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August 9 – The abolitionist Free Soil Party is founded by former president, Martin Van Buren in Buffalo, New York. August 14 – Oregon Territory is established. August 19 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in ...
A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States; Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States; The History of the United States of America 1801–1817; Oxford History of the United States; The Penguin History of the United States of America ...
And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquillity, and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America. [50] This final date, August 20, 1866, was adopted as the legal end of the Civil War by United States courts, departments, and agencies, as well as ...
August 31 – The Young Plan, which sets the total World War I reparations owed by Germany at US$26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58½ years, is finalized. September 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) peaks at 381.17, a height it will not reach again until November 1954.
August 8 – Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld, professor of jurisprudence (died 1918) August 15 – Ethel Barrymore, actress (died 1959) August 20 – Ralph Budd, railroad president (died 1962) August 27 – Otis F. Glenn, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1928 to 1933 (died 1959) August 28 – Sydney Ayres, silent film actor (died 1916)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 November 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
The march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. [6] Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, was the most integral and highest-ranking white organizer of the march. [10] [11] The march is credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 4 – The United States centennial is celebrated. August 1 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state (see History of Colorado). Senate votes to acquit former Secretary of War William W. Belknap of all impeached charges relating to the trader post scandal. August 2 – Wild Bill Hickok is killed during a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota.