August 1890 Day Of The Week - 1890 August Calendar Month View

About Month of August Calendar

August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Day of Week 6th » At Auburn Correctional Facility called Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be Capital punishment or executed by electric chair.
Day of Week 7th » Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

2nd » Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
4th » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)
5th » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977)
5th » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956)
7th » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American activist (d. 1964)
10th » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1954)
13th » Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
15th » Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
15th » Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
17th » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
17th » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
18th » Walther Funk, German economist and politician (d. 1960)
20th » H. P. Lovecraft, American author and poet (d. 1937)
22nd » Cecil Kellaway, South African-American actor and singer (d. 1973)
23rd » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded 'Newsday' (d. 1971)
24th » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
24th » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (d. 1979)
26th » Tommy Andrews (cricketer) called Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
27th » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)

2nd » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
6th » William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
11th » John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
14th » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)