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Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2006. There are 123 days left in the year.

Highlights in history:

On Aug. 30, 1862, Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.

In 1797, the creator of Frankenstein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was born in London.

In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont's order was countermanded days later by President Lincoln).

In 1905, Ty Cobb made his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, ...

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