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Today in History for August 19th

Royal Register Editor | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 5 months AGO
by Royal Register EditorTed Escobar
| August 19, 2011 6:12 AM

Highlights of this day in history: Soviet hard-liners mount a coup against Mikhail Gorbachev; Nazi Germany ratifies Adolf Hitler's powers; U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers convicted by Soviet tribunal; Comedian Groucho Marx dies. (Aug. 19)

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