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August 19
What happened on this day
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World Humanitarian Day
UN day honouring aid workers and people affected by crises.
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World Photography Day
187 years ago
Marks the day in 1839 that France bought the daguerreotype patent and released the process free to the world.
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Google goes public
22 years ago
Google's shares open on Nasdaq in 2004 through an unusual public auction, valuing a six-year-old search engine at over $20 billion.
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Afghan Independence Day
107 years ago
Afghanistan marks the 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, which ended British control of its foreign affairs after the third Anglo-Afghan war.
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