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Today in History: August 15, Woodstock music festival begins

Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act

Today in History: August 13, East Germany closes Berlin border

Today in History: August 12, Charlottesville car attack

Today in History: August 11, first prisoners reach Alcatraz

Today in History: August 10, derecho rakes the Midwest

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Today in History: August 9, U.S. bombs Nagasaki

Today in History: August 8, devastating Maui wildfires

Today in History: August 7, Twin Tower tightrope walk

Today in History: Aug. 6, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Today in History: Aug. 5, Nelson Mandela arrested

Today in History: Aug. 4, massive explosion rocks Beirut

Today in History: August 3, deadly Walmart shooting in El Paso

Today in History: August 2, verdict in “Black Sox” trial

Today in History: August 1, America gets its MTV

Today in History: July 31, Phelps sets Olympic medal record

Today in History: July 30, Jenner takes gold in Montreal

Today in History: July 29, USS Forrestal accident

Today in History: July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building

Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end

Today in History: July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law

Today in History: July 25, Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed

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

Today in History: July 23, the 1967 Detroit riot begins