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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day, August 10, 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa sank on its first voyage only minutes after leaving the harbor and Stockholm.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The ship was meant to be a symbol of royal power covered in decorations and built to impress, but it was dangerously unstable.

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[SPEAKER_00]: A gust of wind pushed it over, water rushed in through the gun ports, and the ship went down in front of a watching crowd.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Centuries later, the recovered ship became one of the best preserved examples of 17th

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 10, 1846, President James K. Pope signed the law creating the Smithsonian institution.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 10, 1793, the Louvre open as a public museum in Paris during the French Revolution.

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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.