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15 August 1920: #Poland halts the advancing #Soviet army at Warsaw, the "Miracle on the Vistula". Had the Soviets broken through, they would have captured Germany, where a Red rising had only just been defeated, and with its people and resources Communized all of Europe. 
19 August:
43 BC: Octavian forces the Senate to make him a Consul
1953: Iran's lawless Prime Minister Mossadeq is deposed a counter-coup assisted by SIS and CIA
1991: KGB-led coup attempt in the Soviet Union begins
2010: Last combat troops leave Iraq after seven years
43 BC: Octavian forces the Senate to make him a Consul
1953: Iran's lawless Prime Minister Mossadeq is deposed a counter-coup assisted by SIS and CIA
1991: KGB-led coup attempt in the Soviet Union begins
2010: Last combat troops leave Iraq after seven years
