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Judah Benjamin (1811–1884) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. He was the first person professing the Jewish faith to be elected to the Senate, and the first Jew to hold a cabinet position in North America. After attending Yale, Benjamin moved to New Orleans, where he read law and passed the bar. He rose rapidly both at the bar and in politics, becoming a wealthy slaveowner, and serving in both houses of the Louisiana legislature prior to his election to the Senate in 1852. There, he was an ardent supporter of slavery. When war began, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed him Attorney General, and later Secretary of War. Made Secretary of State in 1862, Benjamin unsuccessfully tried to gain recognition of the Confederacy by France and the United Kingdom. When Davis fled from Virginia in early 1865, Benjamin went with him. He escaped to Britain and settled there, becoming a barrister and again rising to the top of his profession before retiring in 1883. He died in Paris the following year. (Full article...)
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Saint Lucius Church
Saint Lucius Church
... that over 17 years the Saint Lucius church (pictured) was moved by water and wagon from Switzerland and reassembled at the Italian Villa Sormani in Brugherio?
... that 2015 titleholder Daja Dial is the third African American to be crowned Miss South Carolina?
... that the dwarf sawfish is estimated to live for up to 48 years?
... that Julia Lloyd opened the Greet Free Kindergarten in 1904?
... that commentators believe a recent United States Supreme Court decision "may well leave the Obama climate agenda in tatters"?
... that Jake Olson plays professional Canadian football despite a congenital disorder that caused him to dislocate his left knee once and his right knee twice?
... that the organisation and curriculum of the university in the Province of Bologna, founded in 1088, were emulated in other universities across Italy?
... that the fictional character Elvira Hancock, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, has been described as an "embittered drug addict with the self-esteem of an empty bullet casing"?
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Satellite image of Tropical Storm Erika
Tropical Storm Erika
Flash floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Erika (satellite image pictured) kill at least 20 people across Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.
Wildfires across the U.S. state of Washington, including the Okanogan Complex fire, destroy more than 200 homes and burn 920 square miles (2,400 km2).
The ancient Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
At least 11 people are killed when a Hawker Hunter crashes onto a busy road during an airshow in Shoreham-by-Sea, UK.
A bomb explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, kills 20 people and injures more than 120 others.
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August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey

Parliament House, Melbourne
Parliament House, Melbourne
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
1896 – Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army by the German Eighth Army.
1959 – The title of National Hero of Indonesia was first given, the recipient being the writer-cum-politician Abdul Muis.
1995 – Bosnian War: NATO began its bombing campaign against the Army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Nighthawks is an oil painting on canvas completed by the American artist Edward Hopper in 1942. It portrays people in a downtown diner late at night. The painting is held by the Art Institute of Chicago, which purchased it within months of its completion. The painting has frequently been referenced in American popular culture, and several writers have searched for its real-life inspiration.
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Photographic portrait of a middle-aged, curly-haired man with a short beard and a slight smile. He is formally dressed in the fashions of the mid-19th century.
Judah Benjamin (1811–1884) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. He was the first person professing the Jewish faith to be elected to the Senate, and the first Jew to hold a cabinet position in North America. After attending Yale, Benjamin moved to New Orleans, where he read law and passed the bar. He rose rapidly both at the bar and in politics, becoming a wealthy slaveowner, and serving in both houses of the Louisiana legislature prior to his election to the Senate in 1852. There, he was an ardent supporter of slavery. When war began, Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed him Attorney General, and later Secretary of War. Made Secretary of State in 1862, Benjamin unsuccessfully tried to gain recognition of the Confederacy by France and the United Kingdom. When Davis fled from Virginia in early 1865, Benjamin went with him. He escaped to Britain and settled there, becoming a barrister and again rising to the top of his profession before retiring in 1883. He died in Paris the following year. (Full article...)
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Saint Lucius Church
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... that over 17 years the Saint Lucius church (pictured) was moved by water and wagon from Switzerland and reassembled at the Italian Villa Sormani in Brugherio?
... that 2015 titleholder Daja Dial is the third African American to be crowned Miss South Carolina?
... that the dwarf sawfish is estimated to live for up to 48 years?
... that Julia Lloyd opened the Greet Free Kindergarten in 1904?
... that commentators believe a recent United States Supreme Court decision "may well leave the Obama climate agenda in tatters"?
... that Jake Olson plays professional Canadian football despite a congenital disorder that caused him to dislocate his left knee once and his right knee twice?
... that the organisation and curriculum of the university in the Province of Bologna, founded in 1088, were emulated in other universities across Italy?
... that the fictional character Elvira Hancock, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, has been described as an "embittered drug addict with the self-esteem of an empty bullet casing"?
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Satellite image of Tropical Storm Erika
Tropical Storm Erika
Flash floods and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Erika (satellite image pictured) kill at least 20 people across Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.
Wildfires across the U.S. state of Washington, including the Okanogan Complex fire, destroy more than 200 homes and burn 920 square miles (2,400 km2).
The ancient Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
At least 11 people are killed when a Hawker Hunter crashes onto a busy road during an airshow in Shoreham-by-Sea, UK.
A bomb explosion in Bangkok, Thailand, kills 20 people and injures more than 120 others.
Ongoing events: European migrant crisis
  
Recent deaths: Oliver Sacks ·
 Al Arbour ·
 Amelia Boynton Robinson
  
 
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August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995); St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey

Parliament House, Melbourne
Parliament House, Melbourne
1835 – European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra River in Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne (Parliament House pictured).
1896 – Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army by the German Eighth Army.
1959 – The title of National Hero of Indonesia was first given, the recipient being the writer-cum-politician Abdul Muis.
1995 – Bosnian War: NATO began its bombing campaign against the Army of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Nighthawks
Nighthawks is an oil painting on canvas completed by the American artist Edward Hopper in 1942. It portrays people in a downtown diner late at night. The painting is held by the Art Institute of Chicago, which purchased it within months of its completion. The painting has frequently been referenced in American popular culture, and several writers have searched for its real-life inspiration.
Painting: Edward Hopper
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