Monday,  August 13, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 030 • 39 of 40 •  Other Editions

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Today in History
The Associated Press

• Today is Monday, Aug. 13, the 226th day of 2012. There are 140 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Aug. 13, 1942, Walt Disney's animated feature "Bambi" had its U.S. premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York, five days after its world premiere in London.
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• On this date:
• In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured Tenochtitlan (teh-natch-teet-LAHN'), present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs.
• In 1624, King Louis XIII of France appointed Cardinal Richelieu (ree-shuh-LYOO') his first minister.
• In 1704, the Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for English-led forces over French and Bavarian soldiers.
• In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family.
• In 1846, the American flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles.
• In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London at

age 90.
• In 1932, Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out "for all or nothing."
• In 1934, the satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner," created by Al Capp, made its debut.
• In 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1. The Central African Republic became totally independent of French rule.
• In 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin's eastern and western sectors and began building a wall that would stand for the next 28 years.
• In 1981, in a ceremony at his California ranch, President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions.
• In 1989, searchers in Ethiopia found the wreckage of a plane which had disappeared almost a week earlier while carrying Rep. Mickey Leland, D-Texas, and 14 other people -- there were no survivors.
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