August Calendar
- National Inventor’s MonthAugust
- Get Ready for Kindergarten MonthAugust
- William Clark’s BirthdayAug 1, 1770
- Francis Scott Key’s BirthdayAug 1, 1779
- First US CensusAug 1, 1790
- Emancipation of 500Aug 1, 1791
- U.S. Purchases Alaska From Russia for $7.2 Million DollarsAug 1, 1868
- Anne Frank’s Last Diary EntryAug 1, 1944
- Declaration of Independence SignedAug 2, 1776
- Albert Einstein’s Atomic Bomb Letter to President Franklin RooseveltAug 2, 1939
- Columbus Sails for New WorldAug 3, 1492
- President Harry Truman Signs Act of Congress Designating June 14 National Flag DayAug 3, 1949
- Atomic Bomb Dropped On HiroshimaAug 6, 1945
- President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into lawAug 6, 1965
- First Website Put OnlineAug 6, 1991
- Operation Desert Shield beginsAug 7, 1990
- Singapore Independence from Malaysia, celebrated as National DayAug 9, 1965
- President Nixon ResignsAug 9, 1974
- Smithsonian Act of Organization Passes Congress and is Signed by President James K. PolkAug 10, 1846
- IBM Launches PCAug 12, 1981
- Perseids Meteor ShowerAug 12-13, 2022
- Berlin Wall ErectedAug 13, 1961
- Annie Oakley’s BirthdayAug 13, 1860
- Hans Christian Ørsted’s BirthdayAug 14, 1777
- PowerPoint First ReleasedAug 14, 1984
- Sand Castle DayAug 14, 2022
- Completion of Transcontinental U.S. RailwayAug 15, 1870
- Opening of Panama CanalAug 15, 1914
- Wilbur Wright’s BirthdayAug 16, 1867
- Meriwether Lewis’ BirthdayAug 18, 1774
- Nineteenth Amendment RatifiedAug 18, 1920
- Paula Danziger’s BirthdayAug 18, 1945
- Orville Wright’s BirthdayAug 19, 1871
- National Aviation DayAug 19, 2022
- National Honey Bee DayAug 20, 2022
- Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration BeginsAug 22, 2022
- Astronomers Demote Pluto to Dwarf PlanetAug 24, 2006
- National Park Service EstablishedAug 25, 1916
- “Wizard of Oz” film ReleasedAug 25, 1939
- First Landfall of Hurricane KatrinaAug 25, 2005
- 19th Amendment Signed into LawAug 26, 1920
- National Dog DayAug 26, 2022
- Women’s Equality DayAug 26, 2022
- Martin Luther King Gives “I Have a Dream” SpeechAug 28, 1963
- Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf CoastAug 29, 2005
- U.S. Open TennisAug 29 - Sep 11, 2022
- Diana, Princess of Wale’s DeathAug 31, 1997
