August 3 in History August 3rd is… National Hair Gloss Day National Georgia Day National Grab Some Nuts Day Watermelon Day White Wine Day 1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain towards, he expected to find Asia. 1769 – The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, were discovered. […]
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August 2 in History August 2nd is… National Coloring Book Day National Ice Cream Sandwich Day 1610 – Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay (he thought he had made it through the Northwest Passage, and reached the Pacific Ocean). 1776 – The signing of the Declaration of Independence didn’t occur
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August 1 in History August 1st is… National Girlfriends Day International Mahjong Day Mead Day Milkshake Day National Minority Donor Awareness Day National Raspberry Cream Pie Day Respect for Parents Day Yorkie Day 1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley re-discovered oxygen (the gas), verifying the discovery of it by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 1790
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August Is… Crayon Collection Month National Dog Month Family Fun Month Golf Month Happiness Happens Month Immunization Awareness Month Panini Month International Peace Month MedicAlert Awareness Month Motorsports Awareness Month Sandwich Month Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor. Augustus led the transformation of the
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August 31 in History August 31st is… National Diatomaceous Earth Day National Eat Outside Day National Matchmaker Day National South Carolina Day Trail Mix Day 1803 – Lewis and Clark started their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols was murdered, the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
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August 30 in History August 30th is… National Beach Day National Grief Awareness Day Toasted Marshmallow Day 1835 – Melbourne, Australia, was founded. 1836 – The city of Houston, named after former General Sam Houston, was founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen. 1945 – Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by British
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August 29 in History August 29th is… According to Hoyle Day Cabernet Sauvignon Day Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day 1758 – The first American Indian reservation was established at Indian Mills, New Jersey. 1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, opening the door to electric generators. 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s first
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August 28 in History August 28th is… National Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day National Power Rangers Day National Red Wine Day National Thoughtful Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day 1609 – Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1789 – William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus. 1810 – The French Navy accepted the surrender of a
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August 27 in History August 27th is… Banana Lovers Day National Just Because Day Pots De Creme Day 410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days. 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeated a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. 1859 – Petroleum was
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