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2018

NASA launches the Parker Solar Probe, its first mission to the Sun and the solar corona.

1994

Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the remainder of the 1994 season and the World Series. The Montreal Expos had the best record in all of baseball, with 74 wins and 40 losses.

1992

Canada, the United States, and Mexico announce the creation of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.

1981

IBM introduced the first personal computer (PC).

1941

French Marshal Philippe Pétain gives his full support to Nazi Germany.

1908

Henry Ford and his company assemble the first Model T.

1898

Hawaii is formally annexed by the United States.

1877

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph and creates the first sound recording.

1833

The city of Chicago is officially incorporated. It has a population of 350.

1638

Construction begins on the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Quebec City.

It happened on… August 12

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