This Week In History

August 1^st

1619 - First African-Americans land at Jamestown, Virginia

August 2^nd

1875 - First roller skating rink opens in London

August 3^rd

1882 - Congress passes first law restricting immigration

August 4^th

2007 - NASA's Phoenix spaceship is launched

August 5^th

1926 - Houdini stays in a coffin under water for one and a half hours before escaping

August 6^th

1996 - NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars

August 7^th

1909 - United States issues first Lincoln penny