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, 1964
Day of Week 1st » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Day of Week 2nd » Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the United States U.S. destroyer USS Maddox DD-731 6.
Day of Week 4th » African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) known as American civil rights movement: Civil and political rights e.g Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
4th » Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox DD-731 6 and USS Turner Joy DD-951 6 report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Day of Week 5th » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: United States American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga CV-14 6 and USS Constellation CV-64 6 bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Day of Week 7th » Vietnam War: The United States Congress named U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
Day of Week 12th » Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbery (1963) Great Train Robbers, escapes from Birmingham (HM Prison) Winson Green Prison in Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
Day of Week 13th » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people Capital punishment in the United Kingdom named executed in the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 19th » Syncom 3, the first Geostationary orbit e.g geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
Day of Week 27th » Army of the Republic of Vietnam known as South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
Day of Week 28th » The 1964 Philadelphia race riot known as Philadelphia race riot begins.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1964
1st » Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans)
24th » Oteil Burbridge, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vida Blue (band) e.g Vida Blue, BK3, and Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit)
24th » Dana Gould, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
24th » Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
25th » Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
25th » Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess player
25th » Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
25th » Blair Underwood, American actor, director, and producer