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, 1970
Day of Week 7th » California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson (Black Panther) or George Jackson from police custody.
Day of Week 15th » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
Day of Week 17th » Venera program: 'Venera 7' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
Day of Week 23rd » Organized by Mexican American trade union named labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike action e.g strike in U.S. history, begins.
Day of Week 29th » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.