AUG | · Leo: July 23rd
- Aug 22nd · Virgo: Aug 23rd
- Sept 22nd · Birthstone: Jade,
Peridot · August Flower: Gladiolus |
AUG | · Inventors Month (National, US) |
AUG | · Immunization Awareness Month |
AUG 1-7 | ·
National Clown Week |
FRI 1 | KIWANIS MEETING 7:15
GUEST SPEAKER TBA Simply Ambrosia 577 Rancho
Santa Fe Rd · The first Jeep is produced in 1941. |
SAT 2 | ·  DIVISION 37 DCM RAMONA HOSTS – 9:15 AM AT THE JOSLYN SENIOR CENTER 210 E. PARK AVE, ESCONDIDO ·
KIDZWATCH ACADEMY 10 am – 12 noon BIKE SAFETY & RODEO San Marcos Civic Center · The
first Lincoln penny was issued in 1909. · Mustard Day |
SUN 3 | · National Watermelon Day · Forgiveness Day ·
Kids Day (National, US) · International Friendship Day |
MON 4 | · BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 5:30 pm ·
U. S. Coast Guard was established in 1790 |
TUES 5 | · National Night Out · American Bandstand debuted on ABC network in 1957 |
WED 6 | · Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping in 1926 |
THUR 7 | ·
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MODIE MOORE · The
Purple Heart Medal was established in 1782 |
FRI 8 | · KIWANIS MEETING 7:15 BUSINESS MEETING - NO GUEST SPEAKER Simply Ambrosia 577 Rancho
Santa Fe Rd · Dollar Day, The US $1 note was created in 1862 ·
Bonza Bottler Day |
SAT 9 | · KIDZWATCH ACADEMY GRADUATION San Marcos Community Center
10 am – 12:30 · The
United States Forest Service releases posters featuring Smokey the Bear for the first time in 1944. ·
Betty Boop premiered in her first cartoon, Dizzy Dishes in 1930. |
SUN 10 | · Smores Day |
MON 11 | · The
Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island in 1934. |
TUES 12 | · 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY OLGA AND ROBERTO
· The first IBM Personal Computer was announced in 1981 |
WED 13 | · International Left-Handers Day |
THUR 14 | ·
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE KOVRIG · CAL-NEV-HA DISTRICT CONVENTION, ANAHEIM August 14-17 · The Social Security Act providing old age insurance to all working Americans inaugurated in 1935 ·
A Patent was issued for the whiffle ball in 1953 |
FRI 15 | · KIWANIS MEETING 7:15 GUEST
SPEAKER TBA Simply Ambrosia 577 Rancho Santa Fe Rd · 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN ORENCIA ·
CAL-NEV-HA DISTRICT CONVENTION - ANAHEIM August 14-17
·
Woodstock Festival 1969 |
SAT 16 | · CAL-NEV-HA DISTRICT CONVENTION ANAHEIM
August 14-17 - OUR VERY
OWN BETTY WILL BE INSTALLED AS DIVISION
37 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR 2008-2009 · Elvis Presley died in 1977 at the age of 42 ·
The roller coaster was patented in 1898 |
SUN 17 | · CAL-NEV-HA DISTRICT CONVENTION ANAHEIM
August 14-17 · Pencil Day |
MON 18 | · The
Wizard of Oz movie premiered in 1939 · National Homeless Animal Day |
TUES 19 | · National Aviation Day in honor of Orville Wright’s Birthday |
WED 20 | · 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY MELENA · Lou Gehrig hit his 23rd career grand slam in 1938 - a record that still stands. |
THUR 21 | ·
The movie “Dirty Dancing” debuted in 1987 |
FRI 22 | ·
KIWANIS MEETING 7:15 GUEST SPEAKER TBA Simply Ambrosia 577 Rancho Santa Fe Rd ·
Be An Angel Day |
SAT23 | · Sally debuts (as an infant) in the Peanuts cartoon strip in 1959. |
SUN 24 | · 1891
- Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. |
MON 25 | · 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS MANGEN ·
United States National Park Service was created in 1916 |
TUES 26 | · Women's Equality Day (a/k/a Susan B. Anthony Day) |
WED 27 | ·
The first successful oil well is drilled in the US near Titusville,
PA by Edwin Drake on August 27, 1859. |
THUR 28 | · Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 |
FRI 29 | ·
KIWANIS MEETING 7:15 GUEST SPEAKER TBA Simply Ambrosia 577 Rancho Santa Fe Rd · 1966
- Last Beatles concert, in San Francisco · 1898 – Goodyear Tire Company is founded. |
SAT 30 | · Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1909 |
SUN 31 | ·
San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Grand Summer Festival
9 am – 5 pm Via Vera Cruz, San Marcos · 1931 - Production of Ford Motor Company's Model A ends, with 4.3 million produced. |
