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Month August 1946 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • 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, 1946

  • Day of Week 1st » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II e.g collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
  • Day of Week 4th » An 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake e.g earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • Day of Week 16th » Direct Action Day named Mass riots in Kolkata begin, in which more than 4,000 would be killed in 72 hours.
  • 16th » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
  • Day of Week 23rd » Ordinance No. 46 of the Control Commission for Germany: British Element British Military Government constitutes the Germany German 'states of Germany Länder' (states) of State of Hanover Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
  • Day of Week 29th » USS Nevada BB-36 6 is decommissioned.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1946

  • 1st » Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Bad Company) (d. 2006)
  • 1st » Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011)
  • 1st » Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1st » Peter Scott (educationalist) called Peter Scott, English journalist and academic
  • 1st » Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist
  • 2nd » James Howe, American journalist and author
  • 3rd » Robert Ayling, English businessman
  • 3rd » Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • 3rd » Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
  • 3rd » John York (musician) e.g John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Byrds and Sir Douglas Quintet)
  • 4th » Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (d. 1994)
  • 4th » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
  • 5th » Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
  • 5th » Ron Silliman, American poet and blogger
  • 5th » Erika Slezak, American actress
  • 5th » Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
  • 5th » Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace (band) e.g Trace) (d. 2006)
  • 6th » Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (UK (band) e.g UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest (UK band) e.g Tempest)
  • 6th » Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor and singer (The Spiders (Japanese band) or The Spiders)
  • 6th » Judy Craig, American singer (The Chiffons)
  • 7th » Ed Seykota, American businessman
  • 8th » Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 9th » Jim Kiick, American football player
  • 11th » John Conlee, American singer
  • 11th » Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
  • 12th » Deborah Howe, American author (d. 1978)
  • 12th » Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (d. 2012)
  • 14th » Antonio Fargas, American actor
  • 14th » Larry Graham, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
  • 14th » Susan Saint James, American actress
  • 14th » Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
  • 15th » Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 15th » William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • 15th » Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 16th » Masoud Barzani, Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 16th » Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (d. 1996)
  • 16th » Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
  • 17th » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 17th » Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago named Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
  • 19th » Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
  • 19th » Bill Clinton, American politician, 42nd President of the United States
  • 19th » Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 2014)
  • 19th » Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
  • 19th » Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
  • 20th » Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
  • 20th » Connie Chung, American journalist
  • 20th » Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
  • 20th » Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player (Kraftwerk and Organisation (band) or Organisation)
  • 20th » N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
  • 23rd » Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Who and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 1978)
  • 25th » Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
  • 25th » Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
  • 25th » Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster
  • 26th » Zhou Ji, Chinese politician
  • 26th » Priit Pärn, Estonian animator and director
  • 26th » Chantal Renaud, Canadian singer, actress, and screenwriter
  • 26th » Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter (Ashford & Simpson)
  • 26th » Mark Snow, American composer
  • 26th » Alison Steadman, English actress
  • 27th » Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager
  • 29th » Bob Beamon, American long jumper
  • 29th » Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
  • 29th » Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician, 6th President of Cyprus
  • 29th » Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
  • 31st » Ann Coffey, Scottish politician
  • 31st » Jerome Corsi, American theorist and author
  • 31st » Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach

Famous Deaths for August 1946

  • 3rd » Francis Newton, American golfer (b. 1874)
  • 5th » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
  • 6th » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
  • 7th » George Wilkinson (water polo) or George Wilkinson, English water polo player (b. 1879)
  • 9th » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
  • 13th » H. G. Wells, English journalist and author (b. 1866)
  • 19th » Bob McKinney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
  • 22nd » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
  • 24th » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
  • 26th » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
  • 29th » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)

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