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August 18
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293 BC
- The oldest known
Roman temple
to
Venus
was founded, starting the institution of
Vinalia Rustica
.
1572
-
French Wars of Religion
:
Marguerite de Valois
(pictured)
was married to
Huguenot
King
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, in a supposed attempt to reconcile
Protestants
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1868
-
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helium
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chromosphere
during a
total eclipse
of the
sun
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element
detected in
space
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Earth
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1941
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in
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was temporarily halted due to public resistance.
1966
-
Vietnam War
: A
company
of the
Royal Australian Regiment
fought a much larger
North Vietnamese
unit in the
Battle of Long Tan
.
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