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- 1866
- Prussia annexes Duchy of Nassau under the terms of the Peace of Prague.
- 1873
- Albert Bridge opens to traffic, crossing the River Thames in London.
- 1945
- The Việt Minh seize Thuận Hóa (Huế), capital of the Empire of Vietnam.
- 1946
- Westphalia is combined with the North Rhine and the Free State of Lippe to become North Rhine–Westphalia. Hanover and the Free States of Oldenburg and Schaumburg-Lippe merge to become Lower Saxony.
- 1949
- HaOn is founded as an Israeli settlement.
- 1975
- Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium, later known as the Pontiac Silverdome, opens in Michigan.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 23, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 23 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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