Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2021. There are 128 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 25, 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. On this date: In 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New Orleans. In 1875, Capt. Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, getting from Dover, England, to Calais (ka-LAY’), France, in 22 hours. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior. In 1928, an expedition led by Richard E. Byrd set sail from Hoboken, N.J., on its journey to Antarctica. In 1975, the Bruce Springsteen album “Born to Run” was released by Columbia Records. In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn’s cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about the...
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