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August
Zodiac: Leo July
23 - August 21 Flower:
Gladiolus Birthstone:
Peridot
August
was originally
the sixth
month
of the
year
and was
called
sextilis,
which
means "sixth." Augustus
Caesar,
however,
renamed
the month
after
himself;
in order
to be
equal
to the
number
of days
in July,
he extended
the month
to 31
days
by taking
one day
from
February.
Now just
as Augustus
Caesar
followed
Julius
Caesar,
August
follows
July.
National Month
Prevention
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U.S. established 1907.
writer
of "Moby
Dick," born
1819.
became
the 38th state (settled
in 1858), 1876.
who
wrote the words to the US National
Anthem, "The Star-Spangled
Banner," born 1780.
[d. 1843] |
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First
Lincoln head issued,
1909. FACTOIDS: Commemorates
the 100-year
anniversary
of Lincoln's
birth and
the first
U.S. circulating
coin to bear
a president's
image with
the backside
sporting
two wheat
sprigs around
the words
"IN
GOD WE TRUST".
In 1958,
the wheat
was replaced
with the
Lincoln Memorial
to celebrate
the 150 year
anniversary.
James
Butler "Wild
Bill" Hickok, American of
the , ambushed and
killed by
Jack McCall in Deadwood,
Dakota Territory, 1876. FACTOID: Hickok
was shot in the back of
the head while playing
poker and holding aces
and eights (two pairs)
ever since known as the "dead
man's hand." |
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established 1790. |
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Neil
Armstrong, American astronaut,
born 1930. FACTOID: First
astronaut to , on July
20, 1969. He placed an American
flag on the
moon. His famous quote, "That's
one small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind."
FACTOID: The
coral-incrusted gun turret
of the was raised from
the floor of the Atlantic in
2002, nearly 140 years after
the warship sunk in a storm
after a battle in 1862 with
the USS Merrimac.
National Night Out '08 - "America's Night Out Against Crime" 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. |
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First dropped during
World War II by United States
on ,
1945.
, famous
Pop Icon painter
from the 50s to the 80s,
born 1928. |
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- A
series of disturbances in 1794
in western Pennsylvania aimed
against the enforcement of a
1791 U.S. federal law imposing
an excise tax on whiskey.
Desert Storm, the United
States mission in the , when we joined
allies to help Kuwait expel
Iran, started on this day
in 1990. [Ended
July 16, 1991] |
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patented
1899. |
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Electric,
self-contained ,
patented 1910.
dropped during World
War II on ,
Japan, 1945.
resigned
as president of the
United states rather
than facing certain was sworn
in as President. |
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became
the 24th state (settled
in 1735), 1821.
founded 1846.
,
31st
President
(1929), born
1874. |
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,
author of "," born
1921. FACTOID: Received
a special
Pulitzer
Prize on
April 19,
1977 for
the book.
Author and Illustrator, ,
born in 1908. [d. 1978] |
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, Dictorial President of ,
born 1927. FACTOID: After 49 years as ruler, Castro resigned due to failing health. His brother, Raul was elected to be his successor. [February 19, 2008]
American
Sharpshooter ,
born 1860. |
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V
J Day - Celebrates the
end of WWII when in 1945. |
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Bonaparte
(Napoleon
1), Emperor
of France,
born 1769. [d.
May 05, 1821] FACTOID: He
abdicated
his throne
on April
11, 1814.
Woodstock,
famous , 1969. |
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Day (Elvis
died in 1977, 42 years of
age.) |
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, Indian Scout & American
frontiersman, Army Officer,
and Congressman from Tennessee
born in 1786. |
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premiered 1939. |
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,
42 President
(1993-2000),
born 1946.
Poet , born
1902. |
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,
23rd President
(1889), born
1833. |
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Wilt
Chamberlain, 7'1" American player,
born 1936.
became
the 50th state (settled in 1820),
1959.
led by , 1833. Slaves
revolted killing many slave owners. |
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painting
stolen from in
Paris on
this day in 1911; recovered
in 1913.
Author born 1920. |
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Washington,
D.C. burned in the "" by
British troops, 1814.
The IAU (International
Astronomical Union) has changed
the definition of "planet" so
that has
been formally
downgraded from an
official planet to a dwarf
planet.
There are now officially
only eight planets in our
solar system. [2007] |
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Day commemorates
the passing of the in 1920, which gave women the right
to vote. Also known as Day. |
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,
36th president
(1963),
born 1908.
(d.
1/22/1973) |
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(means
Great Master K'ung), Ancient born 551 B.C.
first
produced commercially by E. L.
Drake, 1859. |
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First patented
by German inventor Gottlieb Daimler,
1885.
A category
4 Katrina
made landfall
near ,
Louisiana,
breaching
the levee
system
that protected
the
city
from Lake
Pontchartrain,
flooding
most of
the New
Orleans, ,
and
by the
lake's
waters. FACTOID: Over
$200
billion in
damages,
makes
this the
most
costliest
natural
disaster
in the
history
of the
United
States.
1,242
people
perished,
over a
million
people
were
displaced;
historical
artifacts,
houses,
museums,
were
destroyed
along
with
the
towns
being
wiped
off
the
map,
2005.
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