August 2009 Homeschooling Resource Calendar
August 1 - Colorado Admission Day - 1876
August 2 - Declaration of Independence signed - 1776
August 2 - Lincoln Penny issued - 1909
August 3 - Christopher Columbus set sail - 1492
August 5 - Neil Armstrong's birthday - 1930
August 6 - Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima - 1945
August 10 - Missouri Admission Day - 1821
August 14 - Japan agrees to surrender to the Allies - 1945
August 18 - Virginia Dare born - 1587
August 19 - National Aviation Day
August 24 - Mt. Vesuvius eruption - 79
August 26 - Charles Lindbergh died - 1974
August 27 - Krakatoa eruption
August 28 - "I Have a Dream" speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.
August 29 - Hurricane Katrina - 2005
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