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AUGUST HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES

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August Observances: poster links resource links
National Immunization Month health posters National Partnership for Immunization
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month MS Explained poster Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
National Water Quality Month water posters EPA
First Week of August
World Breastfeeding Week Nursing Mother, Cassatt La Leche League
National Clown Week National Clown Week
Second Week of August
Tolkien Conference - 50th Anniv. 2005 Tolkien Society
Third Week of August
Fourth Week of August
August Holidays
8/10 - 9/9-2010 - Ramadan Islamic months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Because there is no correction for the fact that the lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.
(8/1 - 8/30-2011; 7-20-2012)		 Islam posters Ramadan (calendar month)
8-26, Women's Equality Day Women Activists List

Women's Equality Day Resource File
August Notable Dates
b. 8-1-1770 - William Clark, explorer
b. 8-1-1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Resource File
b. 8-1-1779 - Francis Scott Key, lawyer & amateur poet Fort McHenry National Park
b. 8-1-1818 - Maria Mitchell, astronomer Maria Mitchell Resource File
b. 8-1-1819 - Herman Melville, author CP Links for Learning - Melville
b. 8-1-1837 - “Mother” Jones, activist Mother Jones Resource File
b. 8-1-1914 - Devi Dja, Balinese dancer Balinese Dance Resource File
b. 8-2-1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, architect Frédéric Bartholdi Resource File
b. 8-2-1871 - John Sloan, artist John F. Sloan Resource File
b. 8-2-1924 - James Baldwin, author CP Links for Learning - Baldwin
b. 8-2-1937 - Gundula Janowitz, lyric soprano Gundula Janowitz Resource File
b. 8-2-1942 - Isabel Allende, author CP Links for Learning - Allende
b. 8-3-1785 - Oliver Hazard Perry, War of 1812 hero Oliver Hazard Perry Resource File
b. 8-3-1832 - Edward Wilmot Blyden, author & educator Edward Wilmot Blyden Resource File
b. 8-3-1841 - Juliana Horatia Ewing, author Juliana Horatia Ewing Resource File
b. 8-3-1893 - Huey P. Long, politician Huey P. Long Resource File
b. 8-3-1905 - Delores del Rio, actress Delores del Rio Resource File
b. 8-4-1859 - Knut Hamsun, author Knut Hamsun Resource File
b. 8-4-1901 - Louis Armstrong, musician CP Links for Learning - Armstrong
b. 8-4-1901 - Benny Carter, musician Benny Carter Resource File
b. 8-4-1961 - Barack Obama, 44th US president Barack Obama Resource File
b. 8-5-1815 - John Edward Eyre, explorer John Edward Eyre Resource File
b. 8-5-1850 - Guy de Maupassant, author Guy de Maupassant Resource File
b. 8-5-1946 - Shirley A. Jackson, physicist Shirley A. Jackson Bio- buffalo.edu
b. 8-5-1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut NASA Biography
d. 8-6-1585 - Yermak Timofeyevich, explorer Yermak Resource File
b. 8-6-1809 - Alfred, Lord Tenneyson, poet Alfred, Lord Tenneyson Resource File
b. 8-6-1881 - Dr. Alexander Fleming, physician and researcher Alexander Fleming Resource File
b. 8-6-1911 - Lucille Ball, actress Museum TV
b. 8-6-1928 - Andy Warhol, artist Andy Warhol Resource File
8-6-1945 - US Drops A-Bomb on Japan City of Hiroshima Peace Ceremony
b. 8-7-1742 - Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene Resource File
b. 8-7-1876 - Mata Hari, femme fatale & spy Mata Hari Resource File
b. 8-7-1867 - Emil Nolde, Expressionist artist Emil Nolde Resource File
b. 8-7-1884 - Billie Burke, actress Emil Nolde Resource File
b. 8-7-1890 - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Resource File
b. 8-7-1903 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
b. 8-8-1763 - Charles Bulfinch, architect Charles Bulfinch Resource File
b. 8-8-1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley Resource File
d. 8-8-1856 - Madame Vestris, contralto opera singer Madame Vestris Resource File
b. 8-8-1866 - Matthew Henson, explorer Matthew Henson Resource File
b. 8-8-1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Resource File
b. 8-8-1902 - Paul Dirac, physicist Paul Dirac Resource File
d. 8-8-1936 - Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket), activist & author Mourning Dove Resource File
b. 8-9-1593 - Izaak Walton, author Izaak Walton Resource File
b. 8-9-1819 - W. T. G. Morton, dentist W. T. G. Morton Resource File
b. 8-9-1897 - Leonide Massine, ballet dancer & choreographer Leonide Massine Resource File
8-10-1821 - Missouri admitted to the Union, 24th Missouri Facts
b. 8-10-1874 - Herbert Hoover, 31st US President White House Bio - Hoover
b. 8-11-1896 - Louise Bogan, poet & critic Louise Bogan Resource File
b. 8-11-1921 - Alex Haley, author Alex Haley Resource File
d. 8-12-30 BC - Cleopatra, Egyptian pharoah Cleopatra Resource File
d. 8-12-1676 - Metacomet “King Philip”, Native Amercian King Philip Resource File
b. 8-12-1737 - Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, food activist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Resource File
b. 8-12-1774 - Robert Southey, poet Robert Southey Resource File
b. 8-12-1866 - Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, dramatist Jacinto Benavente y Martinez Resource File
b. 8-12-1867 - Edith Hamilton, author Edith Hamilton Resource File
b. 8-12-1887- Erwin Schrödinger, physicist Erwin Schrödinger Resource File
b. 8-12-1890/91 - Lillian Evanti, soprano opera singer Lillian Evanti Resource File
b. 8-13-1818 - Lucy Stone, human rights activist Lucy Stone Resource File
b. 8-13-1912 - Salvador Luria, biologist Salvador Luria Resource File
b. 8-13-1918 - Frederick Sanger, biologist Frederick Sanger Resource File
b. 8-13-1948 - Kathleen Battle, soprano opera singer Kathleen Battle Resource File
b. 8-14-1734 - Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary War Thomas Sumter Resource File
b. 8-14-1867 - John Galsworthy, author John Galsworthy Resource File
8-14-1935 - Social Security Act aging & maturity anatomy posters Social Security Online
8-14-1945 - Japan Surrenders, WWII
b. 8-14-1959 - Magic Johnson, basketball player Magic Johnson Resource File
b. 8-15-1771 - Sir Walter Scott, author Sir Walter Scott Digital Library
b. 8-15-1875 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Resource File
b. 8-15-1879 - Ethel Barrymore, actress Ethel Barrymore Resource File
b. 8-15-1912 - Julia Child, chef Julia Child Resource File
b. 8-15-1925 - Oscar Peterson, musician Oscar Peterson Resource File
b. 8-16-1744 - Pierre Mechain, astronomer Pierre Mechain Resource File
b. 8-16-1832 - Wilhelm Wundt, physician & psychologist Wilhelm Wundt Resource File
b. 8-16-1888 - T. E. Lawrence, author T. E. Lawrence Resource File
b. 8-16-1902 - Wallace Thurman, author Wallace Thurman Resource File
b. 8-16-1945 - Suzanne Farrell, ballerina Suzanne Farrell Resource File
b. 8-17-1601 - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician Pierre de Fermat Resource File
b. 8-17-1786 - Davy Crockett, frontiersman Davy Crockett Bio
b. 8-17-1871 - Orville Wright, inventor NASA History of Flight
b. 8-17-1887 - Marcus Garvey, activist CP Links for Learning - Marcus Garvey
b. 8-17-1887 - Mae West, actress Mae West Resource File
b. 8-17-1920 - Maureen O'Hara, actress Maureen O'Hara Resource File
b. 8-18-1750 - Antonio Salieri, composer Antonio Salieri Resource File
b. 8-18-1774 - Meriwether Lewis, explorer Meriwether Lewis Resource File
b. 8-18-1810 - Jules Perrot, choreographer Jules Perrot Resource File
b. 8-18-1934 - Roberto Clemente, baseball player Roberto Clemente Resource File
b. 8-19-1646 - John Flamsteed, astronomer John Flamsteed Resource File
b. 8-19-1689 - Samuel Richardson, author Samuel Richardson Resource File
b. 8-19-1807 - Jane Loudon, author Jane Loudon Resource File
b. 8-19-1883 - Leonid Kulik, explorer Leonid Kulik Resource File
b. 8-19-1902 - Ogden Nash, poet Ogden Nash Resource File
b. 8-19-1906 - Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth Resource File
d. 8-19-1924 - Ferdinand Cheval, naive architect Ferdinand Cheval Resource File
b. 8-19-1946 - Bill Clinton, 42nd US President Bill Clinton Biography - White House
d. 8-20-1643 - Anne Hutchinson, theologian Anne Hutchinson Resource File
b. 8-20-1779 - Jons Jakob Berzelius, scientist Jons Jakob Berzelius Resource File
b. 8-20-1827 - Joseph Strauss, composer Joseph Strauss Resource File
b. 8-20-1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd US President Benjamin Harrison Biography
b. 8-20-1881 - Edgar Guest, author Edgar Guest Resource File
b. 8-20-1843 - Christina Nilsson, opera singer Christina Nilsson Resource File
b. 8-20-1910 - Eero Saarinen, architect Eero Saarinen Resource File
b. 8-21-1805 - Auguste Bournonville, ballet dancer Auguste Bournonville Resource File
b. 8-21-1904 - Count Basie, musician Count Basie bookmark Count Basie Biography
Count Basie Resource File
b. 8-21-1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
8-21-1959 - Hawaii becomes the 50th state Hawaii Facts
b. 8-22-1822 - Virginia Poe, wife Edgar Allan Poe Virginia Poe Resource File
b. 8-22-1862 - Claude Debussy, composer Claude Debussy Resource File
b. 8-22-1893 - Dorothy Parker, author Dorothy Parker Resource File
b. 8-22-1917 - John Lee Hooker, musician John Lee Hooker Resource File
b. 8-22-1920 - Ray Bradbury, author Ray Bradbury Resource File
b. 8-22-1970 - Giada de Laurentiis, chef Giada de Laurentiis Resource File
b. 8-23-1741 - Comte de La Pérouse, explorer La Pérouse Resource File
b. 8-23-1769 - Georges Cuvier, zoologist Georges Cuvier Resource File
b. 8-23-1854 - Moritz Moszkowski, composer Moszkowski Resoruce File
b. 8-23-1912 - Gene Kelly, dancer & actor Gene Kelly Resource File
b. 8-23-1944 - Antonia Novello, MD Antonia Novello Resource File
8-23-1966 - 1st Photo of Earth from Moon NASA Photo Gallery
b. 8-24-1484 - Bartolome de las Casas, historian Bartolome de las Casas Resource File
b. 8-24-1552 - Lavinia Fontana, artist Lavinia Fontana Resource File
b. 8-24-1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, author Jorge Luis Borges Bio
d. 8-25-79 AD - Pliny the Elder, Eruption of Vesuvius Pliny the Elder Resource File
b. 8-25-1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder Resource File
b. 8-25-1807 - Narcisse Virgile Díaz, painter Narcisse Virgile Díaz Resource File
b. 8-25-1836 - Bret Harte, author Bret Harte Resource File
b. 8-25-1873 - Blanche Bates, actress Blanche Bates Resource File
b. 8-25-1910 - Ruby Keeler, dancer & actress Ruby Keeler Resource File
b. 8-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein, composer Leonard Bernstein Resource File
b. 8-25-1927 - Althea Gibson, athlete Althea Gibson Resource File
b. 8-25-1968 - Rachael Ray, chef Rachael Ray Resource File
b. 8-26-1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, scientist Antoine Lavoisier Resource File
b. 8-26-1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, author Guillaume Apollinaire Resource File
b. 8-26-1874 - Zona Gale, author Zona Gale Resource File
b. 8-26-1904 - Christopher Isherwood, author Christopher Isherwood Resource File
b. 8-27-551 BC - Confucius - philosopher Confucius Resource File
d. 8-27-1521 - Josquin des Pres, composer Josquin des Pres Resource File
b. 8-27-1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher Hegel Resource File
b. 8-27-1865 - Charles G. Dawes, Nobel Peace Prize 1929 Charles G. Dawes Resource File
b. 8-27-1886 - Eric Coates, composer Eric Coates Resource File
b. 8-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th US President Lyndon Baines Johnson Bio
b. 8-27-1909 - Lester Young, musician Lester Young Resource File
b. 8-27-1910 - Mother Teresa, Skopje, Macedonia CP Links for Learning - Mother Teresa
b. 8-28-1728 - John Stark, Revolutionary War Hero John Stark Resource File
b. 8-28-1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, philosopher, author & scientist Johan Wolfgang von Goethe Resource File
b. 8-28-1774 - Mother Seton, religious activist Mother Seton Resource File
b. 8-28-1828 - Leo Tolstoy, author Leo Tolstoy Biography
b. 8-28-1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson Institute
8-28-1565 - St. Ausgustine, Florida established City of St. Augustine Official site
b. 8-28-1913 - Richard Tucker, opera Richard Tucker Resource File
b. 8-28-1952 - Rita Dove, poet Rita Dove Resource File
8-28-1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. - “I Have A Dream” Speech, Washington, D.C. CP Links for Learning - MLKing, Jr.
d. c. 8-29-1533 - Atahualpa, last Inca Emperor Atahualpa Resource File
b. 8-29-1632 - John Locke, philosopher John Locke Resource File
b. 8-29-1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet & physician CP Links for Learning - O. W. Holmes
b. 8-29-1809 - Ingrid Bergman, actress Ingrid Bergman Resource File
b. 8-29-1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, author, Nobel Literature 1911 Maurice Maeterlinck Resource File
b. 8-29-1920 - Charlie Parker, musician CP Links for Learning - Parker
b. 8-29-1924 - Dinah Washington, musician Dinah Washington Resource File
b. 8-29-1958 - Michael Jackson, entertainer Michael Jackson Resource File
8-29-2005 - Hurricane Katrina makes landfall
b. 8-30-1797 - Mary Shelly, author (née Wollestonecraft Godwin) Mary Shelly Resource File
b. 8-30-1855 - Evelyn de Morgan, artist Evelyn de Morgan Resource File
b. 8-30-1871 - Ernest Rutherford, scientist Ernest Rutherford Resource File
b. 8-31-1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, composer Amilcare Ponchielli Resource File
b. 8-31-1870 - Maria Montessori, educator CP Links for Learning - Montessori
d. 8-31-1895 - Ely S. Parker, Civil War officer Ely S. Parker Resource File
b. 8-31-1936 - Marva Collins, educator Marva Collins’ Way at Amazon.com
August Facts & Tidbits

August: Threshing Wheat, Master Ermengaut, Giclee PrintAugust, 8th month of the year, was renamed in honor of Augustus Caesar because many important events in his rise to power happened in the former Sextillis (sixth month in the former ten month Roman calendar). Augustus is Latin for “majestic,” “the increaser,” or “venerable”. Other names for August include “Lughnasadh” in honor of the god Lugh (Gaelic - Ireland), and Japanese “hatsuki”.
Astrological Signs Astrology Resource File
• Leo: July 23 - August 22 • Leo poster
• Leo, the Lion Ecard		 fixed, fire, social; “I am,” passionate, dramatic, independent, noble, creative, leader, egotistical, heart/back; generous, proud, theatrical.
• Virgo: August 23 - September 22 • Virgo poster
• Virgo, the Virgin Ecard		 mutable, air, social; “I serve,” practical, work and service oriented, critical, common sense, intelligent, health conscious, fussy, intestines/ digestion; practical, efficient, critical.
Birthstones

• Peridot - success, peace, & good luck
• Jade - symbol of many virtues (Confucius)
• Sardonyx - courage and victory

 Minerals Chart Art Print • Birthstones: Univ of Washington
• Peridot Resource File
• Jade Resource File
• Sardonyx Resource File
Flowers

• gladiolus - strength of character & splendid beauty

 • flower posters • Gladiolus Resource File
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