Month August 1909 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, 1909

• Day of Week 7th » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City known as New York, New York to San Francisco or San Francisco, California.
• Day of Week 19th » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Day of Week 24th » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• Day of Week 28th » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• Day of Week 30th » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1909

• 3rd » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)
• 4th » Glenn Cunningham (athlete) or Glenn Cunningham, American runner (d. 1988)
• 4th » Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
• 6th » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
• 7th » Dorothy Walton, Canadian badminton player (d. 1981)
• 8th » Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
• 9th » V. K. Gokak, Indian scholar (d. 1992)
• 9th » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (d. 1944)
• 10th » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)
• 11th » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
• 11th » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
• 12th » Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer) e.g Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
• 14th » Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
• 15th » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 16th » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
• 17th » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 18th » Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
• 20th » Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1978)
• 21st » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
• 22nd » Mel Hein, American football player and coach (d. 1992)
• 22nd » Lucille Ricksen, American actress (d. 1925)
• 23rd » Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
• 23rd » Leila Danette, American actress (d. 2012)
• 24th » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
• 25th » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
• 26th » Eric Davies, South African cricketer (d. 1976)
• 26th » Jim Davis (actor) called Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)
• 26th » Gene Moore (outfielder) or Gene Moore, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 27th » Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
• 27th » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
• 31st » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for August 1909

• 8th » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 14th » William Stanley (inventor) known as William Stanley, American engineer (b. 1829)
• 15th » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 17th » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 22nd » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist (b. 1846)
• 27th » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)

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