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- 0079 - Mount Vesuvius erupted killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.
- 0410 - The Visigoths overran Rome. This event symbolized the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1814 - Washington, DC, was invaded by British forces that set fire to the White House and Capitol.
- 1954 - The Communist Party was virtually outlawed in the U.S. when the Communist Control Act went into effect.
- 1998 - U.S. officials cited a soil sample as part of the evidence that a Sudan plant was producing precursors to the VX nerve gas. And, therefore made it a target for U.S. missiles on August 20, 1998.
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