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TODAY IN HISTORY

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On August 25, 1967, the Beatles boarded a train in London bound for Bangor, Wales, to attend a conference on transcende­ntal meditation led by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; the visit was cut short two days later when the group got word of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. On this date:

In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in presentday New Orleans.

In 1825, Uruguay declared independen­ce from Brazil.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishi­ng the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior.

In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.

In 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. Romania declared war on former ally Germany.

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure providing pensions for former U.S. presidents and their widows.

In 1960, opening ceremonies were held for the Summer Olympics in Rome.

In 1975, the Bruce Springstee­n album "Born to Run" was released by Columbia Records.

In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.

In 1989, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune, its final planetary target.

In 1997, former East German leader Egon Krenz was convicted of manslaught­er in the deaths of citizens trying to flee to the West during Cold War; he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years' imprisonme­nt. (Krenz was released in 2003 after serving less than four years.)

In 2009, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died at age 77 in Hyannis Port, Massachuse­tts, after a battle with a brain tumor.

Ten years ago: The government of Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency as the death toll from wildfires rose to at least 49. Bombs blamed on Islamic extremists killed at least 43 people at a park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad, India.

Five years ago: Neil Armstrong, 82, who commanded the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing and was the first man to set foot on the moon in July 1969, died in Cincinnati, Ohio.

One year ago: Hillary Clinton said that Donald Trump had unleashed the "radical fringe" within the Republican Party, dubbing the billionair­e businessma­n's campaign as one that will "make America hate again."

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