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History of 6 August
History of 6 August
1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war against Russia. Serbia declared war against Germany.
1926 - Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to...
History of 5 August
History of 5 August
1914 - The first electric traffic signal lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
1921 - The first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball...
History of 4 August
History of 4 August
1914 - Britain declared war on Germany. The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality.
1921 - The first radio broadcast of a tennis match...
History of 3 August
History of 3 August
1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was founded.
1914 - Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I...
History of 2 August
History of 2 August
1921 - Eight White Sox players were acquitted of throwing the 1919 World Series.
1926 - John Barrymore and Mary Astor starred...
History of 1 August
History of 1 August
1907 - The U.S. Army established an aeronautical division that later became the U.S. Air Force.
1914 - Germany declared war on...
History of 31 July
History of 31 July
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was adopted.
1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first...
History of 30 July
History of 30 July
1932 - Walt Disney's "Flowers and Trees" premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to...
History of 29 July
History of 29 July
1914 - The first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San...
History of 28 July
History of 28 July
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
1932 - Federal troops forcibly dispersed the "Bonus Army"...
History of 27 July
History of 27 July
1909 - Orville Wright set a record for the longest airplane flight. He was testing the first Army airplane and kept...
History of 26 July
History of 26 July
1907 - The Chester was launched. It was the first turbine-propelled ship.
1908 - U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order that...