| National Inventor's Month | August |
| Get Ready for Kindergarten Month | August |
| William Clark's Birthday | Aug 1, 1770 |
| Birth of World Wide Web | Aug 1, 1990 |
| U.S. Purchases Alaska From Russia for $7.2 Million Dollars | Aug 1, 1868 |
| Anne Frank's Last Diary Entry | Aug 1, 1944 |
| First US Census | Aug 1, 1790 |
| Francis Scott Key's Birthday | Aug 1, 1779 |
| Emanicpation of 500 | Aug 1, 1791 |
| Albert Einstein's Atomic Bomb Letter to President Franklin Roosevelt | Aug 2, 1939 |
| Total Solar Eclipse | Aug 1, 2008 |
| Declaration of Independence Signed | Aug 2, 1776 |
| Columbus Sails for New World | Aug 3, 1492 |
| Atomic Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima | Aug 6, 1945 |
| Operation Desert Shield begins | Aug 7, 1990 |
| Beijing Olympics 2008 | Aug 8-24, 2008 |
| President Nixon Resigns | Aug 9, 1974 |
Smithsonian Act of Organization Passes
Congress and is Signed by President James K. Polk | Aug 10, 1846 |
| IBM Launches PC | Aug 12, 1981 |
| Perseids Meteor Shower | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Berlin Wall Erected | Aug 13, 1961 |
| Athens Olympics 2004 | Aug 13-29, 2004 |
| Opening of Panama Canal | Aug 15, 1914 |
| Completion of Transcontinental U.S. Railway | Aug 15, 1870 |
| Wilbur Wright's Birthday | Aug 16, 1867 |
| Partial Lunar Eclipse | Aug 16, 2008 |
| Sand Castle Day | Aug 17, 2008 |
| Meriwether Lewis' Birthday | Aug 18, 1774 |
| Nineteenth Amendment Ratified | Aug 18, 1920 |
| Paula Danziger's Birthday | Aug 18, 1945 |
| Orville Wright's Birthday | Aug 19, 1871 |
| National Aviation Day | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration Begins | Aug 21, 2008 |
| Astronomers Demote Pluto to Dwarf Planet | Aug 24, 2006 |
| Democratic National Convention | Aug 25-28, 2008 |
| First Landfall of Hurricane Katrina | Aug 25, 2005 |
| National Park Service Established | Aug 25, 1916 |
| "Wizard of Oz" film Released | Aug 25, 1939 |
| U.S. Open Tennis | Aug 25 - Sep 7, 2008 |
| National Dog Day | Aug 26, 2008 |
| 19th Amendment Signed into Law | Aug 26, 1920 |
| Women's Equality Day | Aug 26, 2008 |
| National Dog Day | Aug 26, 2008 |
Martin Luther King Gives
"I have a dream" Speech | Aug 28, 1963 |
| Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf Coast | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Diana, Princess of Wale's Death | Aug 31, 1997 |
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