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, 1945
Day of Week 6th » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastated when the nuclear weapon atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States Boeing B-29 Superfortress B-29 'Enola Gay'. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly,
Day of Week 9th » World War II: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Nagasaki is Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastated when an nuclear weapon atomic bomb, 'Fat Man', is dropped by the United States B-29 Superfortress B-29 'Bockscar'. 39,000 people are killed outright.
9th » The Red Army Soviet invasion of Manchuria named invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
Day of Week 11th » Poles in Kraków engage in Kraków pogrom e.g a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
Day of Week 14th » Japan accepts the Allied Japanese Instrument of Surrender terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor of Japan Emperor records the Gyokuon-hōsō Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
14th » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
Day of Week 16th » Puyi, the last Chinese emperor and ruler of Manchukuo, is captured by Soviet Union known as Soviet troops.
Day of Week 17th » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta Proclamation of Indonesian Independence named proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
Day of Week 19th » August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Day of Week 21st » Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Day of Week 23rd » Soviet–Japanese War (1945) called Soviet–Japanese War Joseph Stalin ordered conveying a Imperial Japanese Army called Japanese army prisoner of war to the Soviet Union. (Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union)
Day of Week 25th » Ten days after World War II ends with Japan Victory over Japan Day announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China Chinese Communist Party kill United States U.S. intelligence officer John Birch (missionary) John Birch, regarded
Day of Week 30th » Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
30th » The Commander-in-chief United States called Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
30th » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
30th » The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
Day of Week 31st » The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
23rd » Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
24th » Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
24th » Molly Duncan (musician) named Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band)
24th » Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Uriah Heep (band) known as Uriah Heep, The Gods (band) called The Gods, and Toe Fat)
24th » Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, producer, and actor