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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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