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, 2004
Day of Week 1st » A Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire called supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
Day of Week 3rd » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
Day of Week 13th » Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
13th » One hundred fifty-six Democratic Republic of the Congo e.g Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
Day of Week 17th » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the Coat of arms of Serbia or coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
Day of Week 22nd » Versions of 'The Scream' and 'Madonna (Edvard Munch) known as Madonna', two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
Day of Week 24th » Eighty-nine passengers die after Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004 known as two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian R
Famous Deaths for August 2004
1st » Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)