Historical Events for 19th August 2023

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1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio
1941 - Romania annexes the Transnistria territory from the Soviet Union after Operation Barbarossa
1943 - Belgian church excommunicates Nazi collaborator Léon Degrelle
1953 - Democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name 'Operation Boot') and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project)
1954 - American Ralph Bunche named undersecretary of the UN
1977 - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1985 - Following the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop Desmond Tutu snubs P. W. Botha's invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the role and actions of the police and security forces in South Africa
1985 - Japan launches its 2nd probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei
1987 - Hungerford Massacre: in England, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide
2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait

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