12th August 1981: IBM announces the release of the 5150, the first IBM Personal Computer
The IBM PC quickly became a commercial success and a standard in the emerging personal computer industry, establishing a broad market based on the IBM model that accelerated the spread of home ...
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11th August 1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 500 home runs
The ball sailed over the right-field fence to land in Lexington Avenue that ran alongside Cleveland’s League ...
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10th August 1961: United States begins Operation Ranch Hand to destroy trees and crops during the Vietnam War
Operation Ranch Hand was part of a strategy by the U.S. to counter the guerrilla tactics of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces by targeting agricultural areas and forest cover with chemicals such as Agent ...
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9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment due to the Watergate Scandal
Nixon announced his resignation in a televised speech on 8 August and it took effect from noon the next ...
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