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Today is Sunday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2023. There are 140 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs.
In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family.
In 1846, the American flag was raised in Los Angeles for the first time.
In 1889, William Gray of Hartford, Conn., received a patent for a coin-operated telephone.
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 1960, the first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place.
In 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin's eastern and western sectors before building a...