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2005
Fahd, who became king of Saudi Arabia in 1982, died; he was succeeded by his half brother ʿAbd Allah.
1996
American author George R.R. Martin published A Game of Thrones, the first installment in his hugely popular fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.
1987
American boxer Mike Tyson defeated Tony Tucker and was unanimously recognized as heavyweight champion by all three sanctioning organizations (World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, and International Boxing Federation).
1981
The cable television network MTV debuted, with the broadcast of the music video for Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles.
1944
The Warsaw Uprising began as the Polish underground tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army; after running out of supplies, the Poles were forced to surrender in October.
1944
The final entry was recorded in the diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who spent two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
1940
John F. Kennedy’s Why England Slept, a critical account of the British military that became a best seller, was published.
1936
The Summer Olympics opened in Berlin, and the efforts by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan race” were undermined by the success of African American athletes, notably Jesse Owens.
1876
Colorado was admitted to the union, becoming the 38th U.S. state.
1819
American writer Herman Melville—best known for his novels of the sea, most notably Moby Dick (1851)—was born.
1744
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck—a French biologist best known for his theory that acquired traits are inheritable, an idea known as Lamarckism—was born in Bazentin-le-Petit.
1714
Queen Anne, the last Stuart ruler of England, died.
10 BC
Roman Emperor Claudius I was born in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon, France).
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