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<\/p>\nMichelle Kangas<\/p>\n
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S&P 500: 475.49 (vs. 2918.65 in 08\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 7.19% (vs. 1.74% in 08\/2019) Gold: $385.75 (vs. $1497.35 in 08\/2019) Oil: $17.595 (vs. $54.41 in 08\/2019) GBP\/USD: 1.5345 (vs. 1.2022 in 08\/2019) US GDP: $7,247 billion (vs. $21,338 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 260 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 08\/02\/1994: First Chechen War: The leader of the Russian-backed Provisional Council of the Chechen Republic announced his intention to overthrow the Dudaev government. 08\/15\/1994: The Bosnia New Dinar replaced the Bosnia Dinar at the rate of 1 Bosnia New Dinar equal to 10,000 Bosina Dinar. 08\/16\/1994: The Federal Reserve pushes up short-term interest rates by one-half percentage point. Many big banks raise their prime lending rates in response. 08\/24\/1994: Initial accord between\u00a0Israel\u00a0and the\u00a0PLO\u00a0about partial self-rule of the\u00a0Palestinians\u00a0on the\u00a0West Bank. 08\/30\/1994: Lockheed and Martin Marietta agree to merge in plan valued at more than $10 billion. 08\/31\/1994: The\u00a0Provisional Irish Republican Army\u00a0declares a\u00a0ceasefire. \u00a0<\/p>\n
S&P 500: 95.51 (vs. 2918.65 in 08\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.83% (vs. 1.74% in 08\/2019) Gold: $40.86 (vs. $1497.35 in 08\/2019) Oil: $3.21 (vs. $54.41 in 08\/2019) GBP\/USD: 2.3812 (vs. 1.2022 in 08\/2019) US GDP: $1,009 billion (vs. $21,338 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 205 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 08\/04\/1969: \u00a0Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary\u00a0Jean Sainteny\u00a0in\u00a0Paris, American representative\u00a0Henry Kissinger\u00a0and\u00a0North Vietnamese representative\u00a0Xuan Thuy\u00a0begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail. 08\/08\/1969: At a\u00a0zebra crossing\u00a0in\u00a0London, photographer\u00a0Iain Macmillan\u00a0takes the photo that becomes the cover of\u00a0the Beatles\u00a0album\u00a0Abbey Road. 08\/09\/1969: Followers led by\u00a0Charles Manson\u00a0murder pregnant actress\u00a0Sharon Tate\u00a0(wife of\u00a0Roman Polanski),\u00a0coffee\u00a0heiress\u00a0Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist\u00a0Jay Sebring\u00a0and recent high-school graduate\u00a0Steven Parent. A day after murdering\u00a0Sharon Tate\u00a0and four others, members of\u00a0Charles Manson’s cult kill\u00a0Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. 08\/13\/1969:\u00a0 The\u00a0Apollo 11\u00a0astronauts are released from a three-week\u00a0quarantine\u00a0to enjoy a\u00a0ticker tape parade\u00a0in\u00a0New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner\u00a0in\u00a0Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the\u00a0Presidential Medal of Freedom\u00a0by\u00a0U.S. President\u00a0Richard Nixon. 08\/14\/1969: Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in\u00a0Northern Ireland. 08\/15\/1969: Woodstock\u00a0rock and roll concert opens. 08\/28\/1969: Florida East Coast Industries Inc. (formerly Florida East Coast Railway Co.) added to the Dow Jones Transportation Average \u00a0<\/p>\n
S&P 500: 8.765 (vs. 2918.65 in 08\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 4.78% (vs. 1.74% in 08\/2019) Gold: $20.67 (vs. $1497.35 in 08\/2019) Oil: $4.00 (vs. $54.41 in 08\/2019) GBP\/USD: 4.2 (vs. 1.2022 in 08\/2019) US GDP: $84 billion (vs. $21,338 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 104 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 08\/07\/1919: Discount houses raise their rate for deposits at notice to 3 1\/4 percent, but the banks made no change in their published rates. Revised figures of\u00a0 cash applications to Funding Loan and Victory Bonds issued. Amount subscribed to Funding Loan, 287,956,000; Victory Bonds, 286,748,000. 08\/11\/1919: Andrew Carnegie dies. The\u00a0constitution\u00a0of the\u00a0Weimar Republic\u00a0is adopted. 08\/14\/1919: The Romanian army left the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Admiral Mikls Horthy stepped into the power vacuum with the army of the Krolyi government. 08\/19\/1919: Afghanistan\u00a0gains full independence from the\u00a0United Kingdom. 08\/23\/1919: Treasury restrictions on movement of capital withdrawn. American exchange quoted at $4.10 to the 1. 08\/25\/1919: Polish-Soviet War: After its total occupation by Polish forces, the Lithuanian-Byelorussian SSR was dissolved. 08\/31\/1919: United States Public debt hits $26,600,000,000. $240 per Capita. \u00a0<\/p>\n
S&P 500: 1.5668 (vs. 2918.65 in 08\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 4.545% (vs. 1.74% in 08\/2019) Gold: $19.39 (vs. $1497.35 in 08\/2019) GBP\/USD: 4.48 (vs. 1.2022 in 08\/2019) US GDP: $727 million (vs. $21,338 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 9.379 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 08\/06\/1819: Norwich University\u00a0is founded in\u00a0Vermont\u00a0as the first private military school in the\u00a0United States. 08\/07\/1819: Battle of Boyac\u00a0 Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyac Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyac) Simn Bolvar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzotegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia. 08\/16\/1819: \u00a0Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in\u00a0cavalry\u00a0charges at a public meeting at St. Peter’s Field,\u00a0Manchester, England. 08\/17\/1819: New Zealand’s second mission station is established, at Kerikeri, when Rev Marsden, John Butler, Francis Hall and William Hall mark out the site which was previously visited by Marsden in 1815.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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