Portal:Tanzania/Selected anniversaries/August
- 1 August 1890: The Sultan of Zanzibar signed an anti-slavery decree.
- 7 August 1998: The United States embassy in Dar es Salaam was bombed.
- 8 August 1914: The East African Campaign of World War I began.
- 9 August 2008: The African Development Bank cancelled $642m of Tanzania's debt.
- 27 August 1896: The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between Zanzibar and the United Kingdom. At approximately 38 minutes, it was the shortest war in history.