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, 1907
Day of Week 1st » The start of the Brownsea Island Scout camp called first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
Day of Week 3rd » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Amoco called Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
Day of Week 9th » The first Boy Scout Brownsea Island Scout camp e.g encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
Day of Week 15th » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Eastern Orthodox Church called Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
Day of Week 17th » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle e.g Seattle, Washington, opened.
Day of Week 29th » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
Day of Week 31st » Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Arthur Nicolson sign the Anglo-Russian Entente St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente military alliance alliance.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1907
1st » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)