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August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calenar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. August begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Leo and ends in the sign of Virgo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Cancer and ends in the constellation of Leo.

Trivia about august

  • Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called Sextilis
  • Named in 8 B.C. for the reigning emperor
  • The only Friday the 13th of 1999 occurs in this summer month the Romans called "Sextilis"
  • "Light in..."
  • At 8:15 A.M. on the 6th of this month in 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
  • Leo & Virgo are both Zodiac signs for this month
  • By Barbara Tuchman: "The Guns of ______"
  • Judith Rossner's book about the month when psychoanalysts go on vacation & patients fend for themselves
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Rowan Oak Home) Faulkner was using "Dark House" as a novel title but on this porch, his wife said there was something about the light in this month
  • (1987)"The Whales of ___"

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