The American Communist Party is outlawed by the Communist Control Act.
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22 August 1485
Richard III is killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending of the House of Plantagenet.
21 August 1979
The Soviet ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States. Alexander Godunov was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor, whose defection caused a…
19 August 1934
The first championship Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio. The Soap Box is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been running…
18 August 1966
The Battle of Long Tan takes place between the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and a Viet Cong force in Ph??c Tuy Province during the…
17 August 1950
American POWs are shot to death by the North Korean Army in what is called the ‘Hill 303 massacre’.
15 August 1939
The Wizard of Oz is first shown at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. The Wizard of Oz is the most popular American Comedy-Drama…