AUGUST BABIES
SYMBOLS
AROUND THE WORLD
GONE TOO SOON
GROOVIN TO THE MUSIC
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This famous pop star with songs like "Material Girl" and "Papa Don't Preach" was born on August 16, 1958.
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Madonna
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The August birth flowers, gladiolus and this flower, both symbolize remembrance. These two summer bloomers come in a variety of colors and make for great cut flowers.
Poppy
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These two countries started the ‘Space Race’ with the test launch of the first satellite, Sputnik, on August 4, 1957.
The Soviet Union and The United States
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This famous King died in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42 on August 16, 1977.
Elvis Presley
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This event started in August 1969 and is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history.
Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held during August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, United States, 40 miles (65 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock.
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This child star was born on August 26, 1980 and rose to fame when he played Kevin, a child who got left behind when his family went on Christmas vacation.
Macaulay Culkin
His appearance in Uncle Buck turned him into “Hollywood’s favorite child actor,” but it was Home Alone, the highest-grossing film of 1990, that sealed his fate.
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Leos (people born from July 23rd to August 22) are symbolized by this regal animal.
Lion
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On August 29, 2005, the New Orleans area was impacted by this natural disaster.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
It made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 102 miles per hour. Most of New Orleans lies beneath sea level. The levees broke, causing a 12foot storm surge that flooded several parishes. Many affected residents relocated permanently.
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Light a candle in the wind. On August 4, 1962, this actress and icon was found dead in her Hollywood apartment.
Marilyn Monroe
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This song named "August" with the lyric "But I can see us lost in the memory. August slipped away into a moment in time, 'cause it was never mine" was written and performed by this artist.
Taylor Swift
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Born on August 4, 1961, this man would become America's first African American president.
Barack Obama
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Dubbed by the Ancient Egyptians “The Gem of the Sun”, August's birthstone is a truly rare and ancient stone, found in volcanic lava or in fallen meteorites.
Peridot!
It comes as no surprise that the light lime-colored Peridot gem is associated with light and cosmic extra-terrestrial powers.
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On August 6, 1962, this Caribbean nation achieved independence after centuries of British and Spanish rule.
Jamaica
Following the abolition of slavery in the 1830s, Jamaica remained a British colony.
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This beloved princess died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel on August 31, 1997.
Princess Diana of Wales
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These fab four fellows from the UK embarked on their first US tour on August 19, 1964
The Beatles
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This iconic woman was born on August 27, 1910 as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She would later become a nun who dedicated her life to help the poor and sick in India.
Mother Theresa
She founded a religious order of nuns in Calcutta, India, called the Missionaries of Charity
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The "Maiden" symbolizes this astrological sign in the Zodiac for people born from August 23rd to September 22.
The Maiden
(or virgin)
The constellation Virgo has various origins in different mythologies. In most myths, Virgo is depicted as a virgin maiden associated with wheat. In Greek and Roman mythology, Virgo is related to Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, or her daughter Persephone, queen of the Underworld.
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On August 6, 1945, this city in Japan was largely destroyed when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped by the B-29 Enola Gay.
Hiroshima
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This Queen of Soul who drew a lot of R.E.S.P.E.C.T. from her fans, died on August 16, 2018.
Aretha Franklin
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This single was released by American rapper Coolio on August 1, 1995 and features the lyric "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left"
Gangsta's Paradise
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I'll keep this short! This French emperor was born on the island of Corsica on August 15, 1769.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Originally an officer in King Louis' Army, he rose to become Emperor amid the political chaos that followed the French Revolution. He built a half-million strong Grand Army which utilized newly invented modern tactics and improvisation in battle to sweep across Europe and acquire an empire for France. However, after defeats in Russia and later by the British, he went into exile on the island of St. Helena off the coast of Africa. On May 5, 1821, he died alone on the tiny island abandoned by everyone.
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Originally named Sextilis because it was the 6th month in the original Roman calendar, the month was later re-named to August after this founder of the Roman Empire.
Julius Caesar Augustus
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On August 25, 1932, this trailblazing woman was the first to make a transcontinental flight.
Amelia Earhart
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This outfielder for the New York Yankees is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. Also known as "The Bambino", he died on August 16, 1948.
Babe Ruth
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This network with television personalities called "VJs", debuted just after midnight on August 1, 1981 and was seen in over 2 million homes during its first day on the air.
MTV
As of November 2023, MTV is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.
