Portal:Military of the United States/Selected anniversaries/August
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August 28
- 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.
- 1867 - The United States occupies Midway Island.
- 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years imprisonment for espionage for the Soviet Union.
August 29
- 1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
August 30
- 1813 - Creek War: Creek Red Sticks carried out the Fort Mims Massacre.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Richmond, Kentucky: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright
- 1862 - American Civil War: Union forces are defeated in Second Battle of Bull Run
- 1945 - Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
- 1963 - Hotline between U.S. and Soviet leaders goes into operation.
August 31
- 1864 - American Civil War: Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1943 - The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for a black person, is commissioned.
