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Today in History - Aug. 24
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Today is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 237th day of 2008. There are 129 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, setting fire to the Capitol (which was still under construction) and the White House, as well as other public buildings.
On this date:
In A.D. 79, long-dormant Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash; an estimated 20,000 people died.
In 1572, the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Protestants at the hands of ...
 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Nostalgia: Who was Earl Haig?(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; FIELD MARSHAL Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, was a British soldier and senior commander during the First World...of war. Following successes at the Battle of Mons and Ypres (1st Battle of Ypres), Haig was promoted to full general and later...
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hardly a still life for haig To see Lord Haig on the inspiration for his art, visit www.edinburghnews.com
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...predicting there would always be a Haig in Bemersyde. Born as his father, Douglas, the 1st Earl Haig was leading Britain's troops...what keeps George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig - the second Earl and 30th...
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Haig's son attacks war pardons
Newspaper article from: Yorkshire Post
; ...commander Field Marshal Douglas Haig attacked the Government...Colditz prisoner of war George Haig, 88, whose father had...Farr, who served with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire...controversial move, the 2nd Earl Haig, who is honorary president...
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Fight to clear name of executed soldier
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo
; ...going to blow your ****ing brains out". Sir Douglas Haig, later the 1st Earl Haig, the British commander- in-chief notorious for...s death sentence. On the day Harry was shot, Haig had lunch with the poet John Masefield. At his...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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'War to End All Wars' was just the start of many more.(News)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...to what the generals called a glorious death. Douglas Haig, Britain's supreme commander in France, told...disdain", while staying far from the front line. Haig went home to become the 1st Earl Haig with a state funeral when he died in 1928 aged...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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On This Day.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...Birth of James 1; 1829: Sir Robert Peel's act was passed founding the Metropolitan Police; 1861: Birth of Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, the field marshal who commanded British forces on the Western front; 1896: Birth of of Bessie Wallis Warfield...
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