MisesWiki:Anniversaries/August 1

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 * 1838 – Trinidad became the first British colony to completely abolish slavery; the remaining colonies followed exactly two years later.
 * 1946 – After the most severe hyperinflation in history, Hungary replaced the pengő with the forint at the exchange rate of 400 octillion (4×1029) pengő to one forint.