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, 1968
Day of Week 1st » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th List of Sultans of Brunei called Sultan of Brunei.
Day of Week 2nd » An 1968 Casiguran earthquake e.g earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
Day of Week 11th » The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
Day of Week 13th » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greece called Greek Greek military junta of 1967–1974 called dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
Day of Week 20th » Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring.
Day of Week 21st » Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet Union called Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanians named Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
21st » James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American United States Marine Corps called U.S. Marine.
Day of Week 22nd » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
Day of Week 28th » Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention known as Democratic National Convention.
Day of Week 31st » Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1968
1st » Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
1st » Dan Donegan, American guitarist (Disturbed (band) Disturbed, Fight or Flight (band) Fight or Flight, and Vandal (band) Vandal)
1st » Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player
2nd » John Stanier (drummer) John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet (band) Helmet, Tomahawk (band) Tomahawk, The Mark of Cain (band) The Mark of Cain, and Battles (band) Battles)
3rd » Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)