August was named to honor Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar
August Flower: Gladiolus
Birthstone: Peridot
Zodiac: Leo (July 23–August 22) and Virgo (August 23–September 22)
8/1/1981 - MTV network debuted on cable television, actually playing music videos 24 hours a day. The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first video shown.
8/2/1790 - The first US Census was conducted.
8/4/1858 - The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time. The first number-one song of the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson.
8/4/1961 - Barack Obama was born.
8/5/1962 - Marilyn Monroe died.
8/8/1974 - President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President of the United States, effective noon the next day.
8/8/2001 - My son, Chandler Stone, was born.
8/13/1997 - South Park aired for the first time on Comedy Central.
8/16/1954 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published.
8/16/1958 - Madonna was born.
8/16/1962 - Steve Carell was born.
8/16/1974 - I was born.
8/16/1977 - Elvis Presley Died.
8/18/2009 - My nephew Phoenix Aiden was born.
8/19/1692 - In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials.
8/21/1961 - Motown released what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
8/24/1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
8/27/2016 - My nephew Fallon Isaiah was born.
8/29/2005 - (Hurricane) Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people.
8/31/1997 - Princess Diana died.
8/31/1999 - I went into labor. My daughter was born the next morning.
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