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Today in History

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Today is Monday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2025. There are 149 days left in the year.

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This Day in History

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Today in history: On Aug. 4, 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 7,000 and devastating nearby neighborhoods; it was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded.

Badge of dishonor
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Badge of dishonor

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On Tuesday, something notable happened in a San Mateo County courtroom. The event wasn’t widely reported, somehow pushed to the side by bigger…

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On April 29, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp; the same day, Adolf Hitler married Eva Brau…