Below are some fun facts about August:
1. The birthstones for August are the peridot and the sardonyx.
2. The zodiac signs for August are Leo (July 23 - August 22) and Virgo
(August 23 - September 22)
3. The birth flowers for August are the gladiolus and the poppy.
4. On August 1, 1876, Colorado, also known as the Centennial State, became
the 38th state of the United States.
5. On August 2, 1909, the Lincoln penny was issued.
6. On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage
across the Atlantic.
7. During the Civil War on August 5, 1864, the Battle of Mobile Bay was won
by the Union forces.
8. On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle successfully swam the English Channel.
9. On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was used in warfare on
Hiroshima, Japan.
10. On August 7, 1942, the U.S. troops landed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon
Islands during World War II.
11. On August 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned from office, making him the
first United States president to ever resign from office.
12. On August 12, 1877, the phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison.
13. On August 12, 1898, Hawaii was annexed by the United States.
14. National Family Fun Month
15. National Peach Month
16. National Golf Month
17. National Picnic Month
18. Romance Awareness Month
19. Friendship Day - first Sunday of August
20. August 26 - Women's Equality Day
Sharon and Pearl
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