August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).
Historical Events for August, 1892
Day of Week 4th » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
Day of Week 9th » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way Telegraphy named telegraph.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1892
1st » Kinsan Ginsan or Gin Kanie, Japanese centenarian (d. 2001)
1st » Kinsan Ginsan e.g Kin Narita, Japanese centenarian (d. 2000)
2nd » Jack Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)
6th » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
11th » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
11th » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
12th » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (d. 1977)
14th » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)
15th » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
16th » Hal Foster, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1982)
16th » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created 'Felix the Cat' (d. 1983)
21st » Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)
Famous Deaths for August 1892
11th » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
23rd » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
29th » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)