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, 1999
Day of Week 7th » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade Invasion of Dagestan (1999) named invades the neighboring Russian Dagestan.
Day of Week 9th » Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
Day of Week 11th » The 1999 Salt Lake City tornado called Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
Day of Week 15th » Béni Ounif called Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
Day of Week 17th » A 7.4-magnitude 1999 İzmit earthquake named earthquake strikes İzmit, Turkey, killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
Day of Week 19th » In Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro known as Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of President of Serbia and Montenegro e.g Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
Day of Week 26th » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
Day of Week 30th » East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.
Day of Week 31st » The first of a series of Russian Apartment Bombings called bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
31st » A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas LAPA Boeing 737-200 LAPA Flight 3142 crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.