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August panel from a Roman mosaic of the months (from El Djem, Tunisia, first half of 3rd century AD) Sextilis (lit. ' sixth ') or mensis Sextilis was the Latin name for what was originally the sixth month in the Roman calendar, when March (Martius, "Mars' month") was the first of ten months in the year. After the calendar reform that produced a ...
August 1, 2003 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962) August 4, 2003 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916) August 9, 2003 – Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (cancer)(b. 1946) August 11, 2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b ...
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.
Galen stated that "cancer of the breast is so called because of the fancied resemblance to a crab given by the lateral prolongations of the tumor and the adjacent distended veins". [223]: 738 Celsus (c. 25 BC – 50 AD) translated karkinos into the Latin cancer, also meaning crab and recommended surgery as treatment. [221]
Aug., the abbreviation of August, the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar; Aug, the IMA symbol for the pyroxene mineral Augite; AUG, the most common start codon, often encoding the amino acid methionine; Augusta Railroad, defunct Arkansas railroad; Augusta State Airport in Augusta, Maine (IATA Code: AUG) Steyr AUG, an assault rifle
Many know that the prefix oct- means eight, as in octopus or octagon. But why does October, the 10th month of the year, have this prefix?
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Former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino dies at the age of 76 of cardiopulmonary arrest after complications of colon cancer. A memorial service and funeral is scheduled for August 5. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Russia signs a deal to open a second military base in Kyrgyzstan at a Collective Security Treaty Organisation summit.