August
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31 Days Gregorian calendars Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus-considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire Gladiolus or poppy Peridot or onyx |
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.
In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day. August ends on the same day of the week as November every year.
In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day. August ends on the same day of the week as November every year.
History
The statue known as the Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century.
This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus, who did not take a day from February. He chose this month to take his name rather than his birth month - which was traditional - as a mark of honour to the defeated Queen Cleopatra the last ruler of Egypt, this being her birth month.
Important Holidays & Event in August
Celebration Of Pakistan's independence day
- August 1, Yorkshire Day.
- August 1, Swiss National Day, a public holiday in Switzerland.
- August 6, Bolivia's independence day.
- August 6, 1945, Hiroshima is bombed, for the first time in history nuclear weapon was used against people. The nuclear weapon used on Hiroshima is known as Little Boy.
- August 9, 1945, Nagasaki is bombed, this is the second and the last known use of nuclear weapon against people. The nuclear weapon used on Nagasaki is known as Fat Man.
- August 9, 1965, Singapore separated from the Federation of Malaysia and became independent.
- August 10, 1822, Ecuador became an independent country.
- August 14, 1947, Pakistan became independent (included East Bengal region as a whole).
- August 15, Catholic, Feast of the Assumption
- August 15, 1769, Corsica, birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
- August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito declares Japan's unconditional surrender officially ending the Second World War.
- August 15, 1945, Korea became an independent country.
- August 15, 1947, India became an independent country.
- August 17, 1945, Indonesia became an independent country.
- August 25, 1825, Uruguay became independent from Brazil.
- August 31, 1957, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) became an independent country.
August symbols
 Peridot August's birthstone is the peridot or onyx.
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 Gladiolus Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.
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