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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020

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1866-World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.)

1918-Battle of Amiens ends in WWI, Allied forces beat Germans

1945-Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito

1949-First Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)

1952-Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan

1956-Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"

1960-Chad declares independence

1965-Six day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles

1975-U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to U.N.

1985-Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz

1989-"Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers

1989-Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune

1990-Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion





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