Month August 1919 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, 1919

• Day of Week 11th » The Weimar Constitution named constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
• Day of Week 19th » Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1919

• 1st » Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)
• 2nd » Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor
• 4th » Michel Déon, French author, playwright, and critic
• 8th » Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
• 8th » John David Wilson, English animator and producer (d. 2013)
• 9th » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1987)
• 9th » Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
• 10th » Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
• 11th » Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
• 11th » Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 12th » Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
• 13th » Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
• 13th » George Shearing, English-American pianist (d. 2011)
• 15th » Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
• 15th » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 15th » Dina Wadia, English-Pakistani daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• 16th » Karl-Heinz Euling, German SS officer (d. 2014)
• 17th » Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
• 18th » Wally Hickel, American businessman and politician, 2nd List of Governors of Alaska known as Governor of Alaska (d. 2010)
• 19th » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)
• 20th » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 23rd » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
• 24th » Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (d. 2004)
• 25th » William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
• 25th » George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
• 26th » Gerard Campbell, American academic (d. 2012)
• 27th » Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (d. 1972)
• 27th » Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
• 28th » Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 31st » Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths for August 1919

• 4th » Dave Gregory (cricketer) or Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 9th » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857)
• 11th » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 18th » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram known as Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 20th » Gregor MacGregor (sportsman) named Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 28th » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)

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