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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 1

THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 1

August 1 in history

1944

Warsaw rises. The Home Army seizes half the city and waits for help that stands still across the river — for sixty-three days.

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1975 — The Helsinki Accords

1 Aug 1975 — Thirty-five states ratify Europe’s postwar borders — Moscow’s prize — in exchange for “Basket III” human-rights pledges Moscow thinks are decoration. Dissidents will hold it to the letter.

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