Events in History

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Aug

01

Colorado, the thirty-eighth state

Aug

02

Declaration of Independence signed

Aug

04

Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard

Aug

06

Battle of Mobile Bay

Aug

06

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

Aug

09

Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan

August 2026

Day Week Month Year

Aug

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
26 New York, the eleventh state	27	28	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 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki, Japan Richard Nixon resigns as President	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 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" Speech	29
30	31	1	2 Japanese sign Instrument of Surrender	3	4	5
Event times are in their local time zone

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