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21 August Quotes to Celebrate the End of Summer bfk92 - Getty Images There's something about that August air that just feels different. It could be due to the looming feeling of summer ending ...
The month was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being 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.
Sunday, Aug. 18. Bad Poetry Day. Green Man Festival. Long Tan Day. National Fajita Day. National Ice Cream Pie Day. National Mail Order Catalog Day. Never Give Up Day
Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959) was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.
The Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the 1st through the last day. Instead, they counted back from the three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st) of the following month. The Nones of August was the 5th, and the Ides the 13th.
Happy back to school! Parents, teachers and students, find funny and motivational back-to-school quotes about education, learning and working with others.
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 ...
Autumn Journal is an autobiographical long poem in twenty-four sections by Louis MacNeice.It was written between August and December 1938, and published as a single volume by Faber and Faber in May 1939.