Historical Events
Oxygen Discovered!
Aug 1 English chemist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen by isolating it in its gaseous state
- Aug 10 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 12 Robert Southey, English writer (The Story of the Three Bears), Poet Laureate (1813-43) and biographer (Nelson), born in Bristol, England (d. 1843)
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
Aug 18 American explorer, soldier and public administrator who helped lead the Lewis and Clark Expedition, born in Ivy, Virginia
Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
Aug 28 1st American Catholic saint (canonized 1975), born in New York City
