Colorado Admission Day (1876)

First U.S. Census – Population 3,929,214 (1790)

MTV Debuted (1981)

Photo Flashbulb Invented (1930)

Lincoln Penny Issued (1909)

Nat'l Ice Cream Sandwich Day

Declaration of Independence Signed (1776)

Columbus Set Sail (1492)

Nat'l Kids Day

William Faulkner Stamp Issued (1987)

Aug. 3-9
Smile Week

Louis Armstrong's Birthday (1901)

Man Bicycled Across U.S. (1884)

Nazis Arrested Anne Frank & Family (1944)

Electric Traffic Lights First Installed (1914)

Friendship Day

Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)

Alexander Fleming's Birthday (1881)

Alfred Tennyson's Birthday (1809)

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (1945)

First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)

Lynne Cox Swam Bering Strait (1987)

First Canadian Turtle Derby (1972)

"Great Train Robbery" Thieves Stole $6M (1963)

Nixon Announced Resignation (1974)

International Art Appreciation Day

Jean Piaget's Birthday (1896)

Jesse Owens Won Four Olympic Gold Medals (1936)

Japanese Internment Survivors Awarded $20K (1988)

Missouri Admission Day (1821)

Ruth B. Ginsburg Sworn in to Supreme Court (1993)

Smithsonian Institution Opened (1846)

Aug. 10-16
Nat'l Friendship Week

Alex Haley's Birthday (1921)

Inmates Arrived at Alcatraz (1934)

Martian Moon Phobos Discovered (1677)

Int'l Youth Day

Japanese Plane Crash Killed 520 (1985)

Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)

First Two-Way Satellite Conversation (1948)

Int'l Left-Hander's Day

Lucy Stone's Birthday (1818)

Largest Blackout in U.S. History (2003)

Japan Agreed to Surrender (1945)

Julia Child's Birthday (1912)

New Solar System Discovered (2001)

Panama Canal Opened (1914)

Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opened (1969)

Bathysphere Reached Record Depth (1934)

Major League Baseball Player Killed by Fastball (1920)

Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)

Hurricane Camille Killed 248 on Gulf Coast (1968)

Klondike Gold Rush Began (1896)

First American Child of English Parents Born (1587)

King Kong Premiered (1933)

Meriwether Lewis's Birthday (1774)

Adolf Hitler Elected Fuhrer (1934)

Nat'l Aviation Day

Potato Day

Nat'l Rodeo Day

Pres. Benjamin Harrison's Birthday (1833)

Tiger Woods Won Third Major Golf Title of the Year (2000)

Hawaii Statehood Day (1959)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Began (1858)

Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)

Pueblo Indians Took Possession of Santa Fe, NM (1680)

E. Annie Proulx's Birthday (1935)

Nat'l Tooth Fairy Day

Ray Bradbury's Birthday (1920)

Int'l Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade & Its Abolition

Sacco & Vanzetti Executed Amid Protest (1927)

First Swimmer Crossed the English Channel (1875)

Mexico Gained Independence from Spain (1821)

Mount Vesuvius Erupted (79)

Althea Gibson's Birthday (1927)

Earth Photographed from the Moon (1966)

New Orleans Founded by French (1718)

Charles Lindbergh Died (1974)

Women's Equality Day

Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday (1908)

Volcanoes & Tsunamis on Krakatoa Island Killed 36,000 (1883)

First Radio Commercial Broadcasted (1922)

MLK Gave "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

Brigham Young Died (1877)

Charlie Parker's Birthday (1920)

Hurricane Katrina Devastated Gulf Coast (2005)

Cleopatra Committed Suicide
(30 B.C.)

Mary Shelley's Birthday (1797)

Thurgood Marshall Confirmed (1967)

Int'l Blog Day

Nat'l Trail Mix Day

Princess Diana Died (1997)