DEAR GEORGE, The month of August has special significance for our family because of all of the members, past and present, who are named August. My paternal great-grandfather was Carl August Lundgren (1830-1899). My paternal grandfather was Victor August Lundgren Sr. (1875-1959), and my father was Victor August Lundgren Jr. (1908-1993). One of my nephews, Steve and Margie’s second son, is Jason August Lundgren (1975- ). My grandnephews include August Clyde Levinson (2007- ; Vicki and George’s grandson and Jacob and Kazandra’s son) and Oskar August Mason (2006- ; Vicki and George’s grandson and Rhys and Tim’s son). In addition, Katja and I married on Aug. 28 1960. Peter married Faith on Aug. 7, 1968. Jacob married Kazandra on Aug. 13, 2007. Chris married Karrie on Aug. 21, 2010. It’s pretty obvious we are an August family. Here are some other interesting August facts.
AUGUST SYMBOLS: August birthstones: the peridot, sardonyx, and spinet; August birth flowers: the gladiolus, the poppy; August bird of the month: the kingfisher; August colors: orange, red, and light green; August trees: Cypress, Poplar, Cedar, Pine; August zodiac signs: Leo (until Aug. 21) and Virgo (starting Aug. 22).
SIX LITTLE-KNOWN AUGUST HOLIDAYS: Aug. 1, National Mustard Day; Aug. 5, Work Like a Dog Day; Aug. 9., International Lefthanders Day; Aug. 14, Creamsicle Day; Aug. 24, Pluto Demoted Day; Aug. 30, Frankenstein Day.
SIX HISTORICAL EVENTS IN AUGUST: Aug. 24, 79 A.D.: Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum; Aug. 4, 1914: The First World War began; Aug. 6, 1945: The first Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay; Aug. 28, 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech; Aug. 9, 1974: Richard Nixon resigned the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal; Aug. 16, 1977: Elvis Presley died at age 42 at the Memphis Baptist Hospital; Aug. 31, 1997: Britain’s Princess Diana died at age 36 in a high-speed car crash.
SIX FAMOUS SINGERS WHO WERE BORN IN AUGUST: Tony Bennett, Aug. 3, 1926, New York, NY; Eddie Fisher, Aug. 10, 1928, Philadelphia, PA; Connie Stevens, Aug. 8, 1938, Brooklyn, NY; Madonna, Aug. 16, 1958, Bay City, MI; Michael Jackson, Aug. 29, 1958; Whitney Houston, Aug. 9, 1963, Newark, NJ.
SIX FAMOUS MOVIE STARS WHO DIED IN AUGUST: Bela Lugosi, Aug. 16, 1956; Marilyn Monroe, Aug. 5, 1962; Charles Boyer, Aug. 26, 1978; Victor Mature, Aug. 4, 1999; Charles Bronson, Aug. 30, 2003; Glenn Ford, Aug. 30, 2006; Julie Harris, Aug. 24, 2013.
SIX SONGS WITH AUGUST IN THE TITLE: August (Julia Nunes); August 7, 4:15 (Jon Bon Jovi); August is Over (We the Kings); Cold Wind in August (Van Morrison); First Day in August (Carole King); The 33rd of August (Waylon Jennings).
SIX CELEBRITY CHILDREN NAMED AUGUST: August Anna Brooks (b. 1994), daughter of singer Garth Brooks; Indiana August Affleck (b. 2004), son of actors Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix; August Miklos Friedrich Hermann (b. 2006), son of actors Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann; August Oliver Matthews (b. 2007), son of musician Dave Matthews; August Theron (b. 2015), daughter of actress Charlize Theron; August Zuckerberg (b. 2017), daughter of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan.
SIX MOVIES WITH AUGUST IN THE TITLE: Sunday in August (Marcello Mastroianni, 1950); The Teahouse of the August Moon (Marlon Brando, 1956); The Whales of August (Bette Davis, 1987); Rhapsody in August (Richard Gere, 1991); August Rush (Robin Williams, 2007); August: Osage County (Julia Roberts, 2013).
SIX NATURAL DISASTERS IN AUGUST: Arica earthquake in Chile (Aug. 13, 1868; 25,674 deaths); Krakatoa eruption in Indonesia (Aug. 26, 1883; 36,000 to 120,000 deaths); Swatow typhoon in Philipines and China (Aug. 3, 1922; 50,000 to 100,000 deaths); Diexi earthquake in China (Aug. 25, 1933; 7000-9300 deaths); Hanoi and Red River Delta floods in North Vietnam (Aug. 1, 1971; 100,000 deaths) Typhoon Nina in China (Aug. 7, 1975; 229,000 deaths).
SIX OTHER TITILLATING AUGUST FACTS: August is named after Augustus Caesar, first emperor of the Roman Empire; August only had 29 days until Julius Caesar added two days in 46 BC; The Anglo-Saxons called it Weod month, which means Weed month, because it’s the month that weeds grow most rapidly; August is known as the “dog days of summer” because Sirisu (the dog star) rose at sunrise during the month of August in ancient Roman times; In the U.S. August has the highest birth rate of any month; During August the Great Solar Wheel of the Year is turned to Lammas, one of the four Grand Sabbats celebrated each year by Wiccans and modern Witches throughout the world. That’s everything I know. LOVE, DAVE
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