When two Houston police officers struck Corporal Charles Baltimore in the head on August 23rd, 1917, it was because he asked too many questions…
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The addition of Hawaii as a state on August 21, 1959, finally completed the U.S. flag and gave Americans an expensive but beautiful place…
When Charles D. Begole, Albert H. Johnson, and John Lucas summited Mount Whitney on August 18, 1873, it was to the chagrin of Clarence…
When August rolls around in Galveston, Texas, townies tend to listen better. They’re paying attention to the weather. On August 17, 1915, a hurricane…
Few people know, above McGruff the Crime Dog, Smokey Bear was the longest running, most recognizable figure in a public service announcement (PSA) of…
It was the dog days of summer, August 8, 1942, in Washington, D.C. when six Nazi saboteurs served out the sentences of their military…
The day NASA fired up the thrusters of the Thor DM-18 Able III rocket, it was 58 years ago on August 7, 1959. Onboard…
The soundtrack to the movie “Purple Rain,” hit the shelves in June of 1984. By August 4 the soundtrack hit number one on the Billboard…
When confessed ex-communist, Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) on August 3, 1948, he dropped a bomb. He ousted Alger…
When the small gang of thugs strung Frank Little by his throat on August 1, 1917, it wasn’t because he was half Native American, nor…
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