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- 1835
- The Republic of Indian Stream is annexed by New Hampshire.
- 1863
- During the American Civil War, Berkeley County secedes from Virginia, joining West Virginia to stay in the Union.
- 1937
- The Suin Line opens in Seoul.
- 1940
- The Soviet Union annexes the Lithuanian SSR and Latvian SSR.
- 1967
- The Orange County International Raceway begins operation in Irvine, California.
- 1971
- The first section of Line 1 of the Beijing Subway begins trial operations in Beijing.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 5, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 5 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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