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Today is Tuesday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2025. There are 134 days left in the year.

Today in History:

On Aug. 19, 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first automobile race.

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In 1692, four men and one woman were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay; the story of one of the men, John Proctor, inspired Arthur Miller’s

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