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HistoryPod

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  1. 12th August 1977: Space Shuttle Enterprise completes the first free flight of the Space Shuttle programme12 Aug 2026
  2. 11th August 1919: The Weimar Republic officially established when Friedrich Ebert signs the new constitution into law11 Aug 2026
  3. 10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time10 Aug 2026
  4. 9th August 1944: Smokey Bear, the forest fire prevention mascot, first appears on a poster in the United States9 Aug 2026
  5. 8th August 1969: The Beatles pose for an album cover on the Abbey Road zebra crossing8 Aug 2026
  6. 7th August 1909: Alice Ramsey makes the first female transcontinental car journey7 Aug 2026
  7. 6th August 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law during the height of the Civil Rights movement6 Aug 2026
  8. 5th August 1305: William Wallace captured by English troops at Robroyston5 Aug 2026
  9. 4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms4 Aug 2026
  10. 3rd August 1914: Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, remarked that “The lamps are going out all over Europe…”3 Aug 2026