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, 1937
Day of Week 1st » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (League of Communists of Croatia named Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
Day of Week 2nd » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render cannabis (drug) or marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
Day of Week 14th » Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of Air combat manoeuvring called air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Republic of China Air Force or Nati
Day of Week 24th » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
24th » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
Day of Week 28th » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.