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In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers. Numerous religious holidays occurred during August in ancient Rome. [2] Certain meteor showers take place in August. The Kappa Cygnids occur in August, with yearly dates varying. The Alpha Capricornids meteor shower occurs as early as July 10 and ends around August 10 ...
1887 – August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973) 1887 – István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922) 1888 – Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985) 1891 – Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984) 1894 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (d ...
August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "August observances" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total.
1950 – August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer; 1950 – George McGinnis, American basketball player (d. 2023) [26] 1951 – Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player; 1952 – Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime. 1944 – The Holocaust : A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank , her family, and four others.
2008 – The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24. [14] 2009 – A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people. [15] 2010 – China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. This category is for individual days in August, the month of August in recent years, and things that are strongly associated with August.
1945 – The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty. [10] 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.