- Amanda Merkatz
August Facts
Fun Facts
Birthstone: Agate or onyx
Flower: Gladiolus or poppy
Zodiac signs: Leo and Virgo
Aug 2nd National Kids Day
Aug 6th Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (1945)
Aug 7th Friendship Day
Aug 7th First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)
Aug 9th International Art Appreciation Day
Aug 12th Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)
Aug 14th Largest Blackout in U.S. History (2003)
Aug 15th Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opened (1969)
Aug 17th Klondike Gold Rush Began (1896)
Aug 21st Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)
Aug 23rd International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade & Its Abolition
Aug 24th Mexico Gained Independence from Spain (1821)
Aug 25th Earth First Photographed from the Moon (1966)
Aug 26th Women's Equality Day
Aug 28th MLK Gave "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
Aug 29th Hurricane Katrina Devastated Gulf Coast (2005)
Aug 30th Thurgood Marshall Confirmed as First Black Supreme Court Justice (1967)
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month