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August 10, 1927 The Mount Rushmore memorial is dedicated. It was completed in 1941. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered […]

AUGUST 10 1729 William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 – 12 July 1814) was a British

1945 – A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s

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