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August 12

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In 1851, Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.

In 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he dified Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

In 1898, Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States after Congress passed a joint resolution.  Hawaii was granted territorial status in 1900, and became the 50th state of the union in 1959.

In 1898, the peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.

In 1915, the novel "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, was published.

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Actress Jane Wyatt  (1912)

Actor-director John Derek  (1926)

Singer-musician Buck Owens  (1929)

Actor George Hamilton  (1939)

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"Wisdom is born, stupidity is learned."
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Russian proverb