American Gold Drought Ends
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The gold medal drought is over for Team USA. Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the Ice Dancing competition. (Feb. 17)
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This Day in History
Today: August 14, 2026
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A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan.[1]
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Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.[2]
1040
King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.[3]
1183
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.[4][5]
1264
After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno.[6]
1352
War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.[7]
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