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, 1929
Day of Week 3rd » Jiddu Krishnamurti, tagged as the Messianism messianic "Maitreya (Theosophy) World Teacher", shocks the Theosophy movement by dissolving the Order of the Star in the East Order of the Star, the organisation built to support him.
Day of Week 8th » The German airship 'LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin e.g Graf Zeppelin' begins a round-the-world flight.
Day of Week 11th » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home run club e.g 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland e.g Cleveland, Ohio.
Day of Week 16th » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
Day of Week 23rd » 1929 Hebron massacre or Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Palestinian people e.g Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the r
Day of Week 24th » Second day of two-day 1929 Hebron massacre e.g Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Palestinian people called Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaini
Famous Birthdays on August in 1929
1st » Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Afghanistan (d. 1979)
1st » Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
2nd » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer
2nd » John Gale (theatre producer) known as John Gale, English director and producer
2nd » K. M. Peyton, English author
2nd » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (India) called Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
2nd » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English politician, Governor of Bermuda
4th » Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)
5th » Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1988)
5th » Don Matheson, American actor (d. 2014)
6th » Mike Elliott (saxophonist) called Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations)
6th » Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Minister of Public Works (Canada) e.g Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)