TITLE

JUBILEE CALENDAR

PUB. DATE

February 2010

SOURCE

American Speaker;Feb2010, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents significant events that happened on each day of the month of August at various times in history. It is remembered that on August 1, 1768, colonial merchants decided to boycott English goods in Boston, Massachusetts. On August 2, 1943, a young lieutenant in the U.S. Navy helped save several members of his crew. On August 3, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president of the U.S.

ACCESSION #

52683184

Tags: UNITED States -- History;  AUGUST (Month);  COOLIDGE, Calvin, 1872-1933;  UNITED States. Navy

 

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