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AUGUST 9 1808 William Thomas Ward (August 9, 1808 – October 12, 1878) was a brigadier general in the United […]

1942 – The U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on

1782 – At his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, General George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army,

AUGUST 7 1742 Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of

AUGUST 6 1656 Claude, chevalier, then count de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656 – 4 March 1733) was a French naval

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known

August 5, 1962 Marilyn Monroe’s housekeeper wakes in the middle of the night and sees Monroe’s bedroom light on. Unable

The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a

AUGUST 5 1681 Vitus Jonassen Bering (baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741) also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering,

The USS Agawam and the USS C. P. Williams, models by nationally recognized builder Bill Emerson will leave Rochester for