When is a comma necessary to include with a date?

As the coach of the u.s. olympic cycling team, i can state without question that the swedish and french teams were using illegal steroids. how else could they have beaten us so badly in the last competition? the u.s. team trained much harder and was much more skilled than our opponents. we only lost because a few teams cheated.

Which of these is true of that temperance movement at the beginning of the 1800’s in america?

Imagine that you are putting together a time capsule for future generations. it will be buried and then unearthed in the year 3000. you want to place in it the items you feel best document your life and times. they can be personal items or items that relate to your larger community. name six items you would include. they can be objects, writing, or something in an audio or visual format. what would you include and why? describe each item in one or two sentences mentioning what it is and how it could future generations learn about your life and times.