21st » The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly Marian apparition or appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.
28th » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulu people named Zulus, is captured by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or British.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1879
5th » Wladimir Aïtoff, French rugby player (d. 1963)
7th » Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (d. 1931)
8th » Bob Smith (doctor) called Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
8th » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (d. 1919)
13th » John Ireland (composer) e.g John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)
15th » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
18th » Aleksandr Rodzyanko, Russian general (d. 1970)
20th » William Twaits (soccer) called William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (d. 1941)
21st » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot (d. 1959)
31st » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and painter (d. 1964)