1521: Cortes captures Tenochtitlan 1792: Louis XVI imprisoned 2011: Stage collapse at Indiana State Fair
East German soldiers, left, set up barbed wire barricades August , 13, 1961 at the border seperating Berlin, Germany, to restrict the travel between the eastern and western part of the German city. West Berlin citizens, right, watch the work. East German soldiers, left, set up barbed wire barricades August , 13, 1961 at the border seperating Berlin, Germany, to restrict the travel between the eastern and western part of the German city. West Berlin citizens, right, watch the work.
In 1792, French revolutionaries arrested and imprisoned King Louis XVI; he would be executed by guillotine the following January. Amid ticker tape and American flags, Apollo 11 astronauts wave to welcoming New Yorkers during parade up lower Broadway on Wednesday Aug. 13, 1969 in New York. The spacemen, from left, are Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong.
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