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2019

Russia launches Fedor, a humanoid robot, toward the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Edvard Munch’s works “The Scream” and “Madonna” are stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway.

A DNA test links O.J. Simpson to the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman.

The Beatles perform their first concert in Canada at Empire Stadium in Vancouver in front of 20,000 spectators.

The Vietnam War begins when Ho Chi Minh stages a coup.

The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

Alfred Bessette is ordained a priest. He will be known as Brother André.

Liquid soap is invented by William Sheppard.

Some American colonies become states and rebel against King George III of England.

Saint Columba is said to have first spotted the Loch Ness Monster.

It happened on… August 22