiarly to us as Julius Caesar or simply Caesar, won the Battle of Pharsalus in Central Greece against his arch enemy and former friend, Pompey, decisively winning the pivotal battle of the conflict known as “Caesar’s Civil War.” On August 9, 1930, the voluptuous Betty Boop made her big screen debut in…

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