August in Firearms History
53 dates across 31 days
- 1Calamity Jane (51) DiedPatent Filed on Browning Automatic Rifle B.A.R.and 8 more
- 2Wild Bill Hickock (died)
- 3Nothing recorded yet
- 4Skynet ActivatedCoast Guard Birthdayand 2 more
- 5Army Navy Military Expo -Summer 2022
- 6North Carolina Hunting with a Suppressor decriminalized in 2015
- 7BLADE Show 2020Purple Heart Day
- 8Smith & Wesson patented Metal CartridgesSmith and Wesson patented Metal Cartridgesand 2 more
- 9James Paris Lee – BornMelvin M. Johnson Jr (Born)
- 10Harlon Carter (born)Red Dawn Dayand 1 more
- 11Army Navy Military Expo 2019Watts Riots – 1965
- 12Eliphalet Remington (Died)
- 13Annie Oakley – Born
- 14Navajo Code Talkers DayVJ Day (Victory over Japan)
- 15Ring of Fire Factory TourArmy Navy Military Expo 2021and 2 more
- 16Elvis Presley DiedAirborne Day
- 17Nothing recorded yet
- 18Nothing recorded yet
- 191st Camp Perry national match 1907
- 20Civil War is formally declared to be overCivil War is formally declared to be over 1866
- 21Ruby Ridge
- 22Nothing recorded yet
- 23Dave Grossman (born)
- 24Dave Kopp passed (56)
- 25Auto-Ordnance Corporation Founded – 1916
- 26National PTSD Awareness Day
- 27National PTSD Awareness Day
- 28Nothing recorded yet
- 29Skynet Becomes Self-AwareMarine Forces Reserve Birthday
- 30Nothing recorded yet
- 31Ken Hackathorn (born)Sullivan Law (1st CCW Law) signed 1911