On This Day: August 12

5 verified moments happened on August 12. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

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1981🖥️ IBM unveils the Personal Computer, model 5150, in New York, setting the standard for desktop computing.Technology · Source: IBM history; The Register (Aug 12 1981)
1994 MLB players go on strike, a walkout that would cancel the World SeriesSports · Source: Wikipedia '1994-95 Major League Baseball strike': strike began August 12, 1994
2016 Katie Ledecky shatters her own 800m freestyle world record to win her fourth gold of the Rio Games.Sports · Source: NBC Olympics, 'Rio 2016: Katie Ledecky shatters 800m free WR' (Aug 12 2016)
2016 Katie Ledecky shatters her own 800m freestyle world record for gold at the Rio Olympics.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, 'Swimming at the 2016 Olympics - Women's 800m freestyle' (Aug 12 2016)
2023🎯 Cortnee Vine converts the twentieth kick as Australia's Matildas outlast France in a marathon World Cup quarterfinal shootout in Brisbane.Soccer · Source: ESPN; Matildas.com.au (Aug 12 2023)

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