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, 1918
Day of Week 2nd » Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
2nd » The first general strike in Canadian history 1918 Vancouver general strike known as takes place in Vancouver.
Day of Week 8th » World War I: The Battle of Amiens (1918) called Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the Germany named German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
Day of Week 11th » World War I: The Battle of Amiens (1918) known as Battle of Amiens ends.
Day of Week 13th » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
13th » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) History of BMW BMW GmbH goes public or established as a public company in Germany.
Day of Week 17th » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassination known as assassinated.
Day of Week 21st » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme (1918) or Second Battle of the Somme begins.
Day of Week 27th » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: United States Army U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German Empire German military advisor advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
Day of Week 29th » Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
Day of Week 30th » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. This, along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
Day of Week 31st » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1918
1st » T. J. Jemison, American clergyman and activist (d. 2013)
1st » Richard Pearson (actor) or Richard Pearson, Welsh-English actor (d. 2011)
3rd » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
3rd » Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
3rd » Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
4th » Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)
4th » Iceberg Slim, American author (d. 1992)
5th » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
6th » Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)