- July 11: Skylab crashes back to Earth,
1979
July 11: World Population passes 5 billion mark, 1987
July 13: Erno Rubik's birthday
July 14: Bastille Day
July 14: Mariner 4 takes picture of face on Mars, 1965- July 15: St. Swithin's Day (if it rains, it'll rain for 40 days more)
July 16: First atomic bomb detonated, 1945
July 17: POW-MIA Recognition Day
July 17: Opening day of Disneyland, 1955 - July 15: St. Swithin's Day (if it rains, it'll rain for 40 days more)
- July 18: Edward Kennedy sinks his car
(and Mary Jo) at Chappaquiddick, 1969
July 18: Ice Cream Sundae Sunday
July 20: Apollo 11 lunar module lands on the moon, 1969
July 21: Gus Grissom's mercury capsule sinks to the ocean floor, 1961- July 22: Edward Hopper's Birthday
July 23: Leo phase begins
July 23 Miss America Resigns, 1984
July 24: Instant coffee is invented, 1938 - July 22: Edward Hopper's Birthday
- July 25: The Sinking of the Andrea Doria,
1956
July 25: Fluxx invented, 1996
July 26: The Hula Hoop becomes a hit, 1958
July 27: Hurricane Supplication Day, Virgin Islands- July 29: NASA created, 1958
July 30: "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956
July 31: Shredded wheat patented, 1893 - July 29: NASA created, 1958
- August 1: Friendship Day
August 1: MTV goes on the air, 1981
August 2: The elevator is invented, 1743
August 4: John Lennon points out that the Beatles are more popular than Jesus, 1966
August 5: Marilyn Monroe checks out, 1962
August 5: The Gen-con gaming convention in Milwaukee begins
August 6: Hiroshima destroyed by atomic bomb, 1945
August 7: Congress authorizes war in Vietnam, 1964
- August 8: Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your
Neighbors' Porch Night (to get rid of extra zucchini, give it
to your neighbors at night)
August 9: Nagasaki destroyed by atomic bomb, 1945
August 9: Richard Nixon resigns presidency, 1974
August 9: Jerry Garcia stops touring, 1995
August 11: President Reagan outlaws Russia, orders immediate bombing, 1984
August 12: Hawaii annexed by U.S., 1898
August 13: International Lefthanders' Day
August 13: Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday
August 13: Friday the 13th
August 14: Gary Larson's Birthday
August 14: National Hippie Day
August 15: Woodstock Music Festival, 1969
August 16: Elvis died... or did he? 1977
August 17: Clinton confesses to affair with Monica Lewinksy 1998
August 18: 19th Amendment gives women the right to vote, 1920
August 19: 2 Russian dogs make first round trip into space, 1960
August 21: Ozma's Birthday
August 23: Ernie Bushmiller's Birthday
August 23: Virgo phase begins
August 24: Mt. Vesuvius destroys Pompeii, 79 AD
August 24: Fall of Rome, 410 AD
August 24: Washington DC burned by the British, 1814
August 24: Windows '95 released, 1995
August 25: Paris Liberation Day, 1944
August 26: Krakatoa eruption, 1883
August 28: Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous "I have a dream" speech, 1963
August 30: Princess Diana dies in a car wreck, 1997
August 31: The Burning Man Festival (in the Nevada Desert) is underway
September 2: Magic: The Gathering patented, 1997
September 4: Ford introduces the Edsel, 1957
September 7: First Miss America Pageant, 1921
September 8: Star Trek debuts, 1966
September 8: Ford pardons Nixon, 1974
September 9: Hot dog invented, 1884
September 10: Sewing Machine patented by Elias Howe, 1846
September 11: Rosh Hashanah
September 12: Grandparents' Day
September 13: Moon catapulted out of Earth orbit, 1999 (at least according to the series Space: 1999)
September 14: Fort McHenry bombed (but the flag was still there), 1814
September 15: Battle of Britain day
September 16: Baboon heart transplanted into a human, 1984
September 17: US Constitution signed, 1787
September 18: US Government begins borrowing money, 1789
September 20: National Thank You Day
September 21: H.G. Wells' Birthday
September 22: Frodo and Bilbo's birthday
September 23: First day of Autumn / Autumnal Equinox 7:31 am
September 23: Libra phase begins
September 24: Jim Hensen's birthday
September 24: Native American day
September 25: National One-Hit Wonders day
September 28: Confucius's Birthday
September 29: Marge and Homer Simpsons' Wedding Anniversary
September 30: End of the Federal Fiscal Year: Is there a budget? Will the Government shut down?
