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Augustus dies 19 August 14 CE at the ripe old age of 75.

While Tacitus Annals 1.5 alludes to Livia as implicated in his death, “some suspected foul play on the part of his wife”, natural causes after a long life in power seem far more likely.

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210 years ago, August 19, 1812, USS Constitution defeated HMS Guerriere. Here is Captain Isaac Hull’s account of the battle as it appeared on the front page of the Connecticut Mirror printed in Hartford, Connecticut on September 21, 1812. https://t.co/eRV7QObzRo

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in 1944
Cover of The New Yorker, August 19, 1944
Ilonka Karasz

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19 Aug 1692: One woman and four men, including a are convicted of and executed in in the colony. https://t.co/cXmVB5NNVU https://t.co/PMeMMyxTV9

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19 Aug 1648: Oliver Cromwell & John Lambert the forces at Preston

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in 1933

August 19, 1933: FDR signs Executive Order 6252 creating the Public Works Administration (PWA).
The Triborough Bridge joining Manhattan, Bronx and Queens (1936 - PWA loan)

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in 1933

August 19, 1933: Under the terms of the National Industrial Recovery Act, signs Executive Order 6252 creating the Public Works Administration (PWA).
projects were most often proposed at a local, state or regional level. ...
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It was on 19th August 43BC that Octavian (later the Emperor Augustus) compelled the Roman senate to elect him consul after marching on the city with eight legions, leading to the creation of the second Triumvirate. Also in 14AD died, aged 75.

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the third autistic character otd is Ryan Akagi from Infinity Train! (implied)

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the autistic character otd is Peridot from Steven Universe! (heavily implied)

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Todays picrew otd is Epithet Erased (inspired) CC!
Creator:
Quote rt with your version!

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18 Aug 1626: Jeremy Taylor future devotional writer & bishop of Down & Connor admitted to Caius College
as a sizar

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18 August 1654 a committee chaired by John Disbrowe was appointed to prepare the Western Design, an attack by the Protectorate on Spanish colonial territories in the Caribbean. The strategy was misconceived and poorly planned, ending in failure.

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USS Tang (SS 306) was launched at Mare Island in 1943. Under the command of Medal of Honor recipient Richard O'Kane, the Balao-class boat became the most combat successful submarine in history, by tonnage & number of enemy vessels sunk.

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The 2nd of a planned 5 Pioneer solar probes is launched OTD in 1966. Pioneer 7 (B) gathered solar data in support of the Apollo program, studied Halley's Comet in 1986 from 12.3 million km & was last tracked in March 1995 when one of the science instruments was still functioning.

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in 1929
Cover of The New Yorker, August 17, 1929
Peter Arno

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17 August 1658, after a bout of ill health exacerbated by the shock of his daughter Elizabeth’s death, Oliver Cromwell's health improved enough to go riding in Hampton Court Park where he met George Fox, who said that he looked “like a dead man".

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the creature OTD is Tsubasa Inuzuka/InuBrother from Avataro Sentai Donbrothers!
submitted by anon

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