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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Croatia)" title="Victory Day (Croatia)">Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day</a></b> in Croatia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_25" title="AD 25">AD 25</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Guangwu_of_Han" title="Emperor Guangwu of Han">Liu Xiu</a> proclaimed himself the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_the_Han_dynasty" title="List of emperors of the Han dynasty">monarch of the Han dynasty</a></b> as Emperor Guangwu.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100" title="1100">1100</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England" title="Henry I of England">Henry I</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs" title="List of English monarchs">King of England</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey" title="Westminster Abbey">Westminster Abbey</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars" title="Beaver Wars">Beaver Wars</a>: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people" title="Mohawk people">Mohawk</a> warriors <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine_massacre" title="Lachine massacre">substantially destroyed the settlement</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachine,_Quebec" title="Lachine, Quebec">Lachine</a> in present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Cowboys_police_raid" title="Lonesome Cowboys police raid">Police raided a screening</a></b> of the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Cowboys" title="Lonesome Cowboys">Lonesome Cowboys</a></i> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, Georgia, leading to the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">Gay Liberation Front</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a> released <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering" title="Magic: The Gathering">Magic: The Gathering</a></b></i>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectible_card_game" title="Collectible card game">trading card game</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Thomas_(entrepreneur)" title="Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur)">Dorothy Thomas</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1846); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pentland" title="Jerry Pentland">Jerry Pentland</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1894); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquetta_Hawkes" title="Jacquetta Hawkes">Jacquetta Hawkes</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Urso" title="Kirk Urso">Kirk Urso</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>