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More than 100 aircraft, a destroyer, 33 landing craft, and 30 tanks were also lost. Aug 19 1944 – WW2: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops. Aug 19 1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. ................
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