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, 1955
Day of Week 7th » Sony named Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
Day of Week 19th » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
Day of Week 20th » In Morocco, a force of Berber people known as Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 France known as French nationals.
Day of Week 28th » African American or Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1955
1st » Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
20th » Danny Murphy (actor) called Danny Murphy, American actor (d. 2014)
20th » Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
22nd » Chiranjeevi, Indian actor, producer, and politician
22nd » Gordon Liu, Chinese martial artist and actor
24th » Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas
25th » John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Magazine (band) known as Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, and The Armoury Show) (d. 2004)
25th » Gerd Müller (politician) called Gerd Müller, German politician
26th » Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator