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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.

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[SPEAKER_01]: On this day, August 11th, 3114 BCE.

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[SPEAKER_01]: The creation date of the Mesoamerican long-count calendar is traditionally placed.

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[SPEAKER_01]: This date was not the end of the world or the beginning of all time, but the starting point of a major calendar cycle used by the Inchimaya and other Mesoamerican cultures.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Their calendar system was complex, mathematical, and deeply tied to religion, history, and astronomy.

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[SPEAKER_01]: It showed how carefully Mesoamerican scholars track time long before modern clocks or calendars.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Also on this day, August 11, 1965, the Watts uprising began in Los Angeles after a traffic stop grew in today's unrest.

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[SPEAKER_01]: Also on this day, August 11, 1973,

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[SPEAKER_01]: DJ Coolhirk hosted a back-to-school party in the Bronx that is often recognized as a key early moment in the birth of hip-hop.