A bit of August 29th history…
1833 - Britain’s 1st Factory Act becomes law “to regulate the labor of children and young persons in the mills and factories of the United Kingdom”
1842 - Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ending the Opium War
1990 - Saddam Hussein declares America can’t beat Iraq
1997 - Netflix founded in California as an online DVD rental business
2005 - Hurricane Katrina makes landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the US Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida panhandle; kills more than 1,836, and causes over $115 billion in damages (pictured)
2012 - The USADA claims to have stripped Lance Armstrong of his 7 Tour de France titles
2017 - Hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record for a tropical cyclone in continental US according to National Weather Service
2019 - Discovery of world’s largest child sacrifice site announced by archaeologists with 227 victims from Chimu culture in Huanchaco, Peru
A bit of August 29th history… 1833 - Britain’s 1st...
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