August 4, 1735 a newspaper publisher in NYC was found not guilty of libel against royal Governor William Cosby this would be an important milestone in right of freedom of the press.

August 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain for what would worlds unknown
In 1923 in the early morning hours at his family home in Plymouth , Vermont (a really cool place to visit) Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th US president. Warren G. Harding had pasted away the evening before.

August 2, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait