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This Week's Birthdays

 Friday, Jul 3 Samuel Huntington
 Saturday, Jul 4 Calvin Coolidge
 Monday, Jul 6 George Walker Bush
 Monday, Jul 6 Nancy Reagan
 Monday, Jul 6 John Paul Jones
 Wednesday, Jul 8 Nelson Rockefeller

This Week's Events

 Thursday, Jul 2 James Garfield shot
 Thursday, Jul 2 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
 Thursday, Jul 2 Amelia Earhart and plane missing over central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island
 Friday, Jul 3 Idaho, the forty-third state
 Saturday, Jul 4 Declaration of Independence adopted
 Wednesday, Jul 8 British burn Fairfield, Connecticut
Welcome!

Welcome to AmericanHistoryCalendar.com. This site is devoted to showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. Birthdays of people in American history as well as events in American history can be viewed using these AJAX enabled calendars. Events can be downloaded and loaded into your iCal compliant calendar program (click on the subscribe link at the bottom of the calendar). There is a print button on the calendar that allows you to create a printer friendly calendar. RSS feeds are also available that display the week's birthdays and events.

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The People and Events Calendars

We are adding birthdays and events all the time, so come back and visit us again to see what's new. Or, better yet, subscribe to one or both of our calendars to receive new birthdays or events automatically in your favorite calendar program.

Recently Added Features:

  • Locations are now displayed within a map using Google Maps.
  • RSS feeds for this week's birthdays and events
  • Search for people or events using the search box at the top of the page
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Ideas for Teachers

Here are some ways teachers can use this site:

  • Use the birthday calendar to highlight famous people who are celebrating birthdays for the week.
  • From December to February, add six months to the current date to celebrate the "half" birthdays of famous people to celebrate birthdays that occur during the summer months.
  • Use the search box at the top of the web page to search for events that occurred in your state.
  • Use the search box at the top of the web page to search for famous people from your state.
 

 

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