Surfing the Calendar
- National Inventor’s MonthAugust
- Get Ready for Kindergarten MonthAugust
- Berlin Wall ErectedAug 13, 1961
- Hans Christian Ørsted’s BirthdayAug 14, 1777
- PowerPoint First ReleasedAug 14, 1984
- Sand Castle DayAug 14, 2018
- Completion of Transcontinental U.S. RailwayAug 15, 1870
- Opening of Panama CanalAug 15, 1914
- Wilbur Wright’s BirthdayAug 16, 1867
- Meriwether Lewis’ BirthdayAug 18, 1774
- Nineteenth Amendment RatifiedAug 18, 1920
- Paula Danziger’s BirthdayAug 18, 1945
- Orville Wright’s BirthdayAug 19, 1871
- National Honey Bee DayAug 18, 2018
- National Aviation DayAug 19, 2018
- Great American Solar EclipseAug 21, 2017
- Monarch Butterfly Fall Migration BeginsAug 22, 2018
- Astronomers Demote Pluto to Dwarf PlanetAug 24, 2006
- National Park Service EstablishedAug 25, 1916
- “Wizard of Oz” film ReleasedAug 25, 1939
- First Landfall of Hurricane KatrinaAug 25, 2005
- 19th Amendment Signed into LawAug 26, 1920
- National Dog DayAug 26, 2018
- Women’s Equality DayAug 26, 2018
- U.S. Open TennisAug 27 - Sep 10, 2018
- Martin Luther King Gives “I Have a Dream” SpeechAug 28, 1963
- Hurricane Katrina Devastates Gulf CoastAug 29, 2005
- Diana, Princess of Wale’s DeathAug 31, 1997
- National Honey MonthSeptember
- National School Success MonthSeptember
- National Piano MonthSeptember
- National Save A Tiger MonthSeptember
- National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education MonthSeptember
- Library Card Signup MonthSeptember
- National 5-A-Day MonthSeptember
- Save the Koala MonthSeptember
- D.A.R.E. LaunchedSep 1, 1983
- Titanic Wreck DiscoveredSep 1, 1985
- Great Fire of LondonSep 2, 1666
- US Treasury EstablishedSep 2, 1789
- General Sherman Enters AtlantaSep 2, 1864
- Vietnam Independence DaySep 2, 1945
