August
05 August 1940
Battle of Britain. German Air Force try to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force - the objective to destroy Britain's air defense or force Britain into an armistice. 70 years.
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06 August 1660
Diego Velasquez died. Spanish Baroque Era Painter. 350 years.
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13 August 1910
Florence Nightingale died. 100 years.
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20 August 1940
Murder of Leon Trotsky, Russian politician. 70 years.
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25 August 1910
Dorothea Tanning, American surrealist painter, was born. 100 years.
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