Today in History No. 1 — August 13

As a lit­tle break from polit­i­cal dis­cus­sion, I fig­ured I’d look at some of the major events that hap­pened on this date in history.

1521:  Present day Mex­ico City was cap­tured by Span­ish con­queror Her­nando Cortez from the Aztec Indi­ans, after a three-month siege.

1784:  The United States Leg­is­la­ture met for the final time in Annapo­lis, Mary­land.  It was there that they called for a con­ven­tion the fol­low­ing year to amend the Arti­cles of Confederation.

1846:  The Amer­i­can Flag was raised for the first time in Los Ange­les, CA.

1932:  Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice-chancellor of Ger­many. He said he was going to hold out “for all or noth­ing.”  We all know how that turned out…

1942:  Walt Disney’s “Bambi” opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.

1961:  Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later work on the Berlin Wall began.

1994:  It was reported that aspirin not only helps reduce the risk of heart dis­ease, but also helps pre­vent colon cancer.

Credit:  On-This-Day.com

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