This Week 8/5-8/12: The World Would Never Be the Same

Ben Jonson died (1637). Patriot Nathanael Greene was born (1742). Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born (1809).

"The Claremont, Fulton's first steamboat, made a successful trip from New York to Albany." (1807)

Missouri became the 24th state (1821).

Smithsonian Institution was established (1846).

The Battle of Mobile Bay was fought (1864).

And on August 6, 1945, a plane named Enola Gay took off  North Field in the Mariana Islands.
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Mary Emogene Hazeltine. Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them. American Library Association, Chicago. 1928.
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.
William J. Bennett and John T.E.. Cribb. The American Patriot's Almanac. Thomas Nelson, Nashville. 2008.