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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
8-26, Women's Equality Day Pioneers Women's Rights posters

August Notable Dates
b. 8-1-1770 - William Clark, explorer William Clark print William Clark Resource File
b. 8-1-1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck portrait Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Resource File
b. 8-1-1779 - Francis Scott Key, lyrcist Star Spangled Banner poster Fort McHenry National Park
b. 8-1-1818 - Maria Mitchell - astronomer Maria Mitchell poster Maria Mitchell Resource File
b. 8-1-1819 - Herman Melville - author Herman Melville posters CP Links for Learning - Melville
b. 8-2-1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, architect Statue of Liberty poster Frédéric Bartholdi Resource File
b. 8-2-1871 - John F. Sloan, artist John Sloan print John F. Sloan Resource File
b. 8-2-1924 - James Baldwin, author James Baldwin posters CP Links for Learning - Baldwin
b. 8-2-1942 - Isabel Allende, author Isabel Allende posters CP Links for Learning - Allende
8-3-1841 - Juliana Horatia Ewing, author Juliana Horatia Ewing print Juliana Horatia Ewing Resource File
b. 8-3-1893 - Huey P. Long, politician Huey P. Long print Huey P. Long Resource File
b. 8-4-1859 - Knut Hamsun, author Knut Hamsun print Knut Hamsun Resource File
b. 8-4-1901 - Louis Armstrong, musician Louis Armstrong posters CP Links for Learning - Armstrong
b. 8-5-1815 - John Edward Eyre, explorer John Edward Eyre print John Edward Eyre Resource File
b. 8-5-1850 - Guy de Maupassant, author Guy de Maupassant print Guy de Maupassant Resource File
b. 8-5-1946 - Shirley A. Jackson - physicist Shirley A. Jackson poster Shirley A. Jackson Bio- buffalo.edu
b. 8-5-1930 - Neil Armstrong - astronaut Astronaut posters NASA Biography
d. 8-6-1585 - Yermak Timofeyevich, explorer Yermak print Yermak Resource File
b. 8-6-1809 - Alfred, Lord Tenneyson, poet Alfred, Lord Tenneyson poster Alfred, Lord Tenneyson Resource File
b. 8-6-1881 - Dr. Alexander Fleming, physician and researcher Alexander Fleming print Alexander Fleming Resource File
b. 8-6-1911 - Lucille Ball - actress Lucille Ball posters Museum TV
b. 8-6-1928 - Andy Warhol, artist Andy Warhol "Marilyn" print Andy Warhol Resource File
8-6-1945 - US Drops A-Bomb on Japan WWII posters City of Hiroshima Peace Ceremony
b. 8-7-1876 - Mata Hari, femme fatale & spy Mata Hari print Mata Hari Resource File
b. 8-7-1867 - Emil Nolde, artist Expressionists prints Emil Nolde Resource File
b. 8-7-1903 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat Ralph Bunche poster Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
b. 8-8-1763 - Charles Bulfinch, architect Charles Bulfinch print Charles Bulfinch Resource File
b. 8-8-1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet Shelley print Percy Bysshe Shelley Resource File
b. 8-8-1866 - Matthew Henson, explorer Matthew Henson print Matthew Henson Resource File
b. 8-8-1902 - Paul Dirac, physicist Paul Dirac print Paul Dirac Resource File
b. 8-9-1593 - Izaak Walton, author Izaak Walton print Izaak Walton Resource File
b. 8-9-1819 - W. T. G. Morton, dentist W. T. G. Morton print W. T. G. Morton Resource File
8-10-1821 - Missouri admitted to the Union, 24th Missouri posters Missouri Facts
b. 8-10-1874 - Herbert Hoover, US President presidents posters White House Bio - Hoover
b. 8-11-1921 - Alex Haley, author Alex Haley print Alex Haley Resource File
d. 8-12-30 BC - Cleopatra Cleopatra print Cleopatra Resource File
b. 8-12-1774 - Robert Southey, poet Robert Southey print Robert Southey Resource File
b. 8-12-1866 - Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, dramatist Jacinto Benavente y Martinez print Jacinto Benavente y Martinez Resource File
b. 8-12-1867 - Edith Hamilton, author Edith Hamilton photo Edith Hamilton Resource File
b. 8-12-1887- Erwin Schrödinger, physicist Erwin Schrödinger print Erwin Schrödinger Resource File
b. 8-13-1912 - Salvador Luria, biologist Salvador Luria print Salvador Luria Resource File
b. 8-13-1918 - Frederick Sanger, biologist Frederick Sanger print Frederick Sanger Resource File
8-14-1935 - Social Security Act aging & maturity anatomy posters Social Security Online
8-14-1945 - Japan Surrenders WWII posters
b. 8-14-1959 - Magic Johnson, basketball player Magic Johnson photo Magic Johnson Resource File
b. 8-15-1771 - Sir Walter Scott - author Walter Scott Print Sir Walter Scott Digital Library
b. 8-15-1875 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor- composter Samuel Coleridge-Taylor print Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Resource File
b. 8-15-1879 - Ethel Barrymore, actress Ethel Barrymore photo Ethel Barrymore Resource File
b. 8-15-1912 - Julia Child, chef Julia Child TIME Magazine print Julia Child Resource File
b. 8-16-1744 - Pierre Mechain, astronomer Pierre Mechain print Pierre Mechain Resource File
b. 8-16-1888 - T. E. Lawrence, author T. E. Lawrence print T. E. Lawrence Resource File
b. 8-17-1601 - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician Pierre de Fermat print Pierre de Fermat Resource File
b. 8-17-1786 - Davy Crockett - frontiersman Explorer posters Davy Crockett Bio
b. 8-17-1871 - Orville Wright - inventor Wright Bros posters NASA History of Flight
b. 8-17-1887 - Marcus Garvey - activist Marcus Garvey posters CP Links for Learning - Marcus Garvey
b. 8-17-1887 - Mae West, actress Mae West print Mae West Resource File
b. 8-18-1750 - Antonio Salieri, composer Antonio Salieri print Antonio Salieri Resource File
b. 8-18-1774 - Meriwether Lewis, explorer Meriwether Lewis print Meriwether Lewis Resource File
b. 8-18-1934 - Roberto Clemente, baseball player Roberto Clemente poster Roberto Clemente Resource File
b. 8-19-1646 - John Flamsteed, astronomer John Flamsteed print John Flamsteed Resource File
b. 8-19-1689 - Samuel Richardson, author Samuel Richardson print Samuel Richardson Resource File
b. 8-19-1807 - Jane Loudon, author Poppies & Anemones print
b. 8-19-1883 - Leonid Kulik, explorer Leonid Kulik print Leonid Kulik Resource File
b. 8-19-1902 - Ogden Nash, poet Ogden Nash print Ogden Nash Resource File
b. 8-19-1906 - Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth Inventions poster Philo T. Farnsworth Resource File
d. 8-19-1924 - Ferdinand Cheval, naive architect Cheval photograph Ferdinand Cheval Resource File
b. 8-19-1946 - Bill Clinton, US President presidents posters Bill Clinton Biography - White House
d. 8-20-1643 - Anne Hutchinson, theologian Anne Hutchinson print Anne Hutchinson Resource File
b. 8-20-1779 - Jons Jakob Berzelius, scientist Berzelius print Jons Jakob Berzelius Resource File
b. 8-20-1827 - Joseph Strauss, composer Joseph Strauss poster Joseph Strauss Resource File
b. 8-20-1843 - Christina Nilsson, opera singer Christina Nilsson print Christina Nilsson Resource File
b. 8-20-1833 - Benjamin Harrison, US President presidents posters Benjamin Harrison Biography
b. 8-20-1910 - Eero Saarinen, architect Eero Saarinen print Eero Saarinen Resource File
b. 8-21-1904 - Count Basie - musician Musician posters
Count Basie bookmark		 Count Basie Biography
Count Basie Resource File
8-21-1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player Wilt Chamberlain photo Wilt Chamberlain Resource File
8-21-1959 - Hawaii becomes the 50th state Hawaii posters Hawaii Facts
b. 8-22-1822 - Virginia Poe, wife E.A.P. Virginia Poe print Virginia Poe Resource File
b. 8-22-1862 - Claude Debussy, composer Claude Debussy print Claude Debussy Resource File
b. 8-22-1893 - Dorothy Parker, author Dorothy Parker book cover poster Dorothy Parker Resource File
b. 8-22-1920 - Ray Bradbury, author Ray Bradbury poster Ray Bradbury Resource File
b. 8-23-1741 - Comte de La Pérouse, explorer La Pérouse print La Pérouse Resource File
b. 8-23-1769 - Georges Cuvier, zoologist Georges Cuvier poster Georges Cuvier Resource File
b. 8-23-1854 - Moritz Moszkowski, composer Moszkowski print Moszkowski Resoruce File
b. 8-23-1912 - Gene Kelly, dancer & actor Gene Kelly print Gene Kelly Resource File
b. 8-23-1944 - Antonia Novello, MD Antonia Novello poster Antonia Novello Resource File
8-23-1966 - 1st Photo of Earth from Moon Earth posters NASA Photo Gallery
b. 8-24-1484 - Bartolome de las Casas, historian Bartolome de las Casas print Bartolome de las Casas Resource File
b. 8-24-1552 - Lavinia Fontana, artist Lavinia Fontana print Lavinia Fontana Resource File
b. 8-24-1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, author Jorge Luis Borges poster Jorge Luis Borges Bio
b. 8-25-1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder print Johann Gottfried Herder Resource File
b. 8-25-1807 - Narcisse Virgile Díaz, painter Narcisse Virgile Díaz print Narcisse Virgile Díaz Resource File
b. 8-25-1836 - Bret Harte, author Bret Harte print Bret Harte Resource File
b. 8-25-1918 - Leonard Bernstein, composer Leonard Bernstein print Leonard Bernstein Resource File
b. 8-25-1927 - Althea Gibson, athlete Althea Gibson poster Althea Gibson Resource File
b. 8-26-1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, scientist Antoine Lavoisier print Antoine Lavoisier Resource File
b. 8-26-1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, author Guillaume Apollinaire print Guillaume Apollinaire Resource File
b. 8-27-551 BC - Confucius - philosopher China posters CIA World Fact Book
b. 8-27-1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher Hegel portrait Hegel Resource File
b. 8-27-1865 - Charles G. Dawes, Nobel Peace Prize 1929 Charles G. Dawes TIME Magazine cover Charles G. Dawes Resource File
b. 8-27-1886 - Eric Coates, composer Eric Coates print Eric Coates Resource File
b. 8-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson, US President presidents posters Lyndon Baines Johnson Bio
b. 8-27-1910 - Mother Teresa, Skopje, Macedonia Mother Teresa posters CP Links for Learning - Mother Teresa
b. 8-28-1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, philosopher, author & scientist Goethe print Johan Wolfgang von Goethe Resource File
b. 8-28-1828 - Leo Tolstoy - author Leo Tolstoy print Leo Tolstoy Biography
b. 8-28-1908 - Roger Tory Peterson - ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson photograph Roger Tory Peterson Institute
8-28-1565 - St. Ausgustine, FL established Florida posters City of St. Augustine Official site
8-28-1963 - MLKing, Jr. - "I Have A Dream" Speech, Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King posters CP Links for Learning - MLKing, Jr.
b. 8-29-1632 - John Locke, philosopher John Locke portrait John Locke Resource File
b. 8-29-1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet & physician Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. posters CP Links for Learning - O. W. Holmes
b. 8-29-1809 - Ingrid Bergman Ingrid Bergman, Art Print Ingrid Bergman Resource File
b. 8-29-1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, author, Nobel Literature 1911 Maurice Maeterlinck, print Maurice Maeterlinck Resource File
b. 8-29-1920 - Charlie Parker, musician Charlie Parker posters CP Links for Learning - Parker
8-29-2005 Hurricane Katrina makes landfall Hurricane posters
b. 8-30-1797 - Mary Shelly, author
(nee Wollestonecraft Godwin)		 Mary Shelly print Mary Shelly Resource File
b. 8-30-1855 - Evelyn de Morgan, artist Evelyn de Morgan print Evelyn de Morgan Resource File
b. 8-30-1871 - Ernest Rutherford, scientist Ernest Rutherford print Ernest Rutherford Resource File
b. 8-31-1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, composer Amilcare Ponchielli print Amilcare Ponchielli Resource File
b. 8-31-1870 - Maria Montessori, educator Maria Montessori posters CP Links for Learning - Montessori
b. 8-31-1936 - Marva Collins, educator Marva Collins poster 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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