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2017

Civilian researchers rediscover the USS Indianapolis at a depth of 18,000 feet in the Pacific Ocean, 72 years after it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

1992

Boston Celtics basketball player Larry Bird announces his retirement.

1982

Pete Rose steps up to the plate for the 13,941st time, setting a record. Over his career, he will step up to the plate 15,890 times, another record.

1969

The Woodstock music festival concludes with a concert by Jimi Hendrix and Band of Gypsys.

1966

The first photo of Earth, taken from the Moon, is unveiled.

1964

South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games because of its apartheid policy.

1868

French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

It happened on… August 18

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