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, 1982
Day of Week 11th » A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo e.g Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu known as Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
Day of Week 12th » Mexico announces that it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.
Day of Week 17th » The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
Day of Week 23rd » Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war.
Day of Week 29th » The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
Day of Week 31st » August 31, 1982 demonstrations in Poland named Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement.