31 August Town Recaptured

1914 Germans Liberate Soldau/Neidenburg East-Prussia from Russians.

30 August Leader Survives

1918 Vladimir Lenin survives assassination attempt by Fanya Kaplan.

29 August Part of Ironclad Retrieved

1983 U.S.S. Monitor's anchor is retrieved.

28 Nations Declare War August Allies Win

1916 In response to the previous day's declaration of war Germany declares war on Romania Italy declares war on Germany
1944 Marsalies and Toulon Liberated .

27 August Nation Joins War

1916 Romania Declares War on Austria-Hungary.

26 August Repalcement Nonminated in Own Right

1964 Lyndon Johnson who was sworn in as president when Kennedy was killed receives nomination for president in own right at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City.

25 August Czar Comes Home

1698 Peter the Great arrives in Russia after a European tour.

24 August Fort Neutralized.

1916 Neutralization of the Fort at Liege.

23 August Monarch Takes Command

1915 Tsar Nicholas takes command of the Russian Army fighting the Austro-Hungarians and his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

22 August Generals Arrive

1914 Paul Von Hindenburg and Erich Von Ludendorff arrive in East Prussia to fight at Tannenberg

21 August Contact Lost

1993 NASA loses contact with Mars Observer.

20 August Famous "Star"

2 BC Venus Jupiter conjunction occurs resulting in a large point of light that has become known as the Star of Bethlehem.

19 August British Frigatte Looses

1812 The H.M.S. Guerriere is defeated by the U.S.S. Constitution off Nova Scotia.

18 August Bridge Dedicated

1938 Thousand Islands Bridge between United States and Canada dedicated.

17 August Nation Devided

1945 Korea divided into a Russian zone in the North and American zone in the South. Originally elections were to be held in the entire nation but Russia boycotted the western backed election for its own zone and set up a one-party Communist election.

16 August ...-- - - Between Heads of State

1858 Queen Victoria Telegraphs President James Buchanan over the first Transatlantic Cable which very quickly became waterlogged and broke down.

15 August Lonas Condemed

1914 William Jennings Bryan Write J.P. Morgan that loaning money to any belligerent power violates neutrality.

14 August Failing Ticket Re-nominated.

1980 Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale re-nominated.
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13 August Meeting Between Leaders

1909 King Edward VII meets with Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary to get him to dissuade Germany from anti British policies.

12 August First Afoordable Car Built

1908 Henry Ford builds first Model T.

11 August Distress!!!!!!

1909 SOS first used by a ship.

10 August Running Mate Chosen.

1996 Bob Dole chooses Jack Kemp as Bob Dole's Running mate. (Dole sometimes referred to himself in third person.)

9 August T.V. Teaches

1956 Alabama is first state to sponsor a Television Network.

8 August Leaders Set Cap

1911 Congress passes law that sets the number of representatives in House at 435 which set to go into effect at the next election and changed briefly when Alaska and Hawaii are admitted when the first congress is elected under the 1960 census the number drops  to 435 by taking away representation from places where the population had dwindled.

7 August Trump Makes Statement

2015 Donald Trump says Mergyn Kelly  Has Blood coming out of her eyes...

6 August Navy Ends Piracy

1815 Piracy from Barbary States ended by American Navy.

5 August State Troops Natioalzed

1917 National Guard placed under Presidential control.

4 August Future Dictator Recieves Medal

1918 Hitler receive Iron Cross on the recommendation of his commander who happened to be Jewish.

3 August Allies Land

1918 First allied troops land in Archangel, Soviet Union to assist those fighting against the Communist Revolution.

2 August False Report

1914 Newspapers in Germany incorrectly report France bombed Nurenburg.

1 August Town Occupied Empire Ends Slavery

1781 General Cornwallis  Occupies Yorktown.
1834 Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 goes into effect a little more than 31 years before the last slaves in America mostly held in the border state of Kentucky are freed.