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Memorable events from August 16 to 30

Presentation of the Kinetoscope, worldwide flight of an airship and commemorative days are some of the events that occurred.

August 16th

2008: Fanny Mickey, director of the Bogota’s Ibero-American Theater Festival, dies.

 

August 20th

The assumption of the Virgin Mary is commemorated in Colombia.

 

August 21st

The Day of the Catechist is celebrated.

 

August 22nd

1960: Unesco declares August 22nd as International Folklore Day.

 

August 23rd

The International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is commemorated.

 

August 26th

World Solidarity Day is commemorated, in homage to Mother Teresa of Calcutta, for her commitment and humanitarian work.

 

August 27th

1910: Thomas Edison introduces the Kinetoscope, a sound cinematograph.

 

August 28th

1945: Clarin Daily, from Argentina, is published.

 

August 29th

1959: transmissions of the TV Corporation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile begin.

 

August 30th

1929: the German airship Graf Zeppelin makes the world’s first flight.

 

Article by:

Jackeline Gonzalez L.

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