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On This Day - What happened 17 August 1940 AD

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  • Petsamo, Finland (Now Russia)
    Saturday Aug 17, 1940
    Harald V

    Lefting For The United States

    Petsamo, Finland (Now Russia)
    Saturday Aug 17, 1940

    On 17 August the Crown Princess and her children left for the United States from Petsamo, Finland, aboard the United States Army transport ship American Legion.



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  • Nassau, Bahamas
    Saturday Aug 17, 1940
    Edward VIII

    Arrived Nassau

    Nassau, Bahamas
    Saturday Aug 17, 1940

    They left Bermuda for Nassau on the Canadian steamship Lady Somers on 15 August, arriving two days later.



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