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  • ...that Friar Camilo Henríquez (pictured), a founding father of Chile and editor of Chile's first newspaper, was interrogated by the Spanish Inquisition for possessing banned Enlightenment philosophy, including books by Rousseau and Mercier?
  • ...that Gay Talese's seminal 1965 magazine feature "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" was written without Talese ever being allowed to interview Frank Sinatra?
  • ...that Dr. Benjamin Bates gave up his practice to accompany Sir Francis Dashwood around Europe, but Dashwood died and Bates never received the huge payment he had been promised?
  • ...that the German 502nd heavy tank battalion was the first unit to be issued the famous Tiger I heavy tank?
  • ...that Pham Ngoc Thao, one of the key figures in South Vietnam's Strategic Hamlet Program, was a communist agent who deliberately mismanaged it to stimulate popular dissent?
  • ...that the distinct resemblance of a certain silver mixture, known as Diana's Tree, to a forest of trees led alchemists to theorize the existence of life in the realm of minerals?
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  • Usain Bolt (pictured) of Jamaica wins gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints at the 2008 Summer Olympics, setting new world records of 9.69 and 19.30 seconds, respectively.
  • President of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa dies after suffering a stroke in late June.
  • Facing impeachment, Pervez Musharraf announces his resignation as President of Pakistan.
  • Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympics, surpassing Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals won at a single Olympics.
  • Maoist leader Prachanda is elected Prime Minister of Nepal, the first since the country's transition from a monarchy to a republic.
  • Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf is appointed Prime Minister of Mauritania, following a coup d'etat.
  • Russia calls an end to its military offensive in Georgia and agrees to a European Union plan for a ceasefire and peace talks, amid reports of more fighting around the city of Gori.
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  • 636 - Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid took control of Syria and Palestine in the Battle of Yarmouk, marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia.
  • 917 - Bulgarians led by Tsar Simeon I drove the Byzantines out of Thrace with a decisive victory in the Battle of Anchialus.
  • 1882 - The "1812 Overture," an orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (pictured), was first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
  • 1968 - At least 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invaded Czechoslovakia, abruptly ending a period of political liberalization known as "Prague Spring".
  • 1991 - Estonia regained its independence in the Singing Revolution, breaking away from the Soviet Union. </li> Recent days: August 19 – August 18 – August 17
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    The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) is a species of tree frog native to eastern Australia; ranging from north of Sydney to Proserpine in mid-northern Queensland. These frogs typically reach a size of 65 millimetres (2.6 in).

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