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August 20

The Great Fire of 1910, a wildfire that consumed about 3 million acres in Washington, Idaho and Montana?an area about the size of Connecticut?claimed the lives of 78 firefighters over two days.

August 20

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August 18

Radio station WEVD, named for Eugene V. Debs, goes on the air in New York City, operated by The Forward Association as a memorial to the labor and socialist leader - 1927

August 18

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August 16

George Meany, plumber, founding AFL-CIO president, born in City Island, Bronx. In his official biography, George Meany and His Times, he said he had "never walked a picket line in his life."

August 16

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August 15

To begin what proved to become one of the world?s longest construction projects, workers lay the foundation stone of Germany?s Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men.

August 15