GMT: Thank God It's Almost Friday Edition

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This Day In History- August 14th

1900-International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.

1935-The Social Security Act became law.

1945-Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.

1947-Pakistan became independent of British rule.

1951-Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.

1995-Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.

2003-The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.

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