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, 1977
Day of Week 3rd » The United States Senate begins its hearing on Project MKUltra.
Day of Week 4th » President of the United States named U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
Day of Week 10th » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a serial killer called series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
Day of Week 12th » The first Approach and Landing Tests e.g free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
12th » The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
Day of Week 13th » Members of the National Front (United Kingdom) e.g British National Front (NF) Battle of Lewisham named clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
Day of Week 15th » Ohio State University Radio Observatory or The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence named SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! s
Day of Week 17th » The Soviet icebreaker 'Arktika (icebreaker) or Arktika' becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
Day of Week 20th » Voyager program e.g Voyager Program: NASA launches the 'Voyager 2' spacecraft.
Day of Week 23rd » The Gossamer Condor wins the Kremer prize for human powered flight.
Day of Week 26th » The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
Famous Birthdays on August in 1977
1st » Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
1st » Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1st » Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
1st » Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
17th » Mike Lewis (musician) known as Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist (Lostprophets, Public Disturbance (Welsh band) or Public Disturbance, and No Devotion)
17th » Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Nightwish)
18th » Régine Chassagne, Canadian singer-songwriter (Arcade Fire)