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On this day in history:

1521
Fall of the Aztec empire. On this day in 1521, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés captured Tenochtitlán (now Mexico City) after a 93-day siege, thereby ending the Aztec empire and winning Mexico for the crown of Spain.

1642
Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Mars's southern polar cap

1860
American markswoman Annie Oakley—who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, where she was often called “Little Sure Shot”—was born.

1878
First victim of Memphis yellow fever epidemic dies. Kate Bionda, a restaurant owner, dies of yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee, after a man who had escaped a quarantined steamboat visited her restaurant. The disease spread rapidly and the resulting epidemic emptied the city.

1898
The U.S. Army took control of the Philippine port of Manila during the Spanish-American War.

1918
First Woman enlists in the United States Marines. After joining the Marine corps, Opha May Johnson, was assigned desk duty at the Marine Corps headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

1919
Famed racehorse Man o' War suffered the only defeat of his career.

1942
The Manhattan Project commences under the direction of US General Leslie Groves with the aim of developing an atomic bomb.

1960
First Two-Way Telephonic Conversation With a Satellite. The conversation was made possible due to NASA’s Echo 1, a balloon satellite. It was launched into space on August 12. The satellite worked as reflector – signals sent to it were reflected back to the Earth.

1961
Berlin is divided. Shortly after midnight on August 13, 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city.

1967
The crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the outlaw couple, opened in New York City, and it pioneered a new era of filmmaking, tearing down barriers in the depiction of violence and sexuality.

1982
The teenage coming-of-age comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High opens in theaters around the United States.

1995
New York Yankees baseball player Mickey Mantle died at age 63.

1997
South Park Makes its Debut on Comedy Central. The popular American animated series is created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and it follows the lives and adventures of 4 boys – Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski, and Stan Marsh – in a fictional town called South Park, Colorado. While being popular, the show has attracted widespread criticism for profane language and for addressing controversial subjects.

2004
The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad opened in Athens, which had hosted the first modern Summer Games in 1896.

2008
American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins three gold medals, all in world record time, in one day at the Beijing Olympics: 200 m IM (1:54.23), 200 m butterfly (1:52.03), and 4x200m freestyle relay (6:58.56).

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