August 30. FDR's Wealth Tax enacted in 1935.
August 29. Founding of the Goodyear Tire Company in 1898.
August 28. Slavery is banned throughout most of British Empire in 1933.
August 27. Oil is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859.
August 26. Walter Johnson has Winning Streak stopped at 16 in 1912.
August 25. United States Park Service becomes a part of the Department of the Interior in 1916.
August 23. Napoleon leaves Egypt in 1799.
August 22. Yacht 'America' wins first America's Cup in 1851.
August 21. Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. State in 1959.
