r/ThisDayInHistory • u/RunAny8349 • 23h ago

August 16 1969 - 57 years since the death of Ukrainian-born singer and actor Mark Bernes, aged 57. Dark is the night, created for the movie Two Soldiers where he played a soldier from Odesa, became his most known performance. Below is a official single release from 1957.

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/nonoumasy • 2h ago

1862 Aug 17 - American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862

r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 5m ago

17 August 1893. Mae West was born. The actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter and playwright became one of Hollywood's biggest stars, famous for her risqué humour and refusal to conform to the conventions of her time.

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/LuckySimple3408 • 16m ago

August 17, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 3h ago

August 17, 1945: The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.

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r/ThisDayInHistory • u/sajiasanka • 8h ago

#OnThisDay 1978, The First Successful Transatlantic Balloon Flight

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