Educators' Calendar: United States

August 2024

28th July

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29th July

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30th July

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31st July

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1st August

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2nd August

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3rd August

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28th July

29th July

30th July

31st July

1st August

Colorado Admission Day (1876)

2nd August

Ice Cream Sandwich Day

Declaration of Independence Signed (1776)

First U.S. Census: Population 3,929,214 (1790)

Lincoln Penny Issued (1909)

3rd August

Columbus Set Sail (1492)

William Faulkner Stamp Issued (1987)

4th August

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6th August

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7th August

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8th August

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9th August

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10th August

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4th August

Musician Louis Armstrong's Birthday (1901)

Nazis Arrested Anne Frank & Family (1944)

President Barack Obama's Birthday (1961)

5th August

Electric Traffic Lights First Installed (1914)

Astronaut Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)

6th August

Bacteriologist Alexander Fleming's Birthday (1881)

Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (1945)

Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed as First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice (2009)

7th August

National Kids Day

Friendship Day

First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)

Lynne Cox Swam Bering Strait (1987)

8th August

Great Train Robbery Thieves Stole $6M (1963)

First Canadian Turtle Derby (1972)

Pres. Nixon Announced Resignation (1974)

9th August

International Art Appreciation Day

Psychologist Jean Piaget's Birthday (1896)

Jesse Owens Won Four Olympic Gold Medals (1936)

10th August

Smithsonian Institution Opened (1846)

Japanese Internment Survivors Awarded $20K (1988)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Joined Supreme Court (1993)

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11th August

Martian Moon Phobos Discovered (1677)

First Inmates Arrived at Alcatraz (1934)

12th August

International Youth Day

Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)

13th August

International Left-Hander's Day

Activist Lucy Stone's Birthday (1818)

First Two-Way Satellite Conversation (1948)

China Announced Cultural Revolution (1966)

14th August

Japan Agreed to Surrender in WWII (1945)

Largest Blackout in U.S. History (2003)

15th August

Chef Julia Child's Birthday (1912)

Panama Canal Opened (1914)

Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opened (1969)

New Solar System Discovered (2001)

16th August

Bathysphere Reached Record Depth (1934)

17th August

Folk Hero Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)

Klondike Gold Rush Began (1896)

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24th August

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18th August

First American Child of English Parents Born (1587)

Explorer Meriwether Lewis's Birthday (1774)

19th Amendment Ratified (Women's Right to Vote) (1920)

King Kong Premiered (1933)

19th August

Aviation Day

Adolf Hitler Elected Fuhrer (1934)

Pres. Bill Clinton's Birthday (1946)

20th August

Pres. Benjamin Harrison's Birthday (1833)

21st August

Tooth Fairy Day

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Began (1858)

Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)

Hawaii Statehood Day (1959)

22nd August

Writer Annie Proulx's Birthday (1935)

23rd August

International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade & Its Abolition

Sacco & Vanzetti Executed Amid Protest (1927)

24th August

Mount Vesuvius Erupted (79)

Mexico Gained Independence from Spain (1821)

First Swimmer Crossed the English Channel (1875)

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28th August

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25th August

New Orleans Founded by French (1718)

Athlete Althea Gibson's Birthday (1927)

Earth First Photographed from the Moon (1966)

26th August

Women's Equality Day

27th August

Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday (1908)

28th August

First Radio Commercial Broadcasted (1922)

MLK Gave "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)

29th August

Musician Charlie Parker's Birthday (1920)

Hurricane Katrina Devastated Gulf Coast (2005)

30th August

Cleopatra Committed Suicide (-30)

Author Mary Shelley's Birthday (1797)

Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as First Black Supreme Court Justice (1967)

31st August

International Blog Day

Trail Mix Day

Princess Diana Died (1997)

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Kids' Vision and Learning Month

Happiness Happens Month