“The month of AUGUST is traditionally very HOT.” Q
Partial list of notable events happening in the month of August. For the full list visit the following website : http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/august.htm
August 2, 1776 - In Philadelphia, most of the 55 members of the Continental Congress signed the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence.
August 2, 1923 - President Warren G. Harding died suddenly in a hotel.
August 2, 1990 - The Iraqi army invaded Kuwait.
August 3, 1492 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three ships, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
August 4, 1962 - Apartheid opponent Nelson Mandela was arrested by security police in South Africa.
Birthday - Barack Obama the 44th U.S. President was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961.
August 5, 1583 - The first British colony in North America was founded by Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
August 5, 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the first Federal income tax at 3% over $800.
August 5, 1962 - Film star Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills.
August 5, 2011 - Standard & Poor downgraded the United States debt from a rating of AAA to a lesser AA+ rating, marking the first-ever decline of credit worthiness for the U.S.
August 6-10, 1787 - The Great Debate occurred during the Constitutional Convention.
August 6, 1945 - The first Atomic Bomb was dropped over the center of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m.
August 6, 1965 - The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
August 7, 1964 - U.S. Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
August 7, 1990 - President George Bush orders Desert Shield.
August 8, 1945 - Soviet Russia declared war on Japan and sent troops into Japanese-held Manchuria.
August 9, 1945 - The second Atomic bombing of Japan occurred.
August 11-16, 1965 Watts riots.
August 12, 1676 - King Philip's War ended with the assassination of Metacom.
August 13, 1961 - The Berlin Wall came into existence.
August 14, 1935 - President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act.
August 14, 1941 - Atlantic Charter was issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
August 14, 1945 - V-J Day.
August 15, 1969 - Woodstock begins.
August 16, 1896 - Gold was discovered in Rabbit Creek, resulting in the Great Klondike Gold Rush.
August 16, 1977 - Elvis Presley was pronounced dead.
August 17, 1943 - completed the conquest of the island of Sicily after just 38 days.
August 17, 1998- Bill Clinton became the first sitting President to give testimony before a grand jury in which he, the President, was the focus of the investigation.
August 18, 1920 - The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
August 19, 1934 - In Germany, 89.9 percent of German voters approved granting Chancellor Adolf Hitler additional powers, including the office of president.
August 19, 1991 - Soviet hard-line Communists staged a coup, temporarily removing Mikhail Gorbachev from power.
August 21, 1959 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii to the Union as the 50th state.
August 21, 1983 - Filipino opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., was assassinated.
August 22, 1986 - Deadly fumes from a volcanic eruption in Cameroon killed more than 1,500 persons.
August 24, 79 A.D. - Vesuvius, erupted and destroyed the cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum.
August 24-25, 1814 - During the War of 1812, Washington, D.C., was invaded by British forces that burned the Capitol, the White House and most other public buildings along with several private homes.
August 26, 1883 - One of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurred on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa.
August 28, 1963 - The March on Washington occurred at which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his now-famous I Have a Dream speech.
August 29, 1991 - Following the unsuccessful coup of August 19-21, the Soviet Communist Party was suspended, thus ending the institution that ruled Soviet Russia for nearly 75 years.
August 31, 1997 - Britain's Princess Diana dies at age 36.