What happened on August 17?

On August 17, 1914, Russia launched their first attack in World War I, advanced into East Prussia, where the center of the First Army General Pavel K. Rennenkampf attacked severely by the German Eighth Army Corps near Stallupönen.

On August 17, 1945, Indonesia proclaimed its independence was read by Ir. Soekarno (Indonesia's first President), assisted by Drs. Mohammad Hatta (the first Vice-President of Indonesia) at Jl. Pegangsaan 56 East, Central Jakarta. Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch for ± 300 Years.

On August 17, 1961, the inauguration of the Alliance for Progress (Alianza para el Progreso), economic and social development programs in Latin America, initiated by President John F. Kennedy.

On August 17, 1969, there was a category 5 hurricane (Hurricane Camille) that hit Mississippi and Louisiana gulf. It is estimated that hurricane force when struck near the coast of almost 320 km / h and claimed the deaths of 256 people.

On August 17, 1988, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (the sixth President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988), was killed in a plane crash the C-130 Hercules is the mysterious.

On August 17, 1999, earthquake, 6.7 and 7.4 on the Richter scale rocked western Turkey and the region, killing 18,000 people.

On August 17, 2008, Michael Fred Phelps II (Michael Phelps) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics able to break Mark Spitz's record of seven gold won in a single Olympics championship.

What happened on 12 August

On August 12, 1099, the Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Al-Afdal in the battle of Ascalon.

On August 12, 1902, Mohammad Hatta, Indonesia's first vice president was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. He is a joint Sukarno proclaimed Indonesia fight for independence from Dutch colonial rule on August 17, 1945 He died in Jakarta, March 14, 1980 at the age of 77 years.

On August 12, 1960, Echo 1A (Echo 1) was launched and occupies an altitude of about 1,600 miles from Earth.

On August 12, 1981, introduced to the public The IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) model numbers 5150, created by Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division Boca Raton, Folrida.

On August 12, 1990, "SUE" FMNH PR 2081 (the nickname for Tyranosaurus Rex skeleton) have been found in South Dakota and has the size, length of 12.3 meters (40 feet), tinngi 4 meter (13 feet) tall at the hips, and estimated to have weighed more than 9 tons. This skeleton was discovered by Sue Hendrickson, experts Paleontology.

On August 12, 1907, Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares was born in singapore, he was the second President of Singapore who was inaugurated as President on January 2, 1971 and served until his death (May 12, 1981).

On August 12, 1910, Encik Yusof bin Ishak was born in Perak, Malaysia, he was the first President of Singapore was inaugurated on December 3, 1959 Died in Singapore 23 November 1970 at the age of 60 years.

Robin McLaurin Williams (1951-2014)

August 11, 2014 we were surprised by the obituary of a senior actor and comedian Robin McLaurin Williams has died at the age of 63 years at his residence in Marin, California, United States, Robin died of suicide because of severe depression. Very deep sorrow for Hollywood as one of the veteran actors in the movie starring Peterpan Hook has died.

Robin McLaurin Williams, the man born in Chicago, Illinois, United States July 21 1951 The actor who began his career in the TV series Mork & Mindy (1978-1982). Robin reap first success when playing the movie Good Morning, Vietnam (1978) and feature films such as Awakenings (1990), Jumanji (1995), as well as his role as the voice of the animated character Jin in Aladdin (1992). In 1998 Robin won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a psychologist in movies Good Will Hunting (1997).

JOHANNES KEPLER (1571 - 1630)

JOHANNES KEPLER (1571 - 1630) was a German astronomer and mathematician, inventor of Kepler's law, Kepler telescope inventor, the inventor of the symbolism in the geometry propotio divina, constituent star catalog (Rudolf list), the father of modern optics, the father of modern astronomy, the inventor of the Nova (exploding star ), the inventor of the theory of light, the author. Kepler was born in Weil der Stadt, Wϋrttemberg, Germany, on December 27, 1571 and died in Regensburg, Bavaria, on November 15, 1630 Married twice because the first wife died, had thirteen children, Protestant, supporting the theory of Copernicus, subvert the theory of circular orbits is 2,000 years old.

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