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August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year, the 215th in leap years, marked by the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence and Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
August 20
August 20, the 232nd day of the Gregorian year (233rd in leap years), is a calendar date marked by the Battle of Yarmouk (636), the 1619 arrival of Africans in Virginia, Fallen Timbers (1794), Trotsky's 1940 assassination, the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Viking 1 (1975), Voyager 2 (1977), and Hungary's St. Stephen's Day.
August 2020 Midwest derecho
The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a severe thunderstorm complex that crossed the central United States on August 10, 2020, causing $11 billion in damage, the costliest thunderstorm event in modern U.S. history.
August 2025 Indonesian protests
The August 2025 Indonesian protests were nationwide demonstrations against a 50 million rupiah monthly housing allowance for all 580 members of parliament, escalating after police killed a driver.
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership election
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership challenge: backbencher Chris Penk challenged PM Christopher Luxon, who survived a secret caucus confidence vote on 12 August 2026, sacked Penk from Cabinet, and led National into the November election.
August 21
August 21, the 233rd day of the year, is the UN day for victims of violence based on religion or belief; notable events include Nat Turner's 1831 rebellion, the 1911 Mona Lisa theft, and the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
August 22
August 22 is a day of major historical turning points, including the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. It also marks the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 23
August 23, the 235th day of a common Gregorian year, is known for the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939), Romania's switch to the Allies (1944), Armenia's independence declaration (1990), UNESCO's Slave Trade Remembrance Day, and India's National Space Day after Chandrayaan-3's 2023 lunar landing.
August 24
August 24, the 236th day of the Gregorian year, marked by the sack of Rome (410), burning of Washington (1814), NATO's treaty taking effect (1949), Ukraine's Independence Day (1991), and Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet (2006).
August 25
August 25, the 237th day of the year, marks Galileo's 1609 telescope demonstration, the 1916 founding of the U.S. National Park Service, the 1944 liberation of Paris, Voyager 1's 2012 entry into interstellar space, Uruguay's Independence Day, and births including Ivan the Terrible and Leonard Bernstein.
August 26
August 26, the 238th day of the Gregorian year, is Women's Equality Day in the US (19th Amendment certified 1920), Heroes' Day in Namibia, and the date of the 1346 Battle of Crécy and the 1791 steamboat patents.
August 27
August 27, the 239th day of the year, is marked by the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, the 1776 Battle of Long Island, the 1859 Titusville oil well, Carroll's 1900 yellow fever experiment, the 1962 Mariner 2 launch, and Moldova's Independence Day.
August 28
August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, known for the 1963 March on Washington and King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
August 29
August 29, the 241st day of the Gregorian year, is marked by the 1949 Soviet atomic bomb test at Semipalatinsk, the International Day against Nuclear Tests, the 1526 Battle of Mohács, the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, Hurricane Katrina (2005), and births including John Locke and Michael Jackson.
August 3
August 3, day 215 of the Gregorian year: Columbus's 1492 departure, Germany's 1914 declaration of war on France, Niger's 1960 independence, the 2014 Yunnan earthquake, and the 2019 El Paso shooting.
August 30
August 30, the 242nd day of the Gregorian year (243rd in leap years). Known for Cleopatra's death in 30 BC, the 1918 shooting of Lenin, the 1963 Moscow-Washington hotline, Thurgood Marshall's 1967 Supreme Court confirmation, and births including Mary Shelley and Ernest Rutherford.
August 31
August 31, the 243rd day of the year, is Independence Day for Malaysia (1957), Trinidad and Tobago (1962), and Kyrgyzstan (1991), and marks Diana's 1997 death in Paris, the 1886 Charleston earthquake, and the 1980 Solidarity accord.
August 4
August 4, the 216th day of the Gregorian year (217th in leap years), marked by Britain declaring war on Germany in 1914, France's abolition of feudalism in 1789, Anne Frank's 1944 arrest, and the 2020 Beirut explosion.
August 5
August 5, the 217th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1775 San Carlos entry into San Francisco Bay, the 1861 first U.S. income tax, Mobile Bay (1864), Mandela's 1962 arrest, the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and Burkina Faso's National Day.
August 6
August 6, the 218th day of the year, is best known for the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the Enola Gay, and also marks the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Jamaican independence in 1962, and Gertrude Ederle's 1926 English Channel swim.
August 7
August 7, the 219th day of the Gregorian year, is Purple Heart Day in the U.S. and Independence Day in Côte d'Ivoire; it marks the 1782 Purple Heart, 1942 Guadalcanal landing, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and 1998 embassy bombings.
August 8
August 8, the 220th day of the year, also called International Cat Day and Bā bā Day (爸爸節) in Taiwan; notable for the 1588 Armada defeat, Quit India Movement, Nixon's 1974 resignation announcement, the 8888 Uprising, and the 2023 Maui wildfires.
August 9
August 9 is the 221st day of the year: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (UN resolution 49/214, 1994) and the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki; other events include Ford's 1974 inauguration.
August A. Busch III
August A. Busch III is an American brewing executive who led Anheuser-Busch as president from 1974 and CEO from 1975 to 2002, taking control from his father in 1975.
August Alsina
August Alsina (born 1992, New Orleans) is an American R&B singer-rapper; platinum 2013 single "I Luv This Shit," number-two debut album Testimony (2014), later independent on Shake the World label.
August Ames
August Ames (Mercedes Grabowski, 1994-2017), Canadian adult film actress from Antigonish, Nova Scotia; AVN fan-award winner who died by suicide in Camarillo, California after a Twitter backlash.
August and Everything After
August and Everything After: Counting Crows' debut studio album, released September 14, 1993 on Geffen, produced by T Bone Burnett. Eleven folk-rock tracks incl. "Mr. Jones"; 7x Platinum in the US.
August Arnold
August Arnold (1898–1982) was a German engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded ARRI, the Munich maker of the Arriflex 35 and ALEXA cameras, with Robert Richter in 1917.
August Bier
August Bier (1861–1949) was a German surgeon who introduced spinal anesthesia and the Bier block, both still used worldwide, and was nominated 40 times for the Nobel Prize.
August Burns Red
August Burns Red (ABR) is an American Christian metalcore band formed in March 2003 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Five-piece with Jake Luhrs on vocals; ten studio albums from Thrill Seeker (2005) to Season of Surrender (2026); two Grammy nominations and a 2020 Christian Albums chart topper.