Birth of Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa.
Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa.
On August 1, 1882, the first International Polar Year (IPY) began.
On July 20, 1969, the US effectively won the Space Race when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle lunar module on the Moon’s surface.
Artist Andrew Wyeth was born on July 12, 1917, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, fulfilling a goal set by his predecessor, John F. Kennedy.
Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Nassau-Dillenburg, Holy Roman Empire.
On June 20, 2017, the USPS issued the first-ever heat sensitive stamp, honoring the total solar eclipse that occurred later that year.
On June 13, 1974, the US issued its first stamps in a diamond shape, honoring our Mineral Heritage.
On June 7, 2002, the USPS issued the Heroes of 2001 Semipostal stamp.