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Zodiac Signs August 2014 Birthstone

August Birthstones Astrology

  • The August Birthstones are the Peridot and Sardonyx. The peridot symbolizes strength. It is sometimes called the evening emerald for its light green color. It was once believed that the green peridot crystals found in volcanic ashes were the tears of the volcano goddess Pele. When set in gold, this gem was said to protect the wearer from nightmares. Peridot is called the traditional birthstone of August. Sardonyx is considered the secondary birthstone of August.

August Zodiac Signs

  • Month of August Zodiac Signs are Leo(until August 22) and Virgo(from August 23 onwards).
  • Leo (July 23 - August 21) Like the ruler of the jungle Leos are natural born leaders. Main qualities that make a great leader are being brave and headstrong. However Leos also can be loving and generous. To combine these qualities and finding balance is of great importance to Leos.
    Leos are compatible with: other Leo as well as Libra, Sagittarius, Cancer, and Gemini.
  • Virgo (August 22 - September 22) People born into the star sign Virgo are perfectionists. Having a goog memorie and great social instincts are big qualities of Virgo. Organization and planning comes very easy to Virgos. This is also the reason why working in teams as a project manager or even a normal team member feels like a great time to them.
    Virgo are compatible with: other Virgos as well as Scorpio, Capricorn, Taurus and Cancer.

August Birth Flowers

  • Month of August flower is the Gladiolus or Sword Lily. It blooms in a variety of colours like red, pink, white, yellow and orange. This birth flower stands for sincerity and symbolises strength of character. With Gladiolus, the recipient's heart is being pierced with love. The other August flower is the poppy. A red poppy signifies pleasure, a white poppy is given for consolation, and a yellow poppy wishes wealth and success.
  • Strength, Moral Integrity, Remembrance and Infatuation. This long lasting August Birth Flower Gladiolus comes in a variety of colours.

Historical Events for August, 2014

  • 9th » Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was Shooting of Michael Brown shot and killed by a Ferguson Police Department (Missouri) Ferguson police officer, sparking 2014 Ferguson, Missouri unrest protests and unres
  • 16th » The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics open in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
  • 24th » A 6.0 magnitude 2014 South Napa earthquake called earthquake strikes Napa, California, in the northern San Francisco Bay area, It was the largest earthquake to strike northern California since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
  • 31st » The Fappening Celeberties icloud accounts were hacked and photos were being spread across the internet.

Famous Deaths for August 2014

  • 1st » Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
  • 1st » Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)
  • 1st » Mike Smith (presenter) named Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)
  • 2nd » Ed Joyce (journalist) or Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)
  • 2nd » Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938)
  • 2nd » Barbara Prammer, Austrian politician (b. 1954)
  • 2nd » James Thompson (author) or James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
  • 2nd » Pete van Wieren, American sportscaster (b. 1944)
  • 3rd » Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)
  • 3rd » Edward Clancy (cardinal) known as Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
  • 3rd » Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (b. 1916)
  • 3rd » Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (b. 1958)
  • 3rd » Yvette Giraud, French singer and actress (b. 1916)
  • 3rd » Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)
  • 4th » James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)
  • 4th » Rich Ceisler, American comedian and author (b. 1955)
  • 4th » Chester Crandell, American politician (b. 1946)
  • 4th » Jake Hooker (musician) or Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Arrows (British band) named Arrows) (b. 1953)
  • 4th » Walter Massey (actor) called Walter Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
  • 5th » Diann Blakely, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
  • 5th » Marilyn Burns, American actress (b. 1949)
  • 5th » Scott Ciencin, American author (b. 1962)
  • 5th » Rodrigo de Triano, English race horse (b. 1989)
  • 5th » Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)
  • 5th » Vladimir Orlov (author) e.g Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)
  • 5th » Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)
  • 5th » Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)
  • 6th » Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
  • 6th » John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
  • 6th » Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)
  • 7th » Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano (b. 1931)
  • 7th » Víctor Fayad, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1955)
  • 7th » Perry Moss, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
  • 7th » Henry Stone, American record producer (b. 1921)
  • 8th » Ralph Bryans, Irish-Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1942)
  • 8th » Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)
  • 8th » Charles Keating (actor) called Charles Keating, English-American actor (b. 1941)
  • 8th » Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)
  • 8th » Danny Murphy (actor) named Danny Murphy, American actor (b. 1955)
  • 8th » Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
  • 8th » Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (b. 1929)
  • 9th » J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929)
  • 9th » Shooting of Michael Brown called Michael Brown, American shooting victim (b. 1996)
  • 9th » Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
  • 9th » Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (b. 1930)
  • 9th » Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 10th » Jim Command, American baseball player (b. 1928)
  • 10th » Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)
  • 10th » Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (b. 1930)
  • 11th » Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
  • 11th » Vol Dooley, American police officer (b. 1927)
  • 11th » Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
  • 11th » Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish blogger (b. 1917)
  • 11th » Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
  • 12th » Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
  • 12th » Abel Laudonio, Argentinian boxer and actor (b. 1938)
  • 12th » Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (b. 1936)
  • 12th » Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
  • 12th » Lida Moser, American photographer and author (b. 1920)
  • 13th » Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
  • 13th » Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician (b. 1965)
  • 13th » Columba Domínguez, Mexican actress (b. 1929)
  • 13th » Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer (b. 1926)
  • 13th » Robert Bruce Smith, IV, American historian and educator (b. 1945)
  • 14th » Jay Adams, American skateboarder (b. 1961)
  • 14th » Mariana Briski, Argentinian actress (b. 1965)
  • 14th » Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded 'Moment (magazine) e.g Moment Magazine' (b. 1934)
  • 14th » George V. Hansen, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
  • 14th » Alan Landsburg, American director and producer (b. 1933)
  • 15th » Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
  • 15th » James Cama, American martial artist (b. 1957)
  • 15th » James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (b. 1931)
  • 16th » Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, List of Governors of Kebbi State called Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)
  • 16th » Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
  • 16th » Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (b. 1965)
  • 16th » Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)
  • 16th » Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
  • 16th » Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)
  • 16th » Fernand St. Germain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
  • 17th » Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
  • 17th » Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)
  • 17th » Sophie Masloff, American politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)
  • 17th » Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
  • 17th » Joanie Spina, American magician, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1953)
  • 17th » Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
  • 18th » Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th List of mayors of Hillsboro, Oregon known as Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (b. 1930)
  • 18th » Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (b. 1922)
  • 18th » Hashim Khan, Pakistani squash player (b. 1914)
  • 18th » Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
  • 18th » Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (b. 1933)
  • 18th » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)
  • 19th » Elaine M. Alphin, American author (b. 1955)
  • 19th » Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)
  • 19th » Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)
  • 19th » James Foley (journalist) called James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)
  • 19th » Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (b. 1935)
  • 19th » Adyar K. Lakshman, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
  • 19th » Candida Lycett Green, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1942)
  • 19th » Odessa Sathyan, Indian director and producer (b. 1957)
  • 20th » Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
  • 20th » Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
  • 20th » Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
  • 20th » B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
  • 20th » Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
  • 20th » Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter (b. 1925)
  • 20th » Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
  • 22nd » U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
  • 22nd » Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)
  • 22nd » Pete Ladygo, American football player (b. 1928)
  • 22nd » Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)
  • 22nd » John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)
  • 22nd » John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)
  • 23rd » Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)
  • 23rd » Inga Juuso, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1945)
  • 23rd » Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)
  • 23rd » Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)
  • 23rd » Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
  • 23rd » Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)
  • 24th » Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)
  • 24th » Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)
  • 24th » Aldo Donati (singer) known as Aldo Donati, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
  • 24th » Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian giant (b. 1970)
  • 25th » William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
  • 25th » Marcel Masse, Canadian politician, 29th Minister of National Defence (Canada) known as Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
  • 25th » Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer (The Revolutionaries and Black Uhuru) (b. 1936)
  • 25th » Enrique Zileri, Peruvian publisher (b. 1931)
  • 26th » Christian Bourquin, French politician (b. 1954)
  • 26th » Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950)
  • 26th » Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960)
  • 26th » Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
  • 26th » David E. Sorensen, American religious leader (b. 1933)
  • 27th » Peret, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
  • 27th » Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
  • 27th » Jan Groth, Norwegian singer and keyboard player (Just 4 Fun (band) known as Just 4 Fun and Aunt Mary) (b. 1946)
  • 27th » Jimmy Nesbitt, Irish police officer (b. 1934)
  • 27th » Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
  • 27th » Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)
  • 28th » Glenn Cornick, English bass player (Jethro Tull (band) known as Jethro Tull and Paris (band) known as Paris) (b. 1947)
  • 28th » Hal Finney (cypherpunk) e.g Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
  • 28th » Ivan Ivančić, Croatian shot putter and coach (b. 1937)
  • 28th » Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (b. 1922)
  • 28th » John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
  • 29th » David Bala, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1947)
  • 29th » Brasse Brännström, Swedish actor and screenwriter (b. 1945)
  • 29th » Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
  • 29th » Ryūko Seihō, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor (b. 1941)
  • 29th » Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
  • 31st » Bapu (film director) e.g Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
  • 31st » Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania) named Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)
  • 31st » Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)
  • 31st » Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter (Survivor (band) named Survivor) (b. 1951)
  • 31st » María Eugenia Llamas, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
  • 31st » Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)

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