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On September 5, 1836, Sam Houston is elected as president of Texas. After Houston led a successful military rebellion in the Texas...

On September 4, 1951, at 7:30 p.m. PT, President Harry S. Truman was able to make the first transcontinental television broadcast. Truman...

On September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the American Revolutionary War. Representatives from the U.S.,...

On August 30, 1990, the first father and son made Major League Baseball history when they took the field together. Ken Griffey, 40 and...

On August 29, 2005, deemed as one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans,...

On August 28, 1963, Dr. martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in...

On August 26, 1920, after more than 70 years of woman suffragists fighting, the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote is formally...

On August 23, 1947, the Williamsport “Maynard Midgets” were crowned the first Little League World Series (LLWS) champions. The original...

On August 22, 1902, Henry Leland founded the Cadillac automobile company. After Henry Ford left the Henry Ford Company after a dispute...

On August 21, 1950, Hawaii became the 50th state in America. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation admitting Hawaii into...

On August 19, 1909, what is now the most famous motor racing competition, The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, held its first race.  Local...

On August 16, 1896, gold was discovered in Canada’s Yukon Territory. George Carmack reportedly found the nuggets of gold in a creek bed....

On August 15, 1899, Henry Ford resigned from his chief engineer position at the Edison Illuminating Company’s main plant in Detroit, MI....

On August 14, 2003, a major power outage knocked out electricity across the eastern U.S. and parts of Canada. The outage began at 4:10...

On August 13, 1942, Disney’s “Bambi” was released in the U.S. It was the first movie Disney had done where all the characters were...

On August 12, 1973, American golfer Jack Nicklaus won his 14th major title in the Professional Golfer’s Association (PGA). Nicklaus,...

August 10th, 1977... On August 10th, 1977,  police in New York arrest 24 year old David Berkowitz charging him with being the "Son of...

On August 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th American president in the East Room of the White House after...

On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced on a televised address that he would be the first president in history to resign....

On August 7, 1782, General George Washington created the “Badge of Military Merit,” known today as the “Purple Heart.” The original badge...