August 5 Abraham Lincoln imposes first federal income tax (1861)
August 7 George Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782)
August 7 Anniversary of U.S. troops landing on Guadalcanal (1942)
August 14 FDR signs the Social Secuirty Act (1935)
August 24 British troops set fire to White House (1814)
August 26 Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote (1920)
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