Today in History: August 13, East Germany seals the border ...Middle East

Today is Sunday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2023. There are 140 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 13, 1961, East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin’s eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years. On this In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured Tenochtitlan (teh-natch-teet-LAHN’), present-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs. In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family. In 1846, the American flag was raised in Los Angeles for the first time. In 1889, William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut, received a patent for a coin-operated telephone. In 1910, Florence Nightingale, the fo

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