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August 17
What happened on this day
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Klondike Gold Rush
130 years ago
Skookum Jim Mason, Tagish Charlie and George Carmack strike gold on Bonanza Creek in 1896, triggering a global rush to the Yukon.
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Indonesia independence
81 years ago
Sukarno and Hatta proclaim Indonesian independence in 1945, days after the Japanese surrender.
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Gabon independence
66 years ago
Gabon becomes independent from France in 1960, near the close of the year in which most of French Africa did the same.
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Marcus Garvey born
139 years ago
The Jamaican who founded the UNIA and gave Pan-Africanism a mass movement is born in 1887, later shaping Rastafari and Black Power alike.
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First balloon across the Atlantic
48 years ago
Double Eagle II lands in a French barley field in 1978, six days and 3,100 miles after leaving Maine.
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