Thursday, August 1
- Hillary Clinton is in Boca Raton, FL, where she visits the Bollen Senior Center to participate in a discussion with senior citizens.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - N.Y. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R) was born on this day in 1937.
- - The Late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown was born on this day in 1941.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1943, the government began building the nuclear plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., that would manufacture the uranium-235 needed to make the first atomic bomb.
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Friday, August 2
- Bob Dole travels to Atlanta, GA, for a tour of the Centennial Olympic Park, a UPS reception and a track and field competition.
- President Clinton meets with the Croatian president in the Oval Office and later that morning makes a statement concerning fair labor practices.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Former U.S. Delegate Ron de Lugo (D-Virgin Islands) was born on this day in 1930.
- - Pierre L'Enfant, the architect who designed Washington, D.C., was born on this day in 1754.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1776, some 50 American colonists signed the Declaration of Independence, which had been approved by the Continental Congress on July 4.
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Saturday, August 3
- Famous Birthdays:
- - John Scopes, who was convicted and fined $100 in 1925 for teaching evolution in school, was born on this day in 1900.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail for the West, incidentally discovering North America.
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Sunday, August 4
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Helen Thomas, long-time White House correspondent, was born on this day in 1920.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1964, the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were found in a Mississippi earthen dam.
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Monday, August 5
- Bob Dole gives a policy speech in Chicago, IL.
- Dick Lamm formally announces his vice presidential nominee in San Jose, CA.
- President Clinton delivers an address titled "American Security in a Changing World" at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Former astronaut Neil Armstrong was born on this day in 1930.
- - Thomas Lynch, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on this day in 1749.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1861, President Lincoln signed the first federal income tax law, but the measure was never put into effect and was rescinded 11 years later.
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Tuesday, August 6
- Bob Dole has no public events scheduled for today.
- President Clinton kicks off 1996 Paralympic Games Torch Relay, meets with Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson and signs the Safe Drinking Water Act.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Edith Roosevelt, the second wife of President Teddy Roosevelt, was born on this day in 1861.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1890, electrocution was first used in the U.S. to carry out the death penalty.
- - On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting discriminatory tests and poll taxes used to keep minorities from voting.
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Wednesday, August 7
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards was born on this day in 1943.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1789, Congress created the War Department.
- - On this day in 1990, President Bush responded to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by ordering the Desert Shield military buildup.
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Thursday, August 8
- Bob Dole is in Washington, D.C., all day and has no public appearances scheduled.
- President Clinton is in Salinas, Los Angeles and Santa Monica, CA.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - North Dakota Gov. Edward Schafer (R) was born on this day in 1946.
- - Joan Adams Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, was born on this day in 1930.
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Friday, August 9
- Bob Dole speaks at the Eisenhower Museum and Family Home in Abilene, KS, and later
attends a rally in Russell, KS.
- President Clinton's speech in Ontario, CA, has been cancelled.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Nebraska Sen. J. James Exon (D) was born on this day in 1921.
- On This Day In History:
- - President Nixon's resignation was effective noon this day in 1974. Facing probable impeachment over the Watergate scandal, Nixon became the first president to resign office.
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Saturday, August 10
- Bob Dole is riding the "Victory Express" train through California to the San Diego Republican National Convention.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Thirty-first U.S. President Herbert Hoover was born on this day in 1874. Hoover's Iowa birth site made him the first president born west of the Mississippi River.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1821, Missouri became a state.
- - On this day in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was founded.
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Sunday, August 11
- Bob Dole is riding the "Victory Express" train through California to the San Diego Republican National Convention.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - David Atchison was born on this day in 1807. Atchison served several terms as Senate president pro tem and was the acting U.S. president for the day before Zachary Taylor was sworn in.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1841, recently escaped slave Frederick Douglass first spoke at an antislavery convention.
- - On this day in 1993, President Clinton appointed the first foreign-born officer -
- - Army General John Shalikashvili -
- - to chair the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Monday, August 12
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole are at the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumpers (D) was born on this day in 1925.
- - Former National Security Advisor John Poindexter was born on this day in 1936.
- - Arizona Gov. Fife Symington III was born on this day in 1945.
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Tuesday, August 13
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole are at the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
- President Clinton is on vacation.
- Bob Dole is in San Diego, CA, for the Republican National Connvention.
- Jack Kemp is attending a New York Caucus briefing in San Diego, CA.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Cuban President Fidel Castro was born on this day in 1927.
- - Former Clinton Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders was born on this day in 1933.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1961, the Berlin Wall was put up.
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Wednesday, August 14
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole are at the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
- Bob Dole addresses veterans and participates in a wreath-laying at the outdoor Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in San Diego, CA.
- Jack Kemp attends a California caucus meeting with Governor Pete Wilson in San Diego, CA, and later attends the RNC finance gala in San Diego.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - On this day in 1935, Congress approved the Social Security Act, providing federal insurance to the elderly.
- - On this day in 1945, President Truman announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies.
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Thursday, August 15
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole are at the Republican National Convention in San Diego.
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole attend a National Federation of Republican Women luncheon honoring Elizabeth in San Diego, CA.
- Jack Kemp addresses the Republican National Convention at 6:25 p.m., and later participates in the Republican National Convention finale.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Kathryn Whitmore, first woman mayor of Houston, Texas, was born on this day in 1946.
- - Florence Harding, wife of President Warren Harding, was born on this day in 1860.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1969, the Woodstock music and art festival began in a field near Bethel, NY.
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Friday, August 16
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Illinois Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D) was born on this day in 1947.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1896, gold was discovered in the Klondike, setting off the Alaskan gold rush.
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Saturday, August 17
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Francis Gary Powers was born on this day in 1929. Flying a U-2 aircraft over the Soviet Union in 1960, CIA agent Powers was shot down, imprisoned, and finally returned to the United States two years later.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1978, three Americans made the first transatlantic trip in a hot-air balloon.
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Sunday, August 18
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Jimmy Carter, was born on this day in 1927.
- - Former Alaskan Gov. Walter Hickel (I) was born in this day in 1919.
- - Former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was born on this day in 1917.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote.
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Monday, August 19
- Famous Birthdays:
- - President Clinton was born on this day in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas.
- - Former Minnesota Sen. David Durenberger (R) was born on this day in 1934.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1991, hard-line communists staged a coup in the Soviet Union.
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Tuesday, August 20
- Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, and Colin Powell addresses the VFW in Louisville, Kentucky
- President Clinton signs the minimum wage bill
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Twenty-third U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was born on this day in 1833 in North Bend, Ohio.
- - Former Maine Sen. George Mitchell (D) was born on this day in 1933.
- - Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (I) was born on this day in 1935.
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Wednesday, August 21
- President Clinton signs the Health Insurance Portability and Acountability
Act on the South Lawn of the White House
- Vice President Gore speaks to the VFW in Louisville, Kentucky
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1959, Hawaii was admitted as a state.
- - On this day in 1878 the American Bar Association was founded.
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Thursday, August 22
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Retired Army General Norman Schwarzkopf was born on this day in 1934.
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Friday, August 23
- On This Day In History:
- - In 1977 then-Governor Michael (D-MA) declared this day a memorial day, in remembrance of two Italians convicted with circumstantial evidence and electrocuted 50 years earlier.
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Saturday, August 24
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1814, British troops raided Washington, D.C., torching the Capitol, the president's house and other public buildings.
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Sunday, August 25
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus (D) was born on this day in 1931.
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Monday, August 26
- President Clinton and Hillary Clinton are at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole attend a rally in Santa Barbara, CA.
- President Clinton continue the "21st Century Express" train tour, with stops in Toledo, OH, and Wyandotte, Royal Oak, Pontiac, East Lansing and Lansing, MI.
- Hillary Clinton is in Chicago, IL.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984, was born on this day in 1935.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1939, the first baseball games were televised.
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Tuesday, August 27
- President Clinton and Hillary Clinton are at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- Bob Dole and Jack Kemp attend an economic roundtable in Santa Barbara, CA.
- Bob and Elizabeth Dole later attend a rally in Santa Barbara, CA.
- President Clinton continues on his "21st Century Express" train tour, and stops in: Toledo, OH, and Wyandotte, Royal Oak, Pontiac and Lansing, MI.
- Vice President Gore is in Chicago, IL, where he speaks to members of the California delegation, delivers remarks to the NFA/AFT luncheon and views the Democratic National Convention.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Chicago, IL.:
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was born on this day in 1908.
- - Nebraska Sen. J. Robert Kerrey (D) was born on this day in 1943.
- - Mother Teresa was born on this day in 1910.
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Wednesday, August 28
- President Clinton and Hillary Clinton are at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- President Clinton accepts the Democratic nomination at the Democratic National Convention.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention.
- Bob Dole attends a drug briefing in Ventura, CA.
- Jack and Joanne Kemp attend a community roundtable in Los Angeles, CA.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Maine Sen. William Cohen (R) was born on this day in 1940.
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Thursday, August 29
- President Clinton and Hillary Clinton are at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Arizona Sen. John McCain III (R) was born on this day in 1936.
- - Arkansas Sen. David Pryor (D) was born on this day in 1934.
- - Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was born on this day in 1938.
- On This Day In History:
- - On is day in 1786, Daniel Shays led the Shay's Rebellion over unaddressed grievances during the 1786-1787 depression.
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Friday, August 30
- Bob Dole and Jack Kemp attend a rally in Costa Mesa, CA.
- Bob Dole attends a Dole-Kemp rally in Albuquerque, NM.
- Elizabeth Dole tours Goodwill Industries in New Orleans, LA.
- President Clinton addresses the Executive Committee of the Democratic
National Committee in Chicago, IL, and attends rallies in Cape Girardeau, MO, Cairo, IL and Paducah, KY.
- Famous Birthdays:
- - Ellen Arthur, wife of former President Chester Arthur, was born on this day in 1837.
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1893, the first presidential baby was born in the White House to Grover and Frances Cleveland.
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Saturday, August 31
- On This Day In History:
- - On this day in 1994, the Irish Republican Army declared a cease-fire in its war against the British in Northern Ireland.
- - On this day in 1980, the Polish trade union Solidarity was formed.
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