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| AUGUST is . . . Harvest Month, Family Eye Care Month, Foot Health Month, International Air Travel Month, Peach Month, National Child Support Enforcement Month, National Golf Month, National Parks Month, National Catfish Month, National Water Quality Month, Romance Awareness Month |
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| 1st Week | 2nd Week | ||
| National Psychic Week Manwatcher's Compliment Week International Clown Week Beauty Queen Week (1st-7th) American Soap Box Derby (Akron, OH) Turtles International Awareness Week |
National Apple Week Elvis Week National Smile Week International Festival Week National Recreational Scuba Diving Week Don't Wait - Celebrate Week National Psychiatric Technician Week Watch-the-Pot Week (begins Friday before 3rd Wednesday; Fairy) National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week | ||
| 3rd Week | 4th Week | Weird Contest Week National Hot Lava Week American Dance Week Freedom of Enterprise Week National Aviation Week Air Conditioning Appreciation Week National Religious Software Week |
Be Kind to Humankind Week Carpenter Ant Awareness Week Shepherd's Fair (Last 2 weeks @) |
| August Movable Daily Holidays | |
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| Day | Holiday |
| 1st Sunday | National Day of Peace American Family Day Canoe Joust (Maryland) Friendship Day Scottish Bagpipe & Highland Dance Festival Joust of the Quintana (Italy) |
| 1st Monday | Picnic Day (Australia) Bahamas Emancipation Day Civic Holiday (Canada) Colorado Day Nut Monday Grenada Emancipation Day Jamaica Independence Day August Monday (Antigua and Barbuda) Shop & Office Workers' Holiday (Iceland) Youth Day (Zambia) |
| 1st Saturday | Feast Day of St. Wilfred (Yorkshire, UK) Festival of Nations (Red Lodge, Montana) |
| Saturday nearest St. Oswald's Day (5th) | Rush-Bearing DayGrasmere, UK) |
| 2nd Saturday | National Hobo Convention (Britt, Iowa) |
| 2nd Sunday | Family Day |
| 2nd Monday | Carnival Monday (Grenada) |
| 2nd Tuesday | Fox Hill Day (Bahamas) |
| 2nd Friday | No Man's Land Celebration |
| 2nd Saturday | Bud Billiken Day (Black Children's Holiday; Chicago) |
| 3rd Monday | Discovery Day (Yukon) |
| 3rd Wednesday | Watch-the-Pot Wednesday (Fairy) |
| 3rd Thursday | Sour Herring Premiere (Sweden) Boil-Over Thursday (Fairy) |
| 3rd Saturday | Natural Chimneys Jousting Tournament (Virginia) |
| 3rd Weekend | Festival of the Little Hills (Missouri) Holzfest (Amana, Iowa) Ginza Holiday (Japanese Culture Festival; Chicago) |
| 3rd Saturday (every other year) | Hopi Snake Dance |
| 1st Sunday after the 15th | Our Lady of Girsterklaus (Luxembourg) |
| Next to Last Sunday | Schuebermess Shepherd's Fair begins (Luxembourg) |
| 4th Sunday | Wedding of the Giants (Belgium) |
| Last Sunday | Plague Sunday (Gloucestershire, UK) |
| Last Monday | Summer Holiday (UK (except Scotland)) Liberation Day (Hong Kong) |
| Last Tuesday | Lammas Fair Day (Ballycastle, Ireland) |
| Last Saturday | Ho Sheep Market (Denmark) |
| August Indeterminate Holidays The holidays in this table are either based on calendars other than the Gregorian Calendar or are keyed to natural events such as seasons or cosmological phenomena |
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| Time Period | Holiday |
| 4th Day of bright 1/2 of Bhadrapada, 6th Hindu month (@ Aug/Sep) | Ganesh Chaturti |
| 8th Day of dark 1/2 of Bhadrapada, 6th Hindu month (@ Aug/Sep) | Janmashtami |
| 7th day of 7th Chinese moon (@ Aug/Sep) | Double Seventh |
| 15th Day of 7th Chinese moon (@ Aug/Sep) | Chinese Hungry Ghosts Festival |
| Halfway through Sha'ban, 8th Islamic month | Shab-Barat (Night of Forgiveness) |
| Sometime during 1st week | Eisteddfod Genedlaethol (Wales) |
| Sometime during 2nd week | Burry Man's Walk (Scotland) |
| Full Moon Day of 8th lunar month | Esala Perahera (Sri Lanka) |
| Late August | Lou Bunch Day (Central City, Colorado; salute to madams and girls of Colorado's 1st Century) |
| Week in Late August/early September | Umhlanga (Swaziland) |
| A Sunday near Assumption | Navasard Armenian Grape Festival (USSR) |
| Sometime in August | Eyo Masquerade (Nigeria) |
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| 1 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Herman Melville Juliet Capulet Francis Scott Key Jerry Garcia Publius Helvius Pertinax Jean-Baptiste Lamarck William Clark Richard Henry Dana Jim Carroll Chiasa Aonuma Yves St. Laurant Maria Mitchell Claudius I Richard Dadd Jack Kramer Edward Halbfoster Georg von Hevesy Tom Wilson Robert Cray William Clark Arthur Hill Giancarlo Giannini Rick Coonse Cliff Branch Willian Steinberg Ray Palmer Karen Black Christa Speck (Pb 9/61) Jerome Moross Morris Stoloff Geoffrey Holder Yuri Romanenko Tempestt Bledsoe Carolyn Ann Clarke Alfonse D'Amato Honor Josquin Des Pres Giancarlo Giannini Tempestt Bledsoe Ronald H. Brown Dom DeLuise |
Swiss Confederation Day Lammas Day (UK, Celtic, 8th Station) National Night Out Laughter Day (Southern California) Cross-Quarter Day National Non-Parent Day Lugnasad (aka Lughnasdh; Celtic Festival) Feast of Bread Lady Day Eve Rounds Resounding Day Benin Independence Day Homowo (aka Hooting at Hunger; Ghana) Gule of August (Wales) Fiesta Day (Nicaragua) Sports Day Picnic Day (Australia) Document Delivery Day National Raspberry Cream Pie Day Laughnasad (Wicca Feast of Plenty/Harvest Celebration) Imps Charity Scramble (Fairy) St. Ethelwold's Day Cheyenne Frontier Day Pod Body Day (Portland, Maine) Wattle Day (or Sep 1; Australia) Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Lanmac Tide (beginning of Harvest Season) St. Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori's Day (patron of moralists, confessors) |
| August 1 Events | Oxygen discovered (1774) Switzerland founded (1291) Colorado became the 38th state (1876) Ivanhoe premiered Shredded Wheat patented MTV debuted (1981) 1st US Census taken Netscape went public (1995) Spiderman 1st appeared (Amazing Fantasy #15) 1st Savings Bank opened (Hamburg, Germany; 1778) Toys in the Attic premiered Ensign Pulver premiered Hopewell Village founded 1st Pictures of Mars snet back to Earth (by Mariner 6; 1969) New London Bridge opened (1831) Germany declared war on Russia (1914) US Customs established (1789) 1st San Francisco Cable Car operated (1873) Metric Weights standardized Columbus discovered South America 1st Weather Forecast guessed at US Army Air Corps established Britain abolished slavery (1833) Helsinki Agreement on security and cooperation signed (1975) 1st Rowing Contest held Alley Oop 1st met Dinny the Dinosaur (1933) US began sanctioning South Africa in protest against apartheid (1985) Admiral Nelson annihilated French Armada Aboukir Bay (1798) George I coronated as King of England (1714) Concert for Bangladesh held Slavery abolished in Jamaica (1838) Last entry made in Anne Frank's diary (1944) Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour debuted (1971) Catalonia revolt left 1,000 dead (1909) Atomic Energy Commission established (1946) Utah Territory allowed women to vote in local elections (1870) Oak Ridge Atomic Plant, 1st plant to make Uranium-235, broke ground (1943) 1st Automobile Trip from New York to San Francisco completed (1903) US began making chemical weapons again, after 14 year suspension (1983) Beatles' A Hard Day's Night reached No. 1 (1964) George Harrison invests 11 Million in Life of Brian and founds Handmade Films Blue Eagle 1st appeared as symbol of FDR's National Recovery Administration (1933) Lifeguard drowned at lifeguard pool party celebrating their 1st drown-free season (1985) |
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| 2 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Myrna Loy John Sloan Mary-Louise Parker Andrew Gold Jack L. Warner Mike Rutherford Arthur Dove James Baldwin Peter O'Toole Henry Steel Olcott Pierre Charles L'Enfant Carroll O'Conner Angel Lynn Boris (Pb 7/96) Issac Hayes Arthur Bliss Beatrice Straight Henry Steel Olcott George Vanderveer Betsy Bloomingdale Apollonia Kotero Linda Fratianne Ron de Lugo Garth Hudson Crystal K. Smith (Pb 9/71) Lamar Hunt Valery Bykovsky Britt Helfer Albert W. Hall Perry Tuttle Susan Denberg (Pb 8/66) Tom Burgmeier Aaron Krickstein Paul Laxalt John Kieran Bob Beamon Mahumed I Ottoman John VIII Xiphilinus Lance Ito |
Dryads Day (Greek Wood & Water Gods) National Ice Cream Sandwich Day Days of the Water Nymphs (Macedonia) Freedom Day (Guyana) St. Elias' Day (patron of Macedonia) Famer's Day (Zambia) Illinden (Macedonia) St. Stephen I's Day Harriet Quimby Day Jamaica Independence Day St. Sidwell's Day (patron of farmers) Twins Festival (Twinsburg, Ohio) Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle competition begins Sinjks Alka (Spear Throwing Tournament; Yugoslavia) Distribution of Charity Monies (Imps only; Fairy) Nuestra Senora de los Angeles (Feast of Our Lady of Angels; Costa Rica) St. Eusebius of Vercelli's Day |
| August 2 Events | Lady Godiva's naked ride Caesar came, saw, and conquered P.T. 109 sank, stranding JFK (WW 2) Hannibal defeated rome by using elephants Lincoln Penny 1st issued (1909) Hudson entered his Bay 1st Parachute Jump from a Balloon Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell premiered Iraq invaded Kuwait (1990) Columbus discovered Trinidad and Tobago Potsdam Summit ended (1945) 1st Skating Rink opened Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnam; 1964) Macedonian uprising against Turkey (1903) Thurman Munson died in plane crash (1979) South Australian Association chartered (1834) Charles X of France overthrown and abdicated (1830) 1st Quadruple alliance formed (between Britain, France, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands; 1718) Henry II, last Valois king, stabbed to death by insane Dominican monk (1589) English King William Rufus killed by arrow while huting in New Forest, possibly by his brother, who became Henry I (1100) US National Income Tax bill passed to help finance civil war (1861) Copies of Declaration of Independence 1st arrived from copyist to be signed (1776) Eagles' One of These Nights reached No. 1 (1975) Billy Joel played a live concert in the USSR (Leningrad; 1987) Jumbo Jet crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l Airport (1985) Wild Bill Hickok shot playing poker (he was holding 2 aces, 2 8's and 2 spades!) Albert Einstein wrote a letter to US President FDR mentioning possibility of the atomic bomb (1939) San Francisco Chronicle dropped Doonesbury, but relented after 1 day when over 2,00 irate people called and Berkeley Law School students threatened to sue (1974) Marcus Garvey, leader of black nationalist organization, Universal Improvement Association, in a speech to 25,000, urged blacks to become self-sufficient and return to Africa (1920) |
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| 3 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John T. Scopes Martin Sheen Leon Uris Walter Clark Christine Richters (Pb 5/86) P.D. James George Fitzgerald Tony Bennett Isabella C. Somerset Ernie Pyle Clifford D. Simak Lance Alworth Jay North Delores Del Rio Edward Wilmot Blyden Isabella Caroline Somerset Anne Klein Richard Lamm Marilyn Maxwell Elisha Graves Otis Bourguiba Harib Harry Heilmann Sid Bream B.B. Dickerson George S. Shonin Todd Christensen Stanley John Carlin Rupert Brooke Larry Haines Dolores Del Rio John Stennis Louis Gruenberg Tim Mayotte Vernon Louis Parrington Stanley Baldwin Haakon VII of Norway Maggie Kuhn (founded Gray Panthers) |
Feast of Caligo (mother of Chaos) St. Lydia's Day (patron of cloth dyers) Fairy Washing Festival (Fairy) Niger Independence Day Bourguiba Harib Day (Turkey) Minstrel's Gathering (Germany) Royal National Eosteddfod (Wales) National Watermelon Day |
| August 3 Events | Columbus set sail on 1st voyage (1492) Klaatu's mysterious self-titled 1st album released American Canoe Association established Source of the Nile discovered Hannibal defeated Roman Army at Battle of Cannae (216 CE) 1st Traffic Light at Piccadilly Circus turned on (1926) In the Heat of the Night premiered Sealing Wax 1st used Lenny Bruce died from morphine overdose (1966) Wings formed (McCartney's post-Beatles band) Perils of Pauline premiered James II of Scotland killed by English at siege of Roxburgh Castle (1460) Golf 1st played on the Moon (1971) Battleship USS Maine finished 1st Aerial Crop Dusting Atari released home version of Pong (1975) Beatles played their last Cavern gig US Air Traffic Controller strike began (1981) Rossini's William Tell premiered 1st Radio play aired (1922) Gandalf visited Bilbo Baggins (Hobbit) Richard Arkwright died (1792) 1st US Immigration Law passed (1882) Doors' Hello, I Love You reached No. 1 (1968) Federal Air Traffic Controllers went on strike (1981) Disney's Duck Tales: The Movie -- Treasure of the Lost Lamp premiered (1990) Summerfield Amusment Park fire killed 46 people (Isle of Man; 1973) |
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| 4 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley William Schuman Richard Lugar John Payne Raoul Wallenberg John Henry Twachtman Richard Belzer Gasper Nunez de Arce Oliver Perry Morton Maurice Richard Joseph Justus Scaliger Nicolas-Jacque Conte Glenn Cunningham Osber Lancaster Valerie Lane (Pb 10/73) Kristofer Tabori Helen Thomas John Riggins Tina Cole Knut Hamsun Arturo Umberto Illia Roger Clemens Wesley Addy Jake Beckley David Russell Lange Broc Little Mary Decker Tabb Slaney Harry Lauder Elizabeth, Queen Morther |
Vigil of St. Oswald Peer Gynt Festival Days begin (Norway) Celtic tree month of Tinne ends Twins Day Festival National Chocolate Chip Day Coast Guard Day National Day (Burkina Faso) St. Dominic's Day Nicole Robin Day (Virgin Islands) Blueberry Festival (Montrose, Pennsylvania @) Fairy Drying-Out Day (Fairy) St. Sithney's Day (patron of mad dogs) Muchkins of Oz Convention St. John-Baptist-Maris Vianney, the Cure of Ars' Day (patron of parish priests) |
| August 4 Events | Freedom of the Press established (1735) Drivers Licenses 1st issued sex, lies & videotape premiered Planet Neptune discovered (1846) 1st Submarine, USS Nautilus, passed under the North Pole (1958) US Coast Guard established (1790) Anne Frank captured by Nazis US Savings Bonds 1st issued Mozart married Largest Marlin caught (1,560 lbs.) Battle of Ft. William Henry (7 Years War; 1757) 1st Bobsled run Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso (1984) NFL Players' strike ended after 4 days (1970) Ricky Nelson's Poor Little Fool reached No. 1 (1958) Lizzie Borden took an axe . . . . (you know the rest; Andrew and Abby Borden murdered; 1892) US bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark (1916) John Lennon began recording his last album, Double Fantasy Mariah Carey's Vision of Love reached No. 1 (1990) Skynet computer defense system goes online (1997; in Terminator 2) US Telephones are all silent for 1 minute for Alexander Graham Bell's funeral (1922) Newspaperman John Peter Zenger acquitted of libel (1735) |
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| 5 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Neil Armstrong Guy de Maupassant John Huston Heidi Sorenson (Pb 7/81) George Tooker John Eliot Patrick Ewing Joseph Scalinger Mary Ritter Beard Conrad Peter Aiken John Saxon Samantha Sang Charles Roll Erika Slezak Thomas Lynch Jr. Joseph Carrey Merrick Mike Fox Jo Collins (Pb 12/64) Fred Scott Sammi Smith Loni Anderson Nellie Briles Dinah Willis (Pb 12/65) Joan Weldon Samantha Sang Eddie Ojeda Leonid Kizim Holly Palance David Brian |
Damn the Torpedoes and Full Speed Ahead Day Joust of the Quintana (Italy) St. Afra's Day (patron of fallen women) National Waffle Day Atomic Bomb Day Clipping the Church Day (Yorkshire, UK) Pixie-of-the-Year Competition (Fairy) St. Oswald's Day Celtic tree month of Coll (Hazel) begins Benediction of the Sea (Brittany Coast) National Failures Day Upper Volta Independence Day Crop Day St. James' Day Oyster Day Grotto Day National Mustard Day St. Addai and Mari's Day (patron of Iran, Syria) Feast of the Dedication of Our Lady of the Snows of the Church of St. Mary Major in Rome |
| August 5 Events | Helium discovered 1st Traffic Light installed (Cleveland; 1914) Knights of Pythias founded Rear Window premiered 1st English Colony in North America founded at Newfoundland (1583) Holiday Inn premiered American Bandstand debuted Marilyn Monroe died (1962) Income Tax 1st collected Corporate Tax established US abolished flogging for US Army Earliest known Leonard Da Vinci drawing done (1473) Separatists (Pilgrims is incorrect) set sail for Virginia Rolling Stones' Miss You reached No. 1 (1978) Statue of Liberty Cornerstone laid (1884) 1st NFL game played in Mexico (1978) Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly published Little Orphan Annie comic strip began (1924) Madonna performed the last show of her Blonde Ambition Tour, live on HBO from Nice, France (1990) John Lennon made his infamous correct (but misinterpreted) statement that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, causing the overreaction of the US bible belt |
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| 6 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson Clara Bow Andy Warhol Robert Mitchum Asia Carrera (1973) Kimberly Conrad (Pb 1/88) Lucille Ball Soleil Moon Frye Catherine Hicks Alexander Fleming Cara Lott Scott Nearing Jess (Burgess Collins) Howard Hodgkin Andy Messersmith Peter Bonerz David Maurice Robinson Ken Strong Paul Claudel Ella Raines Freddie Laker Carl C. Perkins Sally Eaton Ken Norton Stephane Krammer Abbey Lincoln Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt Charles VII |
Deadwood Day Feast of Everything Green Except Money Peace Festival (Japan) Feast of Transfiguartion Tan Hill Festival (aka Teinne; Celtic Holy Fire) Bolivia Independence Day Friendship Day St. Justus and Pastor's Day Accession Day (United Arab Emirates) National Root Beer Float Day St. Roch's Day Best Elf Awards (Fairy) Canadian Goose Festival St. Hormisdas' Day Wiggle Your Toes Day |
| August 6 Events | 1st Conscientious Objectors in US (1776) Pinta lost her rudder mid-Atlantic Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan (1945) Judge Crater disappeared (1930) From Here To Eternity premiered 1st Electrocution in US (1890) Battle of Boyasa (Bolivia) Marilyn Monroe found dead (1962) Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed (1965) 1st US Convent opened Great Revival of the West began (1801) Anti-Bank Riots began (Baltimore, Maryland; 1835) "Mother Ann" Lee arrived in US to found the Shakers (1774) Gertrude Ederle swam the English Channel (1926) Yippie invasion of Disneyland celebrated (1970) Both sides claimed victory in Battle of Oriskany (US Revolutionary War; 1777) |
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| 7 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Stan Freberg David Duchovny John Heathcoat Rudolf C. Ising Henri Le Sidaner Emile Nolde Lawton Parker Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Louis Hazeltine Garrison Keillor Mata Hari B.J. Thomas Lana Cantrell Rahsaan Roland Kirk Alan Page Don Larsen Carl Ritter Nathanael Greene Alberto Salazar Nicholas Ray George Stiernhielm Ralph Johnson Bunche Edwin W. Edwards Steve Kemp Ralph J. Bunche Anjanette Comer David James Wottle Constantius II Gary Hall Louis Leakey Ernesto Lecuona Ann Harding Billie Burke Wallace |
Sea Serpent Day Feast of 'Aut-Yeb, Personification of Female Joy (Egypt) St. Dometius the Persian's Day (patron against sciatica) Pea Festival St. Sixtus II and companions' Day Smartest Leprechaun Eisteddford (Fairy) Feast of the Holy Name St. Cajetan's Day National Raspberries 'n Cream Day St. Albert of Trapani's Day (patron against demonic possession) |
| August 7 Events | 1st Photograph of Earth taken from space
(1959) Telephoto Lens patented US Marines landed at Guadalcanal (WW 2; 1942) Revolving Door patented 1st Murder attributed to Jack the Ripper found Phillip Petit tightrope walked across the Twin Towers in NYC US Order of the Purple Heart authorized (1782) Mile 1st run in under 4 minutes Alley Oop 1st published 1st Beach Blanket movie premiered (1963) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution approved (1964) Mothers of Inventions' Billy the Mountain released Love Canal in upstate New York declared toxic disaster area (1978) Emilia Newcomb spontaneously combusted walking to a party (1958) Herman's Hermit's I'm Henry VIII, I Am reached No. 1 (1965) International Peace Bridge between US and Canada dedicated (1927) Elton John & Kiki Dee's Don't Go Breaking My Heart reached No. 1 (1976) Dutch ships bombarded English garrison on Manhattan Island, taking over New York (1673) |
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| 8 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John Holmes Charles Bullfinch Benny Carter Dino DeLaurentis Ernest Lawrence The Edge Dustin Hoffman Esther Williams Chris Thompson Henry Fairfield Osborn Ernest Orlando Lawrence Sara Teasdale Rory Calhoun Mel Tillis Joan Adams Mondale Matthew Henson Emiliano Zapata Paul Dirac Chris Koren (Pb 3/70) Henry Fairfield Osborn Randy Shilts Esther McQuigg Morris Joe Tex Richard Anderson Connie Stevens Robin Quivers Arthur Goldberg Keith Carradine Brian Sipe Rudi Gernreich Andre Jolivet Sylvia Sidney Robert Stafford Joan Mondale Victor Young Donny Most Jim Weaver Hikaru Shidou (Rayearth Magic Knight) Odie |
Burryman Festival (Scotland) Dollar Day International Character Day Season of Bureaucracy begins (Discordian) Victory Day (Rhode Island) Finest Fairy Finals (Fairy) Salt Water Day (Uruguay) Bhutan Independence Day St. Dominic's Day (founder of Dominican Order; patron of astronomers, Dominican Republic) Nudist Convention Goddess Month of Kerea ends National Frozen Custard Day St. Cyriacus' Day (patron against demonic possession, eye disease) Bonza Bottler Day Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors Porch Night Fourteen Holy Helpers' Day St. Hormisdas' Day (patron of stableboys) |
| August 8 Events | US Dollar created 1st Balloon flight (1709) Here Comes Mr. Jordan premiered Mimeograph patented (Edison; 1876) 1st Davis Cup match played Stand By Me premiered Beatles' Revolver released Great Escape premiered 1st Steam Liner set sail Benny Goodman played his 1st paying gig One Crazy Sumer premiered House of the Rising Son released Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada Largest Trout caught (65 lbs.) 1st Pike's Peak auto hill climb took place (1916) Stourbridge Lion, 1st steam locomotive to run in US, built (1829) Henry the Navigator delivered the 1st African slaves to Europe (1449) 1st Official of US President to western US indians (Shoshoni; Wyoming; 1883) Computer program "Laila" completed (1988; Sophie's World) Henry Hawk debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1942) Brian Hyland's Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini reached No. 1 (1960) Great Train Robbery got away with 7 million (UK; 1963) Richard Nixon resigned as US President (1974) Max ate her 1st bowl of Luck Charms (1971; on The Spy Game; 1997) Beatles photographed walking across Abbey Road for the album cover (1969) Delaware & Hudson Canal Company tested the steam locomotive (1829) Roosevelt & Churchill agreed to appoint Eisenhower to command allied forces in North Africa (WW2; 1942) U2's I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For reached No. 1 (1987) Stone Brewing Co. founded (California; 1996) |
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| 9 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Gillian Anderson Betty Boop Izaak Walton Tove Jansson Rod Laver David Steinberg Bob Cousy William Morton Brett Hull Sam Elliot Charles Fort Jimmy Dean Melanie Griffith Cheng Cheng Kung (Koxinga) Nikki Schieler (Pb 9/97) Burleigh Grimes Ralph Houk Leonide Massine Harry Mills Jean Piaget Robert Shaw Amedeo Avogadro David Steinberg Marvin Minsky Herman Talmadge Ralph Wyckoff Elisha Ferry William A. Fowler Dianne Danford (Pb 11/61) Mary Joe Fernandez Curtis Blow J. James Exon Whitney Houston Deion Sanders |
Laugh At Religion Day Victory Day (Allbutru) National Polka Festival Feast of the Milky Way (China) Singapore Independence Day Goddess Month of Hesperis begins Sanus (Libya) Jesse Owens Day St. Matthais' Day (Greek) Popcorn Festival Cranham Feast (Gloucestershire, UK) Goblin Ugly Contest (Fairy) National Rice Pudding Day St. Emygdius' Day (patron against earthquakes) |
| August 9 Events | Gold discovered in Australia Berlioz' Beatrice & Benedict premiered From Russia With Love premiered Tate Murders by Charles Manson's followers (1969) Pinta's rudder replaced 1st Creaseproof Fabric made Electric Washing Machine patented 1st Televised Tennis Match played Jonas Bronck settled in the Bronx (1638) Ft. William Henry surrendered (1757) 1st Air Raid Jerry Garcia died (1995) Trumpet god Bill Chase killed in plane crash Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at Berlin Olympics (1936) Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan (1945) Richard M. Nixon resigned as US President (1974) 1st Indian Reservation designated (New Jersey; 1758) Donald Duck made his debut in Disney's Wise Little Hen (1934) Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed, fixing US-Canadian border (1842) Bee Gees' Jive Talkin' reached No. 1 (1975) 1st time every Major League Baseball game was played at night (1946) |
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| 10 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Alexander Glazunov Noah Beery Ian Anderson Herbert Hoover Angus Campbell Rosanna Arquette Benjamin Ward Jack Haley Helen Hill Norma Shearer William Harnett Arne Tiselius Diana Muldaur Rhonda Fleming Betsy Johnson Eddie Fisher Douglas Moore Jorge Amado Ronnie Spector Patti Austin Martha Hyer Camillo Benso di Cavour Junior Samples Mike Douglas John Ferris Brice Abrahams Jane Wyatt Antonio Banderas Rocky Colavito |
Lazy Day Chemistry Set Volcano Day Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins Day of Wandering (Fairy) St. Besse's Day (patron of draft dodgers) Middle Children's Day Feast of San Lorenzo (Spain) Tan Hill Fair (Wiltshire, UK) South Carolina Peanut Party Ecuador Independence Day St. Oswald of Northumbria's Day National S'Mores Day Battle Flag Day (Iowa) St. Lawrence of Rome's Day (patron of cooks, librarians, the poor; protector of vineyards & against rheumatism, fire) |
| August 10 Events | Greenwich Mean Time began Chicago incorporated Smithsonian Institute founded (1846) Missouri became the 24th state (1824) Sea Hawk premiered Rin Tin Tin died Magellan left on his around-the-world voyage Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best in the Beatles 1st Steam Locomotive built Movie Projector patented Smithsonian Institute established (1846) High Society premiered Electric Welding discovered Gidget Goes Hawaiian premiered Manhattan Transfer debuted 1st Diesel Engine built Mount Rushmore dedicated (1927) Ford's Model A design finalized (1927) Ronald Reagan approved work on Neutron bomb (1981) Little Stevie Wonder's Fingertips - Part 2 reached No. 1 (1963) Canaan, New Hampshire mob set fire to Noyes Academy after 14 blacks enrolled (1835) Japan agreed to surrender if Emperor Hirohito could keep his throne (1945) |
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| 11 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Joe Jackson Alex Haley Robert Ingersol Buster Brown Julie Ann Clarke (Pb 3/91) Martin Johnson Heade Gari Melchers Mike Douglas Linda Rhys Vaughn (Pb 4/82) Steve Wozniak Louise Bogan Mavis Gallant Richard Meade Christiaan Eijkman David R. Atchison Carrie Jacobs Bond Joanna Coles Frederich Ludwig Jahn Dik Browne Enid Blyton Carl Rowan Hulk Hogan Vida Pinson Anna Massey Elizabeth Holtzman Hugh MacDiarmid William O'Neal Chuck Connors Elaine Paul (Pb 8/60) Arlene Dahl Joseph Weber Eric Carmen Lloyd Nolan Sadi Carnot Jerry Falwell |
Festival of Happy Feet Daughter's Day Night of the Shooting Stars Perseids (meteor Night) St. Clare's Day (patron of TV, embroiderers) Chad Independence Day Mystic Outdoor Arts Festival Presidential Joke Day National Canoe & Kayak Festival Zimbabwe Heroes' Day Play in the Sand Day St. Susanna's Day National Raspberry Bombe Day The Next Solar Eclipse (1999) St. Alexander the Charcoal Burner's Day (patron of charcoal burners) |
| August 11 Events | Animated Cartoon Process patented Satellites of Mars discovered 1st Color broadcast of a baseball game (1951; Brooklyn Dodgers v. Boston Braves) Battle of Britain Sprinkler Head Electric Socket with a Pull Chain patented 1st US Silver Mine opened Modesty Blaise premiered Apple Records established (1965) Watts Riots began (1965) Berlin Wall completed (1961) Frederick Douglass made his 1st public speech (1841) Shostokovich's Lenningrad Symphony premiered (1942) Ray Parker's Ghostbusters reached No. 1 (1984) French Protectorate established in Cambodia (1858) US President Hoover declared "it's time to scrap prohibition" (1932) Neil Sedaka's Breaking Up Is Hard To Do reached No. 1 (1962) Robert Fulton tested the steamboat Clermont (1807) England went broke (US & France lent $46 million each, & US bankers lent another $111 million; 1930) John Lennons made his "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus" remark (despite the fact that he was correct and it was an offhand remark, the US bible belt, as usual, overreacts) |
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| 12 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| William Goldman Erwin Schrodinger Cecil B. DeMille Abbot Handerson Thayer George Bellows Dik Browne Robert Mills Lonny Chin (Pb 1/83) Buck Owens "Diamond" Jim Brady Britt Morgan Katherine Bates Ross McWhirter George Hamilton Pat Metheny Christy Mathewson Robert Southey Norris McWhirter Cantinflas Mstislav Rostopovich Gwen Wong (Pb 4/67) Joe Besser Porter Wagoner Marion Lorne Jane Wyatt Mark Knopfler Samuel Fuller John Derek Michael Kidd Fife Symington Thomas Bewick Sam Jones Frank Ervin Dale Bumpers John Poindexter Lillian Evanti Marsha Clark Jacinto Martinez Lezlie Dalton Marjorie Reynolds Alex Wojciechowicz Mary Roberts Rinehart Julius Rosenwald Cantinflas George IV Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand |
Zaraday (aka Zarathud's Day; Discordian) Indian Day (Massachusetts) Lights of Isis (Ancient Egypt) St. Porcarius' Day Middle Children's Day Anniversary of Snick-Snacker's Left Foot (Fairy) Runic half-month of Thorn ends National Toasted Almond Bar Day Battle of Flowers Parade (Florida) Mitcham Fair begins (Surrey, UK) Glorious Twelfth (Grouse Season begins; Scotland) Old Time Farm Day St. Grouse's Day Grouse Day (hunting season begins) American Theatre Association Convention (@) |
| August 12 Events | Lil' Abner 1st published Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida (1508) Shots fired at Ft. Sumter Last US Troops left Vietnam Space Shuttle 1st flew 1st Airmail Letter sent Singer Sewing Machine patented (1851) 1st Employment Agency opened Jefferson Airplane formed William Blake died (1827) Human Voice 1st recorded (1877) Ford introduced the Model T (1908) 1st Police force formed in US (New Amsterdam; 1653) UK Bread Price riots began (1812) Ian Fleming died (1964) Santo Domingo slave revolt began (1791) 1st Giant Panda born in captivity (1980) Baseball Players' 1st major strike began (1984) Carbolic Acid 1st used in surgery (1865) Paris-Peking Motor Race completed (62 days; 1907) Dr. Lister 1st demonstrated antiseptic (1865) Richard Marx's Right Here Waiting reached No. 1 (1989) 1st Solar-powered car successfully tested (1955) USS Skate became 2nd Submarine to sail under North Pole Wampanog Tribal son Philip killed, triggering King Philip's War, 1st War between Indians & US settlers (1676) China's Tienanmen Square massacre revealed to have been provoked by Chinese Gov't agents to provide authorities with an excuse to kill 450, injure over 750, and detain another 3,000 (1990) |
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| 13 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Alfred Hitchcock Felix Adler William Caxton Annie Oakley Laurel Canyon Pamela Jean Stein (Pb 11/87) George Benjamin Luks Christopher Nevinson Lucy Stone Ben Hogan Johann Christoph Denner George Grove Frederick Sanger Don Ho John Beal Bert Lahr Joycelyn Elders Bobby Clarke George Shearing Neville Brand Quinn Cummings Pat Harrington Jr. Alex Donnelley Gene Raymond Charles "Buddy" Rodgers Danny Bonaduce Fidel Castro Regis Toomey Felix Wankel George Stokes Dan Fogelberg Rex Humbard Alfried Krupp Makarios III John Logie "the father of television" Baird |
Skinny Dipping Day Blame Somebody Else Day Hecate (Old Roman Goddess Festival) International Lefthanders Day Daughter's Day Lefthander's Day Runic half-month of As (gods) begins Central African Republic Independence Day Anniversary of Snick-Snacker's Right Foot (Fairy) Festival of Huitzilopochtls (Aztec) St. Cassian's Day (patron of teachers) Occupation Day St. Maximus' Day (Western) Women's Day (Tunisia) Festival of the Volcano (Antigua, Guatemala) St. Hippolytus' Day (patron of horses, prison guards) National Filet Mignon Day St. Radegunde's Day Feast of Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus Rathkamp Matchbook Society Convention (@) St. Concordia's Day (patron of nannies) Congo National Festival begins |
| August 13 Events | Disney's Bambi premiered (1942) 1st US Letter written in English Beatles' Help! released Spain took Mexico City from Aztecs (1521) 1st Roller Derby held Berlin Wall construction began (1961) The Patsy premiered Battle of Blenheim (1704) Wagner's Ring Cycle premiered (1876) 1st Giraffe exhibited in UK UK took over Cape of Good Hope (1814) Yes, We Have No Bananas reached No. 1 John Everett Millias died (1896) Bachman-Turner Overdrive disbanded UK's Dangeous Dogs Act went into effect (1991) Lil' Abner comic strip began (1934) Reverand Billy Graham married Ruth Bell (1943) 1st Native American baptised in the Church of England Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City reached No. 1 (1966) New Mexico indians drove Spanish out of Santa Fe (1680) John Wesley Powell discovered Grand Canyon (1870) |
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| 14 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John Galsworhty Gary Larsen Steve Martin Fernand Leger Earvin "Magic" Johnson Betty Blue (Pb 11/56) Susan Saint James Earl Weaver Alice Ghostley David Crosby Neal Anderson Buddy Greco Hans Christian Oersted Arthur Betz Laffer James Pitman Russell Baker Debbie Meyer John Ringling North Alice Adams Robyn Smith Mark Leonard Richard Krafft-Ebing E.W. Daver Connie Smith Hezekiah "Stuff" Smith Ernest L. Thayer Larry Graham Nehemiah Persoff Sarah Brightman Danielle Steel Princess Anne |
Liberty Tree Day (Massachusetts) Assumption Eve (France) Pakistan Independence Day La Torta dei Fieschi (Italy) Festival of Sassari (Sardinia) Husbands in Love Day Bahrain Independence Day Anniversary of Snick-Snacker's Deerk Foot (Fairy) St. Werenfrid's Day (patron of vegetable gardens; against gout) V-J Day (WW 2; 1945) National Creamsicle Day St. Maximilian Kolbe's Day (patron of drug addicts; against drug addiction) |
| August 14 Events | 1st Book Printed US Social Security System created (1935) War of the Worlds premiered Atlantic Charter signed (1941) Electric Meter patented 1st License Plate issued Japan surrendered (WW 2; 1945) 1st Felix the Cat cartoon premiered Solidarity Stikes began (Poland) Alaric sacked Rome Rin Tin Tin died (1932) Coke registered as a trademark (1945) RAF encountered UFO's (1956) Felix the Cat comic strip began (1923) UK troops 1st entered Northern Ireland (1969) Virginia's House of Burgess 1st convened (1619) Stamp Act riots began (Boston; 1765) Cologne Cathedral construction began (1248) & finished (1880) Seminole indians began forced march to Oklahoma (1842) California squatters' riots began (1850) Mendocino Brewing Company opened the Hopland Brewery (California; 1983) Longest Softball Game played (265 innings; completed 8/15/1976) Sonny & Cher's I Got You Babe reached No. 1 (1965) Polish workers took over shipyard at Gdansk, Poland (1980) Illinois declared martial law after race riots in Spingfield (1918) William Randolph Hearst died (his last word wasn't "rosebud"; 1951) Dirigible Graf Zeppelin began its trip around the world (1929) Pakistan became independent from India to satisfy Muslim League's demand for separate state (1947) |
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| 15 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Walter Scott Jacques Ibert Napoleon Bonaparte Thomas E. Lawrence "of Arabia" Oscar Peterson Priscilla Lee Taylor (Pb 3/96) Hal Foster Julia Child Edna Ferber Thomas DeQuincy Jimmy Webb Mike Connors Rose Marie Barbara Bouchet Ethel Barrymore Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. Princess Anne Gene Upshaw Bill Baird Walter Crane Charles Comiskey Fred Strickland Luigi Pulci Jim Dale Signe Hasso Lukas Foss (Fuchs) Abby Dalton Wendy Hiller Janice Rule Peanut Louie Lori Nelson Ewcia "Cookie" Olejnik Robert Bolt James Douglas Frederick William I Linda Ellerbee J. Keir Hardie Lillian Carter Florence K. DeWolf Harding Louis-Victor due de Broglie Phyllis Schlafly |
Chauvin Day Loaded Dice Day Assumption St. Mary's Day Great Mother Goddess Day Fool's Dance begins (Japan) St. Arnulph of Soissons' Day (patron of brewers) Our Lady of Flowers Festival (Florida, New York) Congo Independence Day Lichtenstein National Day National Relaxation Day Ferragosto (Oven of August; Italy) India Independence Day Military Regime Day (Niger) Our Lady of the "Monte" Festival (Portugal) Korea Republic Day National Failures Day Dog Days end National Lemon Meringue Pie Day St. Tarsicius' Day (patron of first communicants) Great American Tomato Canning Tournament |
| August 15 Events | Woodstock Music Festival began (1969) 1st Croquet Tournament held Beatles played Shea Stadium (1965) Panama Canal opened (1914) 1st Aerial Dogfight Dentist Chair patented 1st Detective Force created Berlin Wall completed Rene Magritte died (1967) Disney's Make Mine Music premiered (1946) 1st California newspaper published (1846) Transcontinental Railroad actually finished Columbus entered the Sargasso Sea (1492) Will Rogers killed in plane crash (1935) Tivoli Gardens opened (Copenhagen, Denmark (1834) Ignatius Loyola and his followers took a vow of poverty, chasity and obedience (1534) Elvis Presley's It's Now or Never reached No. 1 (1960) 1st Feature-length cartoon released (Sinking of the Lusitania; 1918) King McBeth killed by King Duncan I's son, Malcolm (1057) John Carroll consecrated as 1st US bishop (1790) Menendez Brothers killed their parents (1989) India and Pakistan gained independence from UK (1947) Corporal Punishment banned in UK schools, except private schools (1987) Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen burned down by deranged servant (1914) Giant mutant trees discovered near nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Russia (1989) |
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| 16 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| E.F. Schumacher Charles Bukowski Nathan Hale Duncan Phyfe Becky Delos Santos (Pb 4/94) Anita Gillete Margaret Mitchell Julie Newmar Leslie Ann Warren Menachem Begin Fess Parker Bernarr MacFadden Timothy Hutton Madonna Frederic Kipping Georgette Heyer Betsy von Furstenberg Christian Okoye Robert Culp Eydie Gorme Bernarr MacFadden Carol Moseley-Braun Harold Foster Ted Hughes Hugo Gernsback Marianne de Swart Eric Swann Bernard McFadden Gabriel Piern Stuart "Smoky" Roosa Valeri V. Ryumin Amos Alonzo Stagg Franz Josef II Ann Blyth Kevin Ayers George Meany Wendell Stanley Shimon Peres Frank Gifford Kathie Lee Gifford |
Anti-Christian Day Monty Python Day Harmonic Convergence Day Bratwurst Festival Elvis Presley Day Watermelon Festival St. Roche's Day National Rum Day Festival of the Minstrels (Tutbury Castle, UK) Restoration of the Republic (Dominican Republic) Madonna del Voto Day (aka Palio of the Contrade; Italy) St. Armel's Day (patron against headache, gout, fever, rheumatism) Cyprus Independence Day St. Joachim's Day Baba Au Rhum Day Joe Miller's Joke Day St. Stephen of Hungray's Day (patron of Hungary) Political Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) St. Simplicianus' Day |
| August 16 Events |
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| Klondike gold rush began (1896) 1st Restaurant Chain opened Battle of Bennington (1777) Nortorious premiered Battle of Camden Peter Gabriel left Genesis (1975) 1st Music Convention held Elvis Presley allegedley died (1977) Manchester Massacre Battle of Camden (1780) Harmonic Convergence (1987) 1st Poseidon missile launched (1968) Ramakrishna died (1886) Jools Holland left Squeeze (the 1st time) 1st Monty Python Film Festival held Robert Johnson died (1938) 22 English Football teams left 1st Division to form Premier Division (1991) Manchester Massacre (aka Battle of Peterloo; 1819) Canada and US signed migratory bird treaty (1916) 1st African Slaves delivered to Virginia (1617) Jesse Owens left Berlin with 4 gold medals (1936) Madonna's Papa Don't Preach reached No. 1 (1985) |
| 17 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Davy Crockett Robert De Niro Katherine Wu Maraschin Janet Quist (Pb 12/78) Maureen O'Hara Guillermo Vilas Eric Drummond Bessie Potter Vonnoh Carmen Berg (Pb 7/87) David Conrad Boog Powell Sean Penn Belinda Carlisle Pierre de Fermat Elaine Morton (Pb 6/70) Larry Rivers V.S. Naipaul Marcus Garvey Julianna McCarthy Samuel Goldwyn Mae West Francis Gary Powers Kathy McNeil Ed McCaffrey Nelson Piquet Luther Allison Monty Woolley John Hay Whitney Harrison Chase |
Archeology Day Odin's Ordeal begins (Norse) San Martin Day (Argentina) Indonesia Independence Day National Thrift Shop Day St. Hyacinth's Day (patron of Lithuania) Feast of the Hungary Ghosts (China) Gabon Independence Day St. Mamas' Day (patron of nurses, shepherds; against colic) National Vanilla Custard Day St. Roch's Day (patron of doctors, dog lovers, cattle, prisoners; against cholera, contagious diseases, plague) |
| August 17 Events | Yukon discovered 1st Bookcase built Wrench patented 1st Practical Steamboat launched (1807) Thief of Baghdad premiered 1st Automobile Death (1896) Ohio Territory founded (1788) Boxing's 1st rules published (by Jack Broughton; 1743) 1st Commercial flight from Sydney to London (1989) Academy of Lynxes founded (Rome; 1603) 3 Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon (1978) Rascals' People Got to Be Free reached No. 1 (1968) 1st Transatlantic Balloon trip completed (1978) Gold discovered in the Klondike (1896) 1st Public Shower opened Roanoke colony settlers in US disappeared (1590) Cement began replacing barbed wire of Berlin Wall (1961) Lindy Chamberlain's baby taken by a Dingo (1980) Buffalo Bills played their 1st game in Rich Stadium (1973) Emmett Till murdered for talking to a white woman (Money, Mississippi; 1955) Columbus told his crew a made up story about compass variations to calm their fears (1492) Electronic Tag 1st used to secure a criminal in his home unattended (UK; 1989) |
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| 18 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Virginia Dare Roman Polanski Christian Slater Rafer Johnson Meriwether Lewis Roberto Clemente Carol O'Neal (Pb 7/72) Brook Taylor Alain Robbe-Grillet Robert Redford John Jurkovic Antonio Salieri Marshall Field Fabian Gottlieb Von Bellinghausen Daphne Lynn Duplaix (Pb 7/97) Gus Edwards Max Factor Fat Lever Martin Mull Walter J. Hickel Johnny Preston Casper Weinberger Nona Hendryx Gail Fisher Rosalynn Carter Malcolm Jamal Warner John I Franz-Joseph I Patrick Swayze Shelley Winters |
Bad Poetry Day St. Agapitus' Day (patron against colic) National Ice Cream Pie Day Toe-Pogling Season begins (Fairy) St. Helena's Day (patron of archeologists) |
| August 18 Events | Wizard of Oz premiered (1939) 1st English Baby born in US (1587) Weather Map 1st telecast Time Machine premiered Columbus sighted birds 19th US Amendment ratified, giving women the vote (1920) Birth Control Pills 1st made 1st FM Radio Station License issued Mount Whitney 1st climbed (1873) Woodstock Festival ended (1969) Genghis Khan fell off his horse and died (1227) Anti-Cigarette League of America established Sydney Harbour Bridge completed (1930) 1st Red Guard demonstration held (China; 1966) Disney's The Reluctant Dragon premiered (1941) Marianne Faithful took a drug overdose (1969) South Africa banned from Olympic for its racist politics (1984) Elvis Presley's Hound Dog reached No. 1 (1956) Muhammad Ali married "Fruit of Islam" member Belinda Boyd (11967) Cesare Borgia appointed Leonardo Da Vinci to post of Military Engineer (1502) Swiss citizen Billy Meier's last of over 700 visits from aliens from the Pleiades star system (1991) |
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| 19 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Ogden Nash George Bellows John Dryden Seth Thomas Bradley Walker Tomlin Georges Enesco Jonathan Frakkes Diana Muldaur Gene Roddenberry John Flamsteed Iaigo Lopez Orville Wright William Riker (2335) Ginger Baker Sammi Cheng Coco Chanel Jill St. John Lillian Muller (Pb 8/75) Bill Clinton Arthur Waley Debra Paget Willie Shoemaker Alfred Lunt Edith Nesbit Courtney Gibbs Renee Richards Gabrielle Chanel Harry Mills Bernard Baruch Thurston Morton Morten Anderson Ronald Darling Claude Dauphin Billy J. Kramer Minna Canth Cindy Nelson Manuel Quezon John Stamos Frank Telfer Malcolm Forbes James Gould Cozzens David Durenberger Sue Barker Johnny Nash Ron Darling Snuffleupagus (Sesame Street) |
Potato Day Festival of Random Access Memory The Rustic Vnalia (Old Roman Goddess Venus; Festival of Ripening Grape) National Aviation Day Buhe (Ethiopia) Levi's Ride & Tie Race Afghanistan Independence Day National Soft Ice Cream Day St. Sebald's Day (patron against freezing; aka Sebaldus) Edinburgh International Festival begins (@) Candlelight Vigil For Homeless Animals Day St. John Eudes' Day |
| August 19 Events | Gail Borden patented condensed milk (1856) Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test published Battle of Bluelicks 5 Witches burned in Salem (1692) Dial Telephone patented (1896) Little Red Songbook 1st published (1909) Battle of Ascalon (1st Crusade; 1099) 1st Roman Emperor, Augustus, died (14 CE) Charlie's Angels cancelled (1981) Battle of Blue Licks began (1777) Amos 'n' Andy debuted on radio (1929) USSR sentenced U2 pilot Gary Powers to 10 years (1960) Poland became 1st Eastern European country to end one-party rule (1989) Federico Garcia Lorca assassinated by Spanish Falangists (1936) Daughters of the American Revolution ("DAR") established Coup de Etat removed Gorbachev from power in USSR (1991) Longest cab ride began (13,670 miles; until Oct. 27, 1988) Debbie Reynolds' Tammy reached No. 1 (1957) Worker revolt in New Smyrna, Florida (1768) Alec Baldwin & Kim Bassinger married (1993) Sherlock Holmes' Adventure of the Norwood Builder began (1895) USS Constitution sank the HMS Guerriere in less than half an hour (1812) In Geman Plebiscite, 89.9% voted to make Chancellor Adolf Hitler President as well (1934) Miss Universe ordered to lose 27 lbs., or lose her crown (1996) Saddam Hussein offered to release Western hostages in exchange for US withdrawal from middle east and an end to the blockade (1990) |
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| 20 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Upton Sinclair Ron Paul Jack Teagarden Benjamin Harrison Robert Plant Connie Chung H.P. Lovecraft Oliver Hazard Perry James Pankow Edgar Guest Salvatore Quasimodo Raymond Poincare Carla Fracci Eliel Saarinen Mark Langston Greg Nettles Fredy Perlman Isaac Hayes Al Lopez Guy Lafleur Bernardo O'Higgins George M itchell Sam Melville Jacqueline Susann Bunny Austin Jim Reeves Don King |
Moon's Birthday (Aztecs) St. Stephen's Festival (Budapest, Hungary) National Homeless Animals Day Dogfight Day St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Day (patron of bees, beekeepers, candle makers, Gibralter) Victory Day (Turkey) Constitution Day (Hungary) St. Philbert's Day National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day St. Oswin's Day |
| August 20 Events | Plutonium 1st weighed (1942) Civilian Conservation Corps established Photography invented (1839) Stainless Steel 1st cast (1913) Rotary Dial Phone patented Gun 1st fired from a plane 1st Negro Convention held (Philadelphia; 1830) Bahamas to Florida Swim 1st completed Topper premiered Radar 1st used by UK (1940) Cartridge Belt patented Iran/Iraq ceasefire took effect (1988) Voyager 2 launched (1977) 1st Successful parachute jump from a plane (1913) Last Waltons episode aired (1981) USSR invaded Czechoslovakia (1968) 1st Man killed by a Waterbed (1983) Xerox 914, 1st copy machine, donated to Smithsonian Institute (1985) Emotions' Best of My Love reached No. 1 (1977) US Plant Quarantine Act came into effect (1912) Lt. William Calley's sentence reduced 20 years after public outcry that he was a scapegoat (1970) Born Free conservationists George and Joy Adamson gunned down by poachers (1989) Cindy "Zuzu" Kang stabbed to death Japanese businessman Hay Suk Yoon in Sunnyvale, California hotel (1992) At Ralph Hay's Hupmobile automobile showroom, representatives of 10 cities met to form the American Professional Football Association (1920) Roger Williams wrote a covenant for the new Providence, Rhode Island colony pledging that the majority would rule "only in civill things" leaving liberty of conscience to the individual (1636) |
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| 21 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Count Basie Friz Freleng Wilt Chamberlain Aubrey Beardsley William Murdoch Barbara Moore (Pb 12/92) Gustave Caillebotte Asher B. Durand Matthew Broderick Jeff Stryker Roark Bradford Hubert Gautier Princess Margaret Jackie DeShannon Clarence Williams III Robert Stone Willie Lanier Patty McCormack Jim McMahon Mart Crowley Chris Basher Tammy Amerson Kenny Rogers Ozma, Queen of Oz William IV Philip II Augustus |
Good Roads Day St. Jane Frances de Chantal's Day Festival of Goliath (Ath, Belgium) St. Bernard Tolomei's Day (patron of olive growers) St. Francis De Sales' Day National Spumoni Day St. Pius IX's Day |
| August 21 Events | Eagle Scout 1st awarded Adding Machine patented (by William S. Burroughs; 1888) Substitute 1st allowed in English League soccer game (Bolton) American Bar Association established (1878) 1st Cadillac automobile built (1902) Hawaii became the 50th state (1959) 1st Female Firefighter in UK (1976) Nat Turner led slave rebellion in Virginia (1831) 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate held (1858) Venetian Blinds patented Speeding Ticket 1st given Oldsmobile incorporated (1897) 1st Televised Puppet Show aired Patsy Cline recorded Crazy (1961) UK Licensing Laws amended to allow pubs to be open 12 hours, except on Sundays (1988) Benigno Aquino assassinated by Marcos in Manila (1985) Volcanic Lake Nyos released toxic gas, killing 1,200 people (Cameroon; 1986) Dumbarton Oaks Conference held, laying the framework for the UN (1944) Walter Matthau married Carol Grace Marcus (1959) Black Panther leader George Jackson assassinated in San Quentin (1971) Hoax began by New York Sun that tiny objects were seen on the Moon (1835) Adultery lawsuit brought against minister Henry Ward Beecher, brother of author Harriet (he was eventually acquitted; 1874) |
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| 22 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Claude Debussy Dorothy Parker Ray Bradbury Carl Yaztremski Aedesia Karl Heinz Stockhausen Tori Amos John Lee Hooker Denis Papin Jacques Lipchitz George Herriman Norman Schwarzkopf Samuel Pierpont Langley Gerald Carr Archibald Willard P.J. Sparxx Sonny Jurgensen Deng Xiaoping Henri Cartier-Bresson Steve Davis Bill Parcel Mats Wilander Honor Blackman Albert Brisbane Marliece Andrada (Pb 3/98) Paul White Denton Cooley Gerald P. Carr Sylvia Koscina Leni Riefenstahl Valerie Harper Kathy Lennon Susie Scott (Pb 3/60) Elizabeth Bergner Mel Hein Cindy Williams Tricia Pursley Diana Sands Paul Leo Molitor |
Kermesse (Antwerp, Belgium) Be An Angel Day Americas Cup Day Feast of the Queenship of Mary Leo zodiac sign ends National Pecan Torte Day Old Thresherman's Reunion Tunamint (Natural Chimneys, Virginia) Rumpleskunkskin's Wedding (Goblin celebration) St. Symphorian's Day (patron of children, students; against syphilis) Immaculate Heart of Mary Festival |
| August 22 Events | Richard III slain at Bodsworth (1485) Liquid Soap patented 1st Colored Map made Victrola patented 1st America's Cup race held (1851) Mona Lisa stolen (1911) Quiet Man premiered TV News 1st aired Rivets removed from Levi's Jeans (1964) Wallpaper Printing Machine patented Haitian slave uprising led to revolution (1791) Bread's Make It With You reached No. 1 (1970) USSR and Warsaw Pact tanks invaded Prague (1968) Nazi's shut down the Bauhuas for the 2nd time (1932) Belgium and UK signed commercial treaty (1862) Charlie Wilson jailed for the Great Train Robbery (1963) British Telecom debuted 1st pocketphones (1989) 10,000 Chinese plundered the China Inland Mission (18680 Jan Buhner Buzz Cut Night held, admitting free to the Seattle Kingdome anyone without hair (1995) Shah of Iran returned to Peacock Throne, jailing Mossadegh (1953) Courtney Love attacked fans at Lollapalooza (Shoreline, Mt. View, CA; 1995) Vietnam conflict between France and Ho Chi Minh's communist forces began (1945) Pursuant to the US Constitution, President Washington visited the Senate for "advice and consent" on a treaty but became so angered by the Senators' delay tactics that he left and never returned, sending written memos instead, a practice which has been the custom ever since (1789) |
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| 23 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Gene Kelly Cathy St. George (Pb 8/82) Willy Russell Laura Richmond (Pb 9/88) Sonny Jurgenson Amanda Hope (Pb 7/92) River Phoenix Oliver "Admiral" Perry Keith Moon Shelley Long Edgar Lee Masters Vera Miles Patricia McBride Sonny Jim Rolph Mark Russell Richard Sanders Edgar Lee Masters George Kell William Primrose Ernst Krenek Peter Thomson Ron Blomberg John Sherman Cooper Barbara Eden Mark Ingram Rick Springfield Michael Boddicker Louis XVI |
Permanent Press Day Day of Nemesea (Old Roman Goddess Nemesis, defender of the relics & memory of the dead from insults) Kirvis (Harvest Festival; Lithuania) Virgo zodiac sign begins National Plumber's Day Vertumnalia (Old Roman God of the Change of Seasons) Festival of Fire St. Rose of Lima's Day (patron of Peru, Central and South America, Philippines, florists, gardeners) King Richard III Day St. Apollinaris' Day Romania Liberation Day Schuetzenfest (German Hunter's Festival) National Spongecake Day St. Sidonius' Day |
| August 23 Events | Visigoths stormed Rome (410 CE) Ishi, last member of his stone-age tribe, discovered in California (1911) Gasoline Alley comic strip debuted (1919) Battle of Mons John Lennon saw a UFO 1st Elevator installed in a hotel Flim Flam Man premiered Sacco and Vanzetti executed (1927) 1st Cancer Hospital opened World Council of Churches organized (1948) Great Britan ratified the UN 1st Man-powered flight (1977) John Lennon and Cynthia married Death of Captain Blood (1680) Paulina Porizkova married Ric Ocasek (1989) Rudolph Valentino died (1926) Gandhi released from Poona jail after his hunger strike (1933) Scottish patriot, who demanded independence, William Wallace hung, drawn & quartered (1305) Germany and Russia signed the Molotov-Ribbentropp non-aggression pact (1939) Beyond the Fringe debuted at Edinburgh Festival (1960) Steamship Service 1st began on the Great Lakes (1818) Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women reached No. 1 (1969) Detroit Lions played their 1st game at the Pontiac Silverdome (1975) Human-powered Gossamer Condor completed a mile-long flight (1977) Activists broke into the Agriculture Department's Animal Parasitology Institute & liberated 37 test cats (1987) US Settlers west of the Allegheny Mountains attempted unsuccessfully to establish the state of Franklin in what later became Tennessee (1784) |
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| 24 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Max Beerbohm Ashley Nicole William Wilberforce Graham Sutherland Alex Stone Marlee Matlin Jean-Michel Jarre Albert Claude George Stubbs Jim Capaldi Charles McKim Reginald Miller Cal Ripkin Jr. Azizi Johari (Pb 6/75) Louis Teicher Mason Williams Lori Winston (Pb 7/64) William Francis Gibbs Harry Hooper Connie Mason (Pb 6/63) Daniel Gooch Theodore Parker Frank Runyeon Robert Herrick Marlene Callahan (Pb 11/57) Jorge Luis Borges Steve Guttenberg Ferdand Braudel Joe Chambers Gerry Cooney Yassar Arafat |
Mania begins Knife Day Bartholomew Fair (UK) Ukraine Independence Day Schaferlauf (Germany) National Peach Pie Day St. Bartholomew's Day (patron of Armenia, cheese merchants, platerers, tanners; against nervous tics) Coast to Coast Young Reunion (Lincolnville, Maine) St. Owen of Rouen's Day (patron of innkeepers; against deafness) |
| August 24 Events | Mt. Vesuvius erupted (Italy; 79 CE) Waffle Iron patented Music Man premiered 1st Turbojet Plane built White House burned by British (1814) Pit and the Pendulum premiered 1st US Court Martial trial held Hudson discovered Delaware Bay Financial Panic of 1857 began (1857) Penicillin 1st purified (1940) 1st Hybrid Strawberry planted Mau Mau rebellion began (1951) 1st Nude opera and television broadcast (1975) Parcel Post System authorized by US Congress (1913) US established a scientific outpost in Greenland (1887) Solidarnosc founded (Gdansk, Poland; 1980) East India Company established trading post in West Bengal (1690) Poet Thomas Chatterton committed suicide (1770) Kidney transplants 1st performed on dogs (Canada; 1906) US President Eisenhower signed Communist Control Act (1954) Amelia Earhart flew nonstop across the US (1932) Mark David Chapman sentenced to only 20 years for killing John Lennon (1981) Orellana discovered Amazon River and tribe of women warriors he believed to be fable Amazons (1542) Huey Lewis & the News' The Power of Love reached No. 1 (1985) Vendela married Olaf Thommessen (1996) Windows 96 operating system debuted (1995) Just before british soldiers burned the White House, first lady Dolly Madison rescued Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington and the Declaration of Independence (1814) |
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| 25 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Elvis Costello Sean Connery Leonard Bernstein Walt Kelly Monty Hall Claudia Schiffer Bret Harte Clara Bow William Procter George Wallace Anne Archer Van Johnson Ruby Keeler Allan Pinkerton Hans Krebs Ivan the Terrible George Louis Borges Don Defore Carrie Enwright (Pb 7/63) Althea Gibson Mel Ferrer Cornelius Bennett Wayne Shorter Alexei Haieff Theodor Kocher Willy Rey (Pb 2/71) Rollie Fingers Gene Simmons Oddibe McDowell Michael Rennie Cecil Andrus Ludwig II |
Discovery of the Runes Opiconsivia (Vestal Virgin Festival) Kiss-And-Make-Up Day Feast of the Green Corn (Lake Champlain, New York) Uruguay Independence Day Odin's Ordeal ends National Don't Utter a Word Day St. Louis of France's Day (patron of button makers, marble workers, masons, sculptors, wig makers) Begonia Festival (Belgium) Great American Duck Day National Banana Split Day Paraguay Constitution Day St. Genesius' Day (patron of comedians, secretaries, actors, lawyers; against epilepsy) Rumpleskunkskin's Bride Escapes to Heewigoland (Fairy celebration) Hershey Pennsylvania Dutch Days begin St. Menas of Constantinople's Day International Zucchini Festival St. Joseph Calasanctius' Day |
| August 25 Events | Ronald Reagan said "trees cause
pollution" National Park Service established 1st Women granted college degrees (Oberlin; 1841) Batman: The Movie premiered 1st Swim across the English Channel (1875) Voyager 2 circled Jupiter (1981) Walk, Don't Run premiered 1st Wedding while parachuting held Race between Horse & Train held Word "television" 1st used 1st Pictures of Neptune sent back by Voyager 2 (1989) Frederich Nietzsche died (1900) Galvinized Iron process patented (1837) Potemkin mutineers sentenced (1905) France liberated from Nazis (WW2; 1944) 1st Female Jockey raced (1804) Belgium Revolution began (1830) Lubbock Lights 1st appeared (UFOs in Texas; 1951) Amelia Earhart completed her 1st transcontinental flight (1928) Democratic National Convention riots took place (Chicago; 1968) The Knack's My Sharona reached No. 1 (1979) Air service between London and Paris began (1919) Scorses's Last Temptation of Christ given an "18" rating (UK; 1988) Mexico rejected US President Andrew Jackson's bid to buy Texas (1829) "Colored Peoples' Day" held at the Columbian Exposition (Chicago; 1893) |
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| 26 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Cleopatra Prince Albert Christopher Isherwood Peggy Guggenheim Earl Biggers Ola Ray (Pb 6/80) Horace "Hugh" Walpole Carol Cummings Jimmy Rushing Albert Sabin Branford Marsalis John Buchan Geraldine Ferraro Irving R. Levine Johann Lambert Antoine Lavoisier Lee DeForest Robert R. Morton Joseph Michel Montgolfier Guillaume Apollinaire John Kinsella Candy Moore Jules Romain Brandt Parker Malcolm Pyrah Julio Cortazar Patrick Allen Francis Leydet Albert Sabin Yvette Vickers (Pb 7/59) James Harlan William French Smith Ronny Graham Maxwell D. Taylor Jeff Parrett Vic Dana Joseph Engle Ben Bradlee Valerie Simpson Jan Clayton Macaulay Culkin |
Make Your Own Luck Day Ilmatar (Finnish Goddess of the Water Mother) Woman's Equality Day Sky Day Alice Doesn't Day Welling Pioneer Day (Canada) Susan B. Anthony Day (Massachusetts) National Cherry Popsicle Day First Thnork of the Year (Fairy) Sultan's Birthday (Zanzibar) Namibia Day (UN) St. Teresa of Jesus' Day (patron of old people) Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God's Day St. Zephyrinnus' Day |
| August 26 Events | Krakatoa volcano erupted (1883) Shay's Rebellion began (Massachusetts; 1786) 1st Televised baseball game aired (1939) Linotype Machine patented (1884) 1st US Kindergarten opened (1873) Electric Ladyland recording studio opened 1st Working Typewriter built Lutheran Church founded in US (1748) British Motor's "Mini" 1st built (1959) French Assembly adopted Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789) 1st High-Definition television program aired (1936) USSR announced successful testing of ICBM missile (1952) Jansenist Nuns at Port-Royal, France refused to renounce their views (1664) British under Edward III beat French forces at Crecy (1346) US 19th Amendment approved giving women the vote (1920) 1st Successful attempt at rain-making recorded (1891) Pigasus, a pig, won Yippie nomination for US President (1968) Frankie Valli's Grease reached No. 1 (1978) Sex-crazed Elephant looking for a mate flattened a radio center and killed 2 people (Bangkok; 1987) |
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| 27 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Confucius Frederich Hegel C.S. Forester Titian Harry Reems Man Ray Ira Levin Theodore Dreiser Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens Lester Young Augusto Righti Sri Chinmoy Louis Mountbatten Samuel Goldwyn Tuesday Weld Patty Duffek (Pb 5/84) Donald Bradman Lyndon B. Johnson Mother Teresa Alex Lifeson Hannibal Hamlin Mike Maddux Bernhard Langer Charles Gates Dawes Daryl Dragon J. Robert Kerrey Martha Raye Tommy Sands Hannibal Hamlin John Lloyd Yuri V. Malyshev Cynthia Potter Martha Raye Rob Burnett William Least-Heat-Moon Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi |
Feast of Incandescent Rebellion Moldova National Day Nativity of Isis (Egyptian Goddess of Fertility) St. Monica's Day (patron of married women, mothers) Petroleum Day Notting Hill Carnival (London @) St. Caesarius' Day Threethousandth Thnork of the Year (Fairy) Ould Lammas Fair (Ireland) National Pots de Creme Day |
| August 27 Events | Caesar invaded Britain Synthetic Gene 1st constructed Tarzan comic strip 1st published 1st Vote held by ballot Metal Cabinet patented 1st Successful jet plane flight (1939) Oil 1st discovered in US (Titusville, PA; 1859) 1st BBC broadcast Speeder 1st jailed Titian died (1576) 1st Hydrogen Balloon flew (1783) Napoleon defeated allied army at Dresden (1813) John White lost 110 colonists at Roanoke (1587) Cadillac made its 1st automobile (1902) 1st Baseball Game televised (Dodges vs. Red; 1939) Beatles' Manager Brian Epstein found dead from overdose (1967) 200,000 marched in Mexico to demand government resignation (1968) Battle of Brooklyn (1776) 1st Radio installed in an airplane Battle of Long Island (1776) Kellogg-Briand Pact signed by 15 nations (1928) Lord Louis Mountbatten murdered by IRA bomb (1979) 1st Play in US performed (The Bear and Ye Cub; 1665) "Talking Pictures" 1st shown (by Thomas Edison; 1910) 13-year old Chinese girl who had been left to live with pigs returned to "normal life" after three year of special training (1987) Elvis Presley and the Beatles met for the 1st and only time, performing I Feel Fine (1965) Honeymooning couple's actions in flight cause American Airline flight to cut short scheduled coast-to-coast flight and land in Houston (1987) |
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| 28 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Edward Burne-Jones Leo Tolstoy Karl Bohm Keith Gibbons Johann von Goethe Michael Stipe Elizabeth Seton Danny Seraphine Kay Parker George Villiers Morris Graves Gates McFadden Charles Boyer Donald O'Connor George Whipple Scott Hamilton Jack Kirby Robertson Davies Bruno Bettelheim Godfrey Hounsfield Lindsay Hasset Emlyn Hughes Geraint Waters Emma Samms John Betjeman Ben Gazzara David Soul Hershel Bernardi Peter Frazer Lucy Ware Webb Hayes Ron Guidry Lou Pinella Cassie Mackin Richard Sanders Marla Adams Sam Levene Reyna Thompson William S. Cohen John Wilkes Booth |
Dream Day World Sauntering Day Nativity of Nephthys (Egyptian Goddess of Love) St. Augustine of Hippo's Day (patron of brewers, printers) National Cheese Sacrifice Day Festival of Neon Revolution St. Hermes' Day (patron against insanity) Liberation Day (Hong Kong) St. Moses the Black's Day (patron of black Africans) Runic half-month of As ends National Cherry Turnover Day |
| August 28 Events | Swing Time premiered Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech (1963) Roman Holiday premiered 1st Successful US Vineyard harvested Zulu War ended 1st Radio Commercial aired (1922) UPS established Railroad 1st pulled passengers (1830) Midway Islands claimed for the US (1867) Garibaldi's army landed at Calabria on the march to Rome (1862) 200,000 marched for US jobs and racial freedom (1963) Joe Dowell's Wooden Heart reached No. 1 (1961) Richard Dadd stabbed his father to death (1843) Spanish Conquistadors landed at St. Augustine, Florida (1565) Franz Liszt conducted the premiere of Wagner's Lohengrin (1850) Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water went gold (1973) Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech (Washington, DC; 1963) Calvin Klein withdrew ad campaign amid attacks that it mimicked child pornography (1995) Bob Dylan gave the Beatles their 1st taste of marijuana at NYC's Delmonico Hotel (1964) Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Tom Thumb steam train beaten by a horse, due to mechanical failure (1830) |
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| 29 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John Locke Oliver Wendell Holmes Charlie Parker Jack Butler Yeats Lenny Henry Maurice Maeterlinck Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Brigham Young Gates McFadden Peter Jennings Henry Bergh Richard Attenborough Ingrid Bergman Anna Carroll William Friedkin Valery Nicolas Larbaud Richard Gere Trevor Howard Isabel Sanford Elliot Gould Dick Halligan William Perdue Barry Sullivan David H. Pryor John Sidney McCain III Valery Nicolas Larbaud Carl Banks James Hunt Wyomia Tyus Dinah Washington Mark Morris Billy Cox Jim Florio Wilhelm Ruska Lyman L. Lemnitzer Robin Leach Michael Jackson |
According To Hoyle Day Judgment Day (in the film "The Terminator") Urda (Oldest Fate) Nativity of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Joy) Swiss Winegrowers' Fete More Herbs, Less Salt Day St. Sabina's Day (patron of housewives) Day of Loose Talk (Fairy) Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist Runic half-month of Rad (motion) begins Feast of Augustus (Old Roman) National Whisky Sour Day |
| August 29 Events | According To Hoyle published 1st Scout Camp in US opened (Hawk Mt.; 1934) Casino Royale premiered Electromagnet discovered (1831) Melbourne founded (1835) Kinks' Lola released Motorcycle patented (1885) Chop Suey 1st made Mr. Scoutmaster premiered Factory Act passed UK claimed New Amsterdam (1664) Mary Poppins premiered (1964) 1st Indian Reservation opened UK Policemen went on strike for better pay (1918) Last Beatles Concert (Candlestick Park) Self-Governing Windmill patented (1854) Mohandas Gandhi visited London (1931) Clasp Lock for Shoes patented (later became the zipper; 1893) Stevie Ray Vaughn killed in helicopter crash King Herod had St. John beheaded at the insistence of Salome Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) Mormon declared polygamy to be "OK" (1852) Communist Party suspended by USSR (1991) Los Lobos' La Bamba reached No. 1 (1987) HMS Royal George accidently sunk at Spithead (1782) Speedy Gonzales debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1953) Treaty of Nanking signed, ending the Opium War (18542) Mohawk blockade of St. Lawrence River bridge ended (1990) Dr. Richard Kimble finally found the one-armed man & cleared his name (on the Fugitive; 1967) Skynet computer defense system becomes self-aware (1997; in Terminator 2) Graf Zeppelin returned to New Jersey after completing 21-day trip around-the-world (1929) 1,500 women dressed in black and marched in protest of World War I (1914) Congressman William Kent purchased the land for Muir Woods National Park (1905) Patrick Bertinelli dragged sister Valerie to a Van Halen concert (1980) US Army forced 2,230 people to watch Nuclear test to test its effects (some later developed cancer; 1957) |
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| 30 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jacques Louis David Mary Shelley R. Crumb Fred MacMurray Bill Daily Joan Blondell Elizabeth Ashley Joan Bennett (Pb 1/85) Charlie Sheen Jacobus Van't Hoff Raymond Massey J. Alden Weir Timothy Bottoms John Gunther Ernest Rutherford Robert L. Parish Jean-Claude Killy Shirley Booth Nancy Li Brandi (Pb 12/75) Roy Wilkins Ted Williams Jean-Claude Killy Ricky Sanders Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler Frank "Tug" McGraw Theodor Svedberg Peggy Lipton Ellen Herndon Arthur Kitty Wells Regina Resnik Dennis Healey Roy Wilkins William Schilling Huey P. "Kingfish" Long |
Mind Day Alexandrian New Year Charisteria (Old Roman Thanksgiving) St. Fiacre's Day (patron of cabbies) Victory Day (Turkey) Julienne Fries Day Santa Rosa de Lima (Peru) National Toasted Masrhmellow Day St. John Roche's Day (patron of boatmen) Huey P. Long Day (Louisiana) Chatter Champion announced (Fairy) International Pow Wow Ceremony (Gallup, New Mexico) St. Pammachius' Day |
| August 30 Events | Hot Line installed between White House & Kremlin
(1963) Cleoptara committed suicide, bitten by an asp (30 BCE) Top Hat premiered 1st Meat Inspection conducted Pajama Game premiered Battle of Bull Run II (1862) 1st Trains ran in Britain (1860) Tarriff 1st imposed on obscene literature & photographs Donald Duck comic strip began (1936) The Fly premiered Stereophonic Sound System patented (1881) Polish workers granted right to form trade unions (1980) 1st President's Wife gave birth in he White House (1893) Vacuum Cleaner patented (1901) Coccaine discovered (1867) German troops surrounded Lenningrad (1941) John Lennon & Harry Nilsson's Pussycats released Bigfoot discovered on Northern Exposure (1990) Laurence Olivier married Vivien Leigh (1940) Christopher Cross' Sailing reached No. 1 (1980) Steve Winwood's Higher Love reached No. 1 (1986) Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the 1st black man in space (1983) Charles II fired Lord Chancellor Edward Hyde over Treaty of Breda (1667) |
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| 31 August | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Glenn Tilbrook Caligula Amilcare Ponchielli Ted Williams Van Morrison Itzhak Perlman Montgomery Scott "Scotty" James Coburn Eldridge Cleaver John Bunyan Richard Basehart William Saroyan Frank Robinson Bernard Lovell Maria Montessori Guillaume Amontons Richard Gere Theophile Gautier Alan Jay Lerner DuBose Heyward Maria Montessori Edwin Moses Daniel Schorr Robert Morris Arthur Godfrey Phyllis Coleman (Pb 8/73) Maxine Waters William Shawn Lorna Hopper (Pb 4/69) Eddie Plank Frederic March Ray Dandridge Warren Berlinger Dore Schary Jean Beliveau Ron Dickerson Leonid I Popov Queen Mother Wilhelmina Buddy Hackett Debbie Gibson |
Grape Blessing Day (Armenia) Solidarity Day (Poland) Festal Day (Order of Eastern Star) Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day Merdeka Day (Malaysia) St. Aidan's Day Kyrgyzstan Independence Day Malaysia National Day St. Paulinus of Trier's Day National Trail Mix Day Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw St. Raymond Nonnatus' Day (patron of Catalonia, childbirth; against hemorroids, VD) |
| August 31 Events | Brecht's Threepenny Opera premiered (1928) 1st US Tennis Championship held (1881) Lewis & Clark began their journey 1st Professional American Football Game played Jack the Ripper killed his 1st victim (1888) Henry V died of dysentary (1422) 1st Book Auction held Coca-Cola 1st for sale in UK (1900) Mark Spitz won 5 olympic gold medals for swimming (1972) Solidarity Trade Union founded (Poland; 1980) Agricultural Hall of Fame established Last Flight of "The Revenge" (1591) PLO driven from Beirut by Israelis (1982) W.G. Grace retired from first class cricket (1908) 1st transcontinental US automobile trip completed (1903) American Communist Party established (1919) Foghorn Leghorn debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1946) The Angels' My Boyfriend's Back reached No. 1 (1963) Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered his "American Scholar" address in Cambridge, Massachuseets (1837) |
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