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).
Day of Week 5th » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serbs e.g Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day (Croatia) known as Victory Day.
Day of Week 10th » Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael and Lori Fortier known as Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
Day of Week 15th » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina named The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
Day of Week 30th » Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1995
1st » Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
3rd » Ida Lupino, English-American actress, singer, director, and producer (b. 1914)
3rd » Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (b. 1933)
7th » Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (b. 1929)
8th » John Adams (running back) named John Adams, American football player (b. 1937)
9th » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Legion of Mary (band) e.g Legion of Mary, and Old and in the Way) (b. 1942)
11th » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
13th » Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
13th » Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926)
13th » Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
13th » Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
15th » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
16th » J. P. McCarthy, American radio host (b. 1933)
17th » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
17th » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
19th » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
20th » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
23rd » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
23rd » Dwayne Goettel, Canadian keyboard player (Skinny Puppy, Psyche (band) known as Psyche, and Hilt (band) e.g Hilt) (b. 1964)
25th » Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
26th » John Brunner (novelist) e.g John Brunner, English-Scottish author (b. 1934)
28th » Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
28th » Michael Ende, German author (b. 1929)
28th » Carl Giles, English cartoonist (b. 1916)
29th » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
31st » Barry Lee Fairchild, American kidnapper and murderer (b. 1954)