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Today in History: August 7, allies land at Guadalcanal during World War II

Today in History: Aug. 6, U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima

Today in History: Aug. 5, Nelson Mandela arrested

Today in History: Aug. 4, Anne Frank and family arrested

78 years ago: World War II hero with one leg took the pitcher’s mound in Washington

Today in History: Aug. 3, deadly Walmart shooting in Texas

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Today in History: Aug. 2, Iraq invades Kuwait

Today in History: Aug. 1, Hitler opens Berlin Olympics

Today in History: July 31, Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols die on same day

Today in History: July 29, Prince Charles marries Lady Diana

Today in History: July 28, The First World War begins

Today in History: July 27, Atlanta Olympic Park bombing

Today in History: July 26, Hillary Clinton is nominated

Today in History: July 25, Concorde crashes near Paris, killing 109

Today in History: July 23, Amy Winehouse dies at age 27

Today in History: July 24, Apollo 11 returns home from the moon

Today in History: July 22, Senate rejects court-packing plan

Today in History: July 21, guilty verdict in Scopes “Monkey Trial”

Today in History: July 15, Gianni Versace fatally shot in Miami Beach

Today in History: July 14, Billy the Kid shot and killed by Pat Garrett

Today in History: July 13, George Zimmerman acquitted in Trayvon Martin killing

Today in History: Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as presidential running mate

Today in History: Alexander Hamilton’s fatal duel with Aaron Burr

Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II