July 30
Henry Ford born 1863 [1]
July 31
The Donner Party left Fort Bridger, Wyoming in 1846 en route to California via an "untried route. ... It turned out to be a road to disaster." [2]
August 1
Jean Baptiste de Lemark born 1774 [1]
William Clark born 1770 [1]
Herman Melville born 1819 [3]
First U.S. census reports
August 2
Pierre Charles L'Enfant born 1754 [3] (You can squeeze a lot of folks into a city arranged as a wheel.)
U.S. War Department "purchased its first military war plane from the Wright Brothers in 1909, thus founding the Army Corps." [3]
August 3
Germany declares war on France and Belgium 1914 [1]
August 4
Percy Bysshe Shelley born 1792 [1]
Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 [1]
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References
[1] Mary Emogene Hazeltine. Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them. American Library Association, Chicago. 1928.
[2] William J. Bennett and John T.E.. Cribb. The American Patriot's Almanac. Thomas Nelson, Nashville. 2008.
[3] Mary E. Hazeltine, Judith K. Sollenberger (ed.). Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them Second Edition, Completely Revised. American Library Association, Chicago. 1965.
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