1057: Macbeth killed in battle 1914: Panama Canal opens 1947: Independence for India
Concert goers surround the stage as Joe Cocker performs at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 17, 1969. Concert goers surround the stage as Joe Cocker performs at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 17, 1969. Concert goers surround the stage as Joe Cocker performs at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 17, 1969.
The debris of the plane carrying Will Rogers and Wiley Post is seen at Point Barrow, Alaska on Aug. 15, 1935. In 1998, 29 people were killed by a car bomb that tore apart the center of Omagh, Northern Ireland; a splinter group calling itself the Real IRA claimed responsibility.
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