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, 1953
Day of Week 10th » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
Day of Week 12th » Nuclear weapons testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of 'Joe 4', the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon.
12th » The islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an 1953 Ionian Earthquake earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter magnitude scale Richter scale.
Day of Week 17th » Substance dependence named Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.