Fun Facts to Celebrate an August Birthday
Celebrating an August birthday? Download this August birth month fun facts sheet to display at a birthday party or give with a birthday gift. Included are the August birthstone and flower, a few fun holidays, interesting people born in August, and this month in history events.
August Birthstone
August’s birthstone is peridot, known for its bright lime-green color. The color can vary from yellow-green to a deeper olive green depending on the amount and type of iron present in the stone. This mineral is often found in volcanic rocks, and occasionally found in meteorites!
August is one of the few months to have two additional birthstones associated with it: sardonyx and spinel.
August Flower
The traditional birth flower for August is the poppy. Poppies have crinkled blossoms that resemble tissue-paper flowers and have been associated with a symbolic remembrance. They have been famously painted by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.
August also has a secondary birth flower, the gladiolus, part of the iris family. These flowers grow tall, colorful spikes of blooms, and symbolically represent strength.
August Quote or Poem
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes in the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
John Lubbock
August Fun Holidays
National Inventors Month
National Sandwich Month
National Root Beer Float Day (8/6)
National S’mores Day (8/10)
National Fajita Day (8/18)
National Eat Outside Day (8/31)
Famous August Birthdays
Usain Bolt (Jamaican runner considered the greatest sprinter of all time)
Neil Armstrong (astronaut known for being the first man to walk on the moon)
Enid Blyton (prolific English children’s book author)
William Wilberforce (British politician and leading abolitionist in the late 1700s)
Leonard Bernstein (American composer and conductor, best known for popular Broadway musicals)
Philo Farnsworth (American inventor known for developing the first all-electric television when he was 15 years old)
Orville Wright (the younger of the famous Wright Brothers, credited with inventing and flying the world’s first airplane)
Temple Grandin (American academic and speaker in the fields of animal behavior and autism)
Lucille Ball (American actress, comedian, and producer best known for the I Love Lucy television show)
Katharine Johnson (mathematician whose calculations helped enable NASA’s space flight program)
Louis Armstrong (American jazz musician and vocalist)
Julia Child (chef recognized for introducing the American people to French cooking)
August Events in History
Mt. Vesuvius erupted in Italy (79 AD)
Lincoln signs first income tax law into effect (1861)
Klondike Gold Rush begins (1896)
Diesel engine patented (1898)
Women receive the right to vote (1920)
Social Security Act established (1935)
First Jeep manufactured (1941)
Hawaii became the 50th state (1959)
Berlin Wall first erected (1961)
First transatlantic balloon trip (1978)
August Birth Month Fact Sheet
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