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, 1976
Day of Week 6th » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
Day of Week 7th » Viking program: 'Viking 2' enters orbit around Mars.
Day of Week 12th » Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinian people called Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
Day of Week 18th » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
Day of Week 21st » Axe murder incident Operation Paul Bunyan e.g Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea.