August is .........
AMERICAN ARTISTS APPRECIATION MONTH
NATIONAL CATFISH MONTH
NATIONAL WATER QUALITY MONTH
NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH
NATIONAL PEACH MONTH
CHILDREN'S VISION AND LEARNING MONTH
FAMILY FUN MONTH
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Romance Awareness Month
August 1
The first federal census in the U.S. is completed. The nation has 33,929,625 inhabitants, which includes 697,624 slaves and 59,557 free blacks. It's 1790.
Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire, 1834
The first cable streetcar in the U.S. begins operation in San Francisco, 1873
Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary, 1944
Friendship Day
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 2
The formal signing of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
The first Lincoln penny is issued, 1909
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 3
National Watermelon Day (Teena)
August 4
Louis Daniel Armstrong (1901)
Coast Guard Day -
Lizzie Borden Liberation Day
Dom Perignon invents champagne, 1693
Pumpsie Green is the first black to wear a Red Sox uniform, 1959
Civil rights workers (James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Shewerner) are found slain near Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1964
John Lennon says that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, 1966
August 5th
Sisters Day
National Mustard Day
National Waffle Day
The cornerstone for The Statue of Liberty is laid at Bedloe’s Island, 1844
Congress adopts the nation’s first income tax to finance the Civil War, 1861
"Little Orphan Annie” debuts in the New York Daily News, 1924
American BandStand Philadelphia’s local after-school dance show goes on TV, with its host, Dick Clark on ABC-TV, 1957
Marilyn Monroe dies from a drug overdose in Los Angeles, 1962
August 6
Forgiveness Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
Root Beer Float Day
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, outlawing the literacy test for voting eligibility in the South, 1965
August 7
National Lighthouse Day
George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit (now called the Order of the Purple Heart), 1782
The Hatfields of south West Virginia and the McCoys of east Kentucky feud; 100 are wounded or die, 1882
August 8th
Middle Children's Day
Family Day
Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Night
Senior Citizens Day
Brigham Young is chosen to head the Mormon church, 1844
August 9
Daughter's Day (Lady Gator)
The first commencement is held at Harvard, 1642
The first horses arrive in Hawaii, 1803
Jesse Owens wins his 4th Olympic gold medal, 1936
Betty Boop (1930) (Teena)
August 10th
National S’mores Day (Peg)
Missouri becomes the 24th state, 1821
August 11
Presidential Joke Day
Play in the Sand Day
The last Beatles concert tour of the U.S. begins, 1966
August 12
Umpire Appreciation Day
Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine, 1851
Hawaii is formally annexed to the U.S., 1898
The erection of the Berlin Wall begins, 1961
August 13
International Lefthanders Day (Peg)
Al Capp’s famous comic strip, Li’l Abner” premieres today, 1934
Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee, "Annie Oakley" birthday (1860)
August 14
National Creamsicle Day
Japan surrendered, ending World War II, 1945
Marshmallow Toasting Day (National, US)
Patent issued for whiffle ball, 8/14/1953
The Social Security Act providing old age insurance to all working Americans - August 14, 1935
August 15
Some 400,000 people converge on Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm near Woodstock, New York, for a weekend of peace, sex, drugs and rock and roll, 1969 (LadyGator)
August 16
Joe Miller’s Joke Day
The roller coaster is patented, 1898
August 17
Archeology Day
Davy Crockett's Birthday Born in Tennessee in 1786.
National ThriftShop Day
August 18
Bad Poetry Day
August 19
National Aviation Day (Joanne)
Potato Day
Snuffleupagus's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
August 20
John Milton publishes Paradise Lost, an epic poem about the fall of Adam and Eve, 1667
August 21
Hawaii becomes the 50th state, 1959
National Homeless Animal Day (LadyGator)
August 22
National Spumoni Day
The first local chapter of the American National Red Cross founded by Clara Barton, 1881
Be an Angel Day
Tooth Fairy Day (Teena)
August 23
Ride the Wind Day
August 24
St. Barthelemy Day
August 25
Kiss and Make Up Day
National Banana Split Day
August 26th
Women's Equality Day
Make Your Own Luck Day
Amendment 19, giving women in the U.S. the right to vote, is ratified, 1920
Ford’s latest luxury car, the Edsel, rolls off the assembly line, 1957
August 27th
Confucius is born, 551 BCE
Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes Tarzan of the Apes, 1912
August 28th
Race your Mouse Day -but we are not sure what kind of "mouse"
2 teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan, start a local delivery service, American Messenger Company (later called United Parcel Service), in Seattle, 1907
One of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, reaches its climax at the base of the Lincoln Memorial when MLK delivers his I Have a Dream speech to more than 200,000 civil rights demonstrators, 1963
August 29
"According to Hoyle" Day
August 30
Huey P. Long Day (Louisiana)
Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31
National Trail Mix Day
