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Today in History: Aug. 12

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Aug. 12, 2021

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Nanking Road, the principal thoroughfare, after a state of seige was declared in the Chinese territory of Shanghai. August 12, 1937, Shaghai, China.
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Looking southwards from the Board of Trade Building, this view shows the city of Chicago during a 30-minute blackout test, on August 12, 1942, in World War II. The line of lights in the center background follows the curve of the lake shore. The small glow in the rear comes from the South Chicago Steel Mills.
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This is a downstream view of the Hoover Dam showing the immense concrete blocks rising from the bedrock of Black Canyon's floor, which will be the core of the dam, near Boulder City, Nev., Aug. 12, 1933. Concrete is being poured into the forms at the rate of about 6,000 cubic yards daily.
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Small group of applicants kneel before cross during initiation ceremonies of the Ku Klux Klan near Stone Mountain, Atlanta on Aug. 12, 1950. At right of cross, addressing the initiates is Imperial Wizard Sam W. Roper. Approximately 2,000 white robed but unmasked members were in attendance. About 50 were initiated.
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Motorists take it easy through this underpass at Queens Blvd., and Horace Harding Blvd., Aug. 12, 1955, Long Island, New York. New York City was hit by Hurricane Connie, causing the heaviest rains of the year. The weather bureau reported 4.61-inches during a 17-hour period beginning at 8 p.m., Aug. 11. Many cellars were flooded and roofs made dangerous heavy by the weight of the water, and motor cars stacked along highways leading to the city.
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Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, left, highest-ranking black officer in the U.S. Army, with the inspector General in the European Theater of Operations chats with Staff Sergeant Joe Louis, pre-war World Heavyweight boxing champion, August 12, 1944, as they meet overseas where Joe has been giving boxing exhibitions for GIs.
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U.S. Airborne troops run for cover after debarking from helicopters during operation fall near Ben Cat in South Vietnam on August 12, 1965. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara said on December 8 he was highly pleased with the mobility of such copter-borne troops.
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American Marines of the 1st Batt./5th Marines relax the morning after an all night battles against an estimated Viet Cong regiment. They are also watching a group of tied and blindfolded prisoners on August 12, 1966. The battle took place 40 miles southwest of Danang near Tam Ky. The Marines suffered moderate casualties but were able to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.
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Actress Sophia Loren poses for photographers during a break in the shooting of "Sunflowers," at Zerbolo, near Pavia, in northern Italy, Aug. 12, 1969. The picture, produced by Miss Loren's husband Carlo Ponti, tells the story of the wife of a prisoner of war who turns to prostitution to earn money to travel to Russia and search for her husband.
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Riot police wearing helmets and gas masks during disturbances with Catholic rioters along a street in the Bogside area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland on Aug. 13, 1969.
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Vatican attendants kneel, while the coffin containing the remains of Pope Paul VI is blessed at the end of the solemn open-air funeral mass in St. Peter's Square, Aug. 12, 1978.
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America's space shuttle Enterprise rides atop the 747 carrier as she takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 12, 1977. The shuttle is to be blasted away from the 747 for her first free flight.
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Striking air traffic controllers and sympathizers demonstrate outside of U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday, August 12, 1981. Robert Poli, the head of the striking flight controllers’ union, appeared in the federal court, one day late to answer questions before a packed courtroom outside about 200 picketers carried PATCO signs.
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Eric Rofes, right, Crispin Hollings, who wed on Valentines Day, rally in support of gay marriage in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004. Earlier in the day, the California Supreme Court voided the nearly 4,000 same-sex marriages sanctioned in San Francisco this year and ruled unanimously that the mayor overstepped his authority by issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
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American singer Lionel Ritchie perforning during closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles August 12, 1984.
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Workmen prepare to take down the letter "D" in the famed "Hollywood" sign, the last one to be removed from the sign that has stood in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Los Angeles for 55 years, on Aug. 12, 1978. The old sign, made from telephone poles and plywood, had gradually succumbed to high winds and dry rot and is to be replaced with a new one. The new sign is being financed by several fund raising projects. The Mulholland Highway sign is shown in the foreground.
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American President Bill Clinton, points out people in the crowd to Pope John Paul II, when he arrived in Denver, Co., on Aug 12, 1993.
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