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Historical Events in August 1845

  • Aug 4 Emigrant ship Cataraqui wrecks in Bass Strait with the loss of 400 lives, only nine survive, Australia's deadliest maritime civil disaster [1]
  • Aug 6 The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg
  • Aug 28 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue