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21

Hawaii, the fiftieth state

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24

British troops enter Washington, D.C.

Aug

28

Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas

Aug

28

14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement

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28

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech"

Aug

28

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

August 2018

Day Week Month Year

Aug

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
29	30	31	1 Colorado, the thirty-eighth state	2 Declaration of Independence signed	3	4 Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard
5	6 Battle of Mobile Bay Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan	7	8	9 Richard Nixon resigns as President Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan	10 Missouri, the twenty-fourth state	11
12	13	14	15 Japan announces its surrender to the Allied Forces	16	17	18
19	20	21 Hawaii, the fiftieth state	22	23	24 British troops enter Washington, D.C.	25
26	27	28 Second Battle of Bull Run/Manassas 14 year old Emett Till murdered, sparking Civil Rights Movement March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech"	29	30	31	1
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