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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15" title="August 15">August 15</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(India)" title="Independence Day (India)">Independence Day</a></b> in India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Day_of_Korea" title="National Liberation Day of Korea">National Liberation Day of Korea</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1261" title="1261">1261</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_VIII_Palaiologos" title="Michael VIII Palaiologos">Michael VIII Palaiologos</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Byzantine emperor</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potawatomi" title="Potawatomi">Potawatomi</a> warriors <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Dearborn" title="Battle of Fort Dearborn">ambushed a United States Army convoy</a></b> after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn, in present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and razed the fort.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs" title="Josef Jakobs">Josef Jakobs</a></b>, a German spy, became the last person executed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">Tower of London</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Korea" title="History of South Korea">Republic of Korea was established</a> with <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngman_Rhee" title="Syngman Rhee">Syngman Rhee</a></b> as its first president.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University_Radio_Observatory" title="Ohio State University Radio Observatory">Big Ear</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_telescope" title="Radio telescope">radio telescope</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave" title="Radio wave">radio signal</a> that became known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal" title="Wow! signal">Wow! signal</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_II,_Duke_of_Swabia" title="Conrad II, Duke of Swabia">Conrad II, Duke of Swabia</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1196); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gadolin" title="Johan Gadolin">Johan Gadolin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1852); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_French_Gates" title="Melinda French Gates">Melinda Gates</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1964); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rypien" title="Rick Rypien">Rick Rypien</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2011)</p>
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