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, 1904
Day of Week 10th » Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
Day of Week 23rd » The tire chain e.g automobile tire chain is patented.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1904
3rd » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
4th » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)
4th » Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966)
4th » Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
5th » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997)
6th » Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
6th » Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
7th » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
8th » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
12th » Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997)
12th » Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
12th » Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
13th » Buddy Rogers (actor) known as Buddy Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999)
15th » George Klein (inventor) or George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
16th » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
16th » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
17th » Mary Cain (editor) named Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
17th » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
18th » Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (d. 1996)
19th » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (d. 1963)
21st » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Count Basie Orchestra) (d. 1984)
24th » Mary Burchell, English activist and author (d. 1986)
24th » Alice White, American actress and singer (d. 1983)
26th » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)
26th » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1991)