August 7: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1819Simón Bolívar won the Battle of Boyacá, paving the way for Colombia's independence.
2. 1909Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends became the first women to drive across the United States.
3. 1926Britain's first Grand Prix motor race was held at the Brooklands circuit.
4. 1944IBM put the Harvard Mark I, a giant calculator built for Harvard University, into service.
5. 1987Swimmer Lynne Cox swam across the Bering Strait from the United States to the Soviet Union.

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