This Week In History
August 15 - In 1947, India and Pakistan became independent after some 200 years of British rule.
August 16 - In 1977, Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42.
August 17 - In 1945, the novella, "Animal Farm," by George Orwell was first published.
August 18 - In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
August 19 - In 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides."
August 20 - In 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring” liberalization drive of Alexander Dubcek’s regime.