Month August 1902 Calendar

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).

Historical Events for August, 1902

• Day of Week 4th » The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
• Day of Week 9th » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Day of Week 22nd » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
• 22nd » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1902

• 2nd » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
• 2nd » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (d. 1941)
• 3rd » Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
• 4th » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 6th » Dutch Schultz, American mobster (d. 1935)
• 8th » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 9th » Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
• 9th » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (d. 1984)
• 10th » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 10th » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 10th » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 11th » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
• 11th » Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
• 12th » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st List of Vice Presidents of Indonesia or Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 13th » Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
• 15th » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
• 16th » Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
• 16th » Wallace Thurman, American author (d. 1934)
• 18th » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
• 18th » Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)
• 19th » Ogden Nash, American poet and author (d. 1971)
• 19th » J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 1994)
• 21st » Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (d. 1972)
• 22nd » Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
• 22nd » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress and director (d. 2003)
• 22nd » Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (d. 1982)
• 24th » Fernand Braudel, French historian and academic (d. 1985)
• 24th » Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976)
• 25th » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
• 31st » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Ministry of Defence (Hungary) called Minister of Defence for Hungary (d. 1977)

Famous Deaths for August 1902

• 8th » James Tissot, French painter (b. 1836)

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