August 20
2021: Whale Branch running back Joseph Hicks scores six touchdowns in a 54-50 season-opening win over Calhoun County. Hicks scored four of his six touchdowns in the decisive fourth quarter on just four touches.
August 22
1813: During the War of 1812, the British land forces at Beaufort and Hilton Head Island where marauders plundered settlements.
— Compiled by Mike McCombs