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, 1932
Day of Week 2nd » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl David Anderson e.g Carl D. Anderson.
Day of Week 10th » A convert 5.1 kg lb chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie, Missouri Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
Day of Week 22nd » The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. (See also Timeline of the BBC 1930s known as Timeline of the BBC.)
Day of Week 24th » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
Famous Birthdays on August in 1932
1st » Meir Kahane, American rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1st » Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)
2nd » Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)
4th » Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (China) named Friends of Nature (d. 2010)
5th » Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1996)
5th » Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
6th » Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
6th » Howard Hodgkin, English painter
6th » Charles Wood (playwright) known as Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter