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, 1921
Day of Week 3rd » Commissioner of Baseball named Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Black Sox Scandal called Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
Day of Week 23rd » British R38 class airship e.g airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Kingston upon Hull or Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
Day of Week 25th » The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
Day of Week 27th » The British install the son of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire) as Faisal I of Iraq King Faisal I of Kingdom of Iraq Iraq.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1921
1st » Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
2nd » Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
3rd » Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)
3rd » Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008)
3rd » Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and singer (d. 1972)