August:
Today in History, Holidays, and Fun Facts
| 1 | 1876 -
Colorado Became a State 1936 - Opening of the Olympic Games in Hitler's Berlin |
| 2 | 1945 - Conclusion of the
Potsdam Conference 1990 - Start of the Persian Gulf War |
| 3 | 1492 -
Christopher
Columbus Left Palos, Spain, on His Journey to Reach
the Indies by Sailing West 1949 - Founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA) |
| 4 | 1892 - Axe Murder of
Lizzie Borden's Parents in Fall River,
Massachusetts 1914 - Great Britain Declared War on Germany after Germany Invaded Belgium 1944 - Nazis Discovered Anne Frank and Her Family in Hiding in Amsterdam |
| 5 | 1914 - Cleveland, Ohio, Became Home to the First Electric Traffic Lights |
| 6 | 1825 - Bolivia Declared Its Independence 1945 - Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima, Japan 1965 - Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed into Law by Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 7 | 1789 - United States War Department
Established by Congress 1964 - Tonkin Gulf Resolution Passed by Congress |
| 8 | 1588 - Spanish Armada Attacked by English
Forces 1969 - Charles Manson's "Family" Killed Sharon Tate and Others |
| 9 | 1945 - Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki, Japan |
| 10 | 1821 -
Missouri
Became a State 1846 - Establishment of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. |
| 11 | 1960 - Chad Achieved Independence |
| 12 | 1851 - Sewing Machine Patented by
Isaac Singer 1898 - Formal U.S. Annexation of Hawaii |
| 13 | 1521 - Spanish Conquistadors Defeated the Aztecs, Taking Control of the Aztec Capital City, Tenochtitlán |
| 14 | 1935 - Social Security Act Became Law 2003 - Start of the Largest Blackout in U.S. History |
| 15 | 1057 - Scotland's Macbeth Killed |
| 16 | 1960 - Cyprus Gained Its Independence |
| 17 | 1969 - Hurricane Camille Hit the Gulf Coast |
| 18 | 1227 - Death of Genghis Khan |
| 19 | 1934 - Adolf Hitler Elected as Fuhrer of Germany |
| 20 | 1964 - Economic Opportunity Act Signed into Law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 21 | 1831 - Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia 1940 - Leon Trotsky Killed in Mexico City 1959 - Hawaii Became a State 1983 - Assassination of Benigno Aquino in the Philippines 1991 - Latvia Became Independent |
| 22 | 1642 - Start of the English Civil War,
Fought between the Cavaliers (Royalists) and Roundheads 1846 - Annexation of New Mexico by the United States 1910 - Annexation of Korea by Japan |
| 23 | 1305 - Execution of Scotland's William
Wallace in London (Mel Gibson's Character in "Braveheart") 1939 - Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Signed |
| 24 | 79 C.E. - Herculaneum and Pompeii Destroyed by
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1814 - White House and Capitol Burnt by the British 1821 - Treaty of Cordoba Gave Mexico Independence from Spain |
| 25 | 1718 - French Settlers Founded New Orleans 1825 - Uruguay Independent 1916 - National Park Service Created 1944 - Paris Liberated from the Nazis |
| 26 | 1847 - Liberia Became an Independent
Republic 1920 - 19th Amendment Became Law (Women's Suffrage) |
| 27 | 1928 - Signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| 28 | 1609 - Henry Hudson Sailed into Delaware Bay 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech |
| 29 | 1533 - Murder of Atahualpa, Ruler of the
Incas, in Peru 1786 - Start of Shays's Rebellion in Massachusetts 2005 - Hurricane Katrina Struck the Gulf Coast |
| 30 | 30 BCE - Suicide of Cleopatra VII 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run 1967 - Thurgood Marshall Became the First African-American Supreme Court Justice |
| 31 | 1887 - Thomas Edison Received a Patent for
the Kinetoscope 1962 - Trinidad and Tobago Became Independent |
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