Portal:Conservatism/Selected anniversary/August


 * 1993 – the European Young Conservatives is founded by the former national chairman of the UK's Young Conservatives, Andrew Rosindell.


 * 18th
 * 1988 – presidential candidate George H. W. Bush utters the phrase, "Read my lips: no new taxes," during his acceptance speech of the Republican nomination. The phrase was used later by Bill Clinton to defeat Bush in the 1992 presidential election campaign.


 * 29th
 * 2008 – Sarah Palin becomes the first female Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States.