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).
Historical Events for August, 1901
Day of Week 6th » Kiowa people called Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous Indian reservation named reservation.
Day of Week 10th » The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 known as U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
Day of Week 14th » The first claimed aviation called powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Whitehead No. 21 named Number 21.
Day of Week 28th » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first United States known as American private school named private school in the country.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1901
1st » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
3rd » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
3rd » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
4th » Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)
4th » Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
5th » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000)
7th » Ann Harding, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
8th » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
9th » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (d. 1990)