This Happened Today (in History) Podcast

Thank you to the following websites for their information regarding today’s topics.

The People history.com -
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com
1974 U.S.A. Nixon Resigns
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-resigns
1988 Lights go on at Wrigley Field
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lights-go-on-at-wrigley
1942 U.S.A. Operation Pastorius
https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-operation-pastorius-2361251 
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1945 Nuclear Bomb Hiroshima
https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/hiroshima.htm
1971 England Chay Blyth
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-58115031
1997 Microsoft Buys Stake in Apple Computers
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-invested-in-apple-in-1997-2015-10 
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1999 Mark McGwire Home Run
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/aug99/06/cards6.htm
1963 Soviet Union Test Ban Treaty
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/nuclear-test-ban-treaty
1975 England Dutch Elm Disease
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/5/newsid_2527000/2527513.stm 
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1989 Savings and Loan Crisis
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/savings-and-loan-crisis
2006 U.S.A. Ford Recall
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/08/03/ford_recall/index.html
2012 Michael Phelps Wins 18th Gold
https://www.voanews.com/a/amputee_makes_olympics_history/1455158.html 
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1958 North Pole Nautilus
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nautilus-travels-under-north-pole
1978 Canada Commonwealth Games
http://canadasports150.ca/en/british-empire-games-commonwealth-games/1978-commonwealth-games-edmonton/35
1923 Calvin Coolidge Sworn In As President
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/coolidge.htm 
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1990 Iraq Invades Kuwait
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iraq-invades-kuwait
1973 Isle of Man Holiday Resort Fire
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7592744/summerland-fire-leisure-centre-isle-of-man-cause/
1943 PT-109 Commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy
https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/this-day-in-politics-aug-1-1943-120893 
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1981 MTV Debuts
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mtv-launches
1941 Willy's Jeep Introduced
https://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/28/original-1941-jeep-willys-mb/
2007 Minneapolis I35W Bridge Collapse
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/guides/guides?issue=bridges 
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1935 First Penguin Paperback
https://www.lovereading.co.uk/blog/on-this-day-july-30-in-1935-penguin-published-the-first-paperback-books-8523
1971 Lunar Rover Used For First Time
https://spacecenter.org/otd-first-use-of-the-lunar-roving-vehicle-july-31-1971/
2003 Last Original Beetle Built
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-classic-vw-beetle-rolls-off-the-line 
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1958 U.S.A. NASA Created
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nasa-created
1909 GM purchases Cadillac
https://automotivehistory.org/july-29-1909-general-motors-buys-cadillac/
1976 Southend Pier Destroyed By Fire
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29/newsid_2493000/2493483.stm 
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1914 World War I Begins
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/beginning-world-war-i
1945 Plane Crashes Into Empire State Building
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crashes-into-empire-state-building
2013 Brazil Pope Francis Holds Mass on Beach
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-23483478 
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