This Week's Birthdays

 Sunday, Jul 6 George Walker Bush
 Sunday, Jul 6 Nancy Reagan
 Tuesday, Jul 8 Nelson Rockefeller
 Thursday, Jul 10 George M. Dallas
 Friday, Jul 11 John Quincy Adams
 

This Week's Events

 Tuesday, Jul 8 British burn Fairfield, Connecticut
 Thursday, Jul 10 Wyoming, the forty-fourth state
 Friday, Jul 11 British burn Norwalk, Connecticut
 Friday, Jul 11 British evacuate Savannah, GA
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.

Thanks for visiting!

 
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:

  • RSS feeds for this week's birthdays and events (May 20, 2008)
  • Search for people or events using the search box at the top of the page (May 12, 2008)
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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.