August 17. Confederate held Fort Sumter, South Carolina attacked by Northern forces in 1863.

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August 17, 1863.  Confederate held Fort Sumter, South Carolina attacked by Northern forces.

Carte-de-Visite portrait of General Abner Doubleday, who fired the first shot of the Civil War from Fort Sumter less than 2 1/2 years before.

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August 18. Women gain right to vote in United States in 1920.

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August 17. Rudy York is born in 1913.