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August 12

Quagga mare at London Zoo

1834 – A race riot in Philadelphia destroyed African-American businesses and killed two people.
1883 – The last known quagga (example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.
1914 – World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of Belgium.
1944 – World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (b. 1629)
John C. Young (b. 1803)
Carlos Mesa (b. 1953)
Ladi Kwali (d. 1984)

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