August Diaries

Do you know, August was once called Sextilis? Yes. In 8 BC it was renamed. Let’s hear some interesting facts related to the month.

1. August is named after Augustus Caesar who was the founder and first roman emperor.

2. The birthstones are peridot and sardonyx.

3. Gladiolus and poppy are the flowers for August.

4. There were originally 30 days in August.

   5.  August is a very common name in 

        Sweden 

   6.  City of Augusta in Georgia was  named after Princess Augusta

7. The only US president who died in August was Warren Harding 

8. It is considered the Harvest Month

9. This is a month of Tourism 

10. Some countries celebrate friendship day in this month

         

A folklore says, “As August,    so February”

Some special occasions and historical events of the world which happened in August are given below:

#August 1 : World Scout Scarf Day,      

Lammas Day

• Discovery of Oxygen in 1774

#August 3 : Esther Day ( USA )

#August 4 : The First World War in 1914

#August 6 : Independence of Jamaica 

#August 8 : Happiness Happens Day, International Cat Day

#August 9 : International Day of the World’s Indigenous People ( United Nation)

#August 10 : International Biodiesel Day

#August 11 : Mountain Day ( Japan )

#August 12 : International Youth Day ( United Nation) 

• World Elephant Day

#August 13 : International Day for the remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition

• International Lefthanders Day

#August 14 : In 1945, The World War Two ends.

• Independence Day ( Pakistan)

#August 15 : National Mourning Day ( Bangladesh) 

• Independence Day ( India, Korea, Republic Of Congo 

#August 19 : World Humanitarian Day

    • National Aviation Day ( USA )

• First day of Islamic New Year

#August 20 : World Mosquito Day

#August 21 : Leonardo Di Vinci’s “ Mona Lisa “ painting was stolen (1911)

#August 22 : Foundation of International Red Cross

#August 23 : First picture of earth is taken from moon

#August 24 : Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (79 AD)

#August 25 : Start of the first international air service in 1919

#August 26 : Roman army invaded Britain in 55 BC

#August 27 : Eruption of Island volcano of Krakatoa in 1886

#August 29 : International Day against nuclear tests, More Herbs Less salt day

#August 30 : International Day of the disappeared 

• Martin Luther King made his legendary speech “ I have a dream “ in 1963

#August 31 : Independence Day ( Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad and Tobago) 

• Princess Diana died in 1997

Famous people who were borne in August are : 

Warren Buffett 

Bill Clinton 

Barack Obama 

Malcolm Forbes 

Michael Jackson 

Neil Armstrong 

Queen Elizabeth 

Leo Tolstoy 

Mother Teresa 

Saun  Connery 

Kobe Bryant 

James Cameron 

Ben Affleck 

Madonna

Napoleon Bonaparte 

Sir Walter Scott 

And many more.

So do you know anyone, who is born in August? Let them know these interesting facts.