Monday, 17 August 2020

ON THIS DAY AUGUST 17th


1795 - Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curacao

1808-  Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain

1933 -MLB player Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game

1936-An unemployed worker, Neils B. Ruud, in Madison, Wisconsin, receives the first unemployment benefit check paid under a State law, for $15.

1946 - George Orwell publishes "Animal Farm" in the United Kingdom

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