This Week in History

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Aug 14 - Aug 20

Aug 14, 2003
Blackout hits Northeast United States

Aug 15, 1969
The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York

Aug 16, 1896
Gold discovered in the Yukon

Aug 17, 1969
Woodstock Music Festival concludes

Aug 18, 1991
Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev

Aug 19, 1909
First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Aug 20, 1911
First around-the-world telegram sent, 66 years before Voyager II launch