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August 2021
August is “American Artist Appreciation Month”
August is “American Artist Appreciation Month”
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Sun. Aug. 1
Herman Melville (author of Moby Dick) born, 1819
Colorado became a state, 1876
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Mon. Aug. 2
Persian Gulf War started when Iraq invaded Kuwait, 1990
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Tue. Aug. 3
First ships passed through the Panama Canal, 1914
National Watermelon Day
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Wed. Aug. 4
John Venn born, 1834
Barack Obama born, 1961
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Thu. Aug. 5
Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) born, 1930
Read about Armstrong and the moon, then take a quiz on the moon.
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Fri. Aug. 6
Independence Day, Jamaica
Hiroshima Day, anniversary of atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, 1945
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Sat. Aug. 7
US Launches Explorer VI, taking the first pictures of Earth from space, 1959
National Lighthouse Day
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Sun. Aug. 8
Matthew Henson (Arctic explorer) born, 1886
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Mon. Aug. 9
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals, 1936
International Art Appreciation Day
Book Lovers Day
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Tue. Aug. 10
Independence Day, Ecuador (Ecuador declared its independence from Spain in 1809)
Construction Began on Mt. Rushmore
Missouri became a state, 1821
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Wed. Aug. 11
Independence Day, Chad (Chad gained independence from France in 1960)
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Fri. Aug. 13
Friday the 13th
International Left-Handers Day
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Sat. Aug. 14
Pakistan became independent of British rule, 1947
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Sun. Aug. 15
Independence Day India, 1947
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Tue. Aug. 17
Phobos, a Martian moon, discovered, 1877
Read about Mars, then take a quiz.
Davy Crockett born, 1786
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Thu. Aug. 19
Wilbur Wright born, 1867
Potato Day
Label the vegetables in Spanish, in French, or in German.
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Sat. Aug. 21
State Day, Hungary
Hawaii became a state, 1959
Read a page on Hawaii, then take a quiz.
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Sun. Aug. 22
National Tooth Fairy Day
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Mon. Aug. 23
Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Aquala, 1821
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Tue. Aug. 24
Ukrainian Independence Day
Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii, AD 79
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Wed. Aug. 25
Amelia Earhart completes non-stop transcontinental flight (across North America) in 19 hrs and 5 mins, 1932
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Thu. Aug. 26
Liberia became an independent republic, 1847
National Dog Day, US
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Sat. Aug. 28
Dream Day - Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, 1963
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Sun. Aug. 29
Atahualpa, the last Incan King of Peru, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro, and the Inca empire died, 1533
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Mon. Aug. 30
Jacques-Louis David (artist) born, 1748
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (author of "Frankenstein") born, 1797
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Tue. Aug. 31
Maria Montessori (teacher) born, 1870
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