Month August 1959 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

• 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, 1959

• Day of Week 7th » The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. Penny (United States coin) named penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.
• 7th » Explorer program: 'Explorer 6' launches from the Eastern Range called Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• Day of Week 11th » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• Day of Week 14th » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
• Day of Week 17th » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• 17th » 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1959

• 1st » Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Ground Zero (band) named Ground Zero and Filament (band) called Filament)
• 2nd » Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
• 2nd » Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress (Apollonia 6)
• 3rd » Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry (band) or Ministry, and Killing Joke)
• 3rd » Mike Gminski, American basketball player
• 3rd » John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
• 3rd » Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate
• 4th » Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (d. 2002)
• 4th » John Gormley, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin
• 5th » Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive (band) e.g Dead or Alive)
• 5th » Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana (band) Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs (band) Germs, and Adolescents (band) Adolescents)
• 6th » Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
• 7th » Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
• 7th » Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 8th » Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
• 9th » Kurtis Blow, American rapper and producer
• 9th » Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
• 9th » Michael Kors, American fashion designer
• 9th » Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director
• 10th » Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer
• 10th » Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
• 10th » Mark Price (musician) called Mark Price, English drummer (All About Eve (band) known as All About Eve and Del Amitri)
• 10th » Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kashtin)
• 11th » Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soda Stereo) (d. 2014)
• 11th » Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
• 11th » Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 11th » Richard Scudamore, English businessman
• 11th » László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 12th » Amanda Redman, English actress
• 13th » Danny Bonaduce, American actor
• 13th » Martyn Brabbins, English conductor
• 13th » Michael Bradley (musician) known as Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host (The Undertones)
• 13th » Bruce French (cricketer) called Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
• 13th » Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 14th » Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
• 14th » Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
• 14th » Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
• 15th » Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 16th » Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
• 17th » Jonathan Franzen, American author
• 17th » David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
• 17th » Chika Sakamoto, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 17th » Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
• 18th » Tom Prichard, American wrestler
• 19th » Susan Cummings (heiress) or Susan Cummings, Monegasque-American murderer
• 19th » Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
• 21st » Anne Hobbs, English tennis player
• 21st » Jim McMahon, American football player
• 22nd » Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Ratt and Dokken)
• 22nd » Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician, Finance Minister of Denmark
• 22nd » Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Annie Tempest, English cartoonist
• 22nd » Mark Williams (actor) or Mark Williams, English actor and screenwriter
• 23rd » Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Orange Juice (band) e.g Orange Juice)
• 23rd » George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
• 24th » Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer
• 24th » Meg Munn, English politician
• 25th » Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
• 25th » Steve Levy (politician) named Steve Levy, American politician
• 25th » Lane Smith (illustrator) or Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
• 25th » Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano
• 26th » Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 27th » Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
• 27th » Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress
• 27th » Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
• 27th » Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (d. 2006)
• 27th » András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet
• 27th » Jeanette Winterson, English author
• 28th » Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 29th » Rebecca De Mornay, American actress and singer
• 29th » Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 29th » Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
• 29th » Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 29th » Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor and producer
• 29th » Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairground Attraction)
• 29th » Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
• 29th » Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
• 31st » Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 31st » Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for August 1959

• 1st » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 4th » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1898)
• 5th » Edgar Guest, English-American poet (b. 1881)
• 6th » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 16th » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 16th » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 19th » Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (b. 1880)
• 19th » Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1901)
• 28th » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer (b. 1890)

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