This week in history: 24 - 30 August

Name: This week in history: 24 - 30 August
Uploaded: 2015-08-24T10:53:05.000Z
Duration: 1 min
Description: When Barack Obama won his party's nomination to run for the US presidency

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The week that Barack Obama became the first African American to win the presidential nomination for a major US political party, East Timor held its first democratic elections, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, and Big Ben struck again after being out of action for three weeks.