The Almanac · Month index

August

Every day in August — the historical events, the famous birthdays, and the holidays behind each date. 31 days to wander.

• Aug 1 Claudius
• Aug 2 Bertalan Farkas
• Aug 3 Konstantin Melnikov
• Aug 4 Barack Obama
• Aug 5 Neil Armstrong
• Aug 6 Robin van Persie
• Aug 7 Jimmy Wales
• Aug 8 Roger Federer
• Aug 9 Eric Bana
• Aug 10 Lisa Raymond
• Aug 11 Tommy Mooney
• Aug 12 François Hollande
• Aug 13 Alfred Hitchcock
• Aug 14 Fabrizio Donato
• Aug 15 Napoleon
• Aug 16 Madonna
• Aug 17 William Gallas
• Aug 18 Klára Dán von Neumann
• Aug 19 Bill Clinton
• Aug 20 Rajiv Gandhi
• Aug 21 Usain Bolt
• Aug 22 Claude Debussy
• Aug 23 Louis XVI
• Aug 24 Jorge Luis Borges
• Aug 25 Giridharilal Kedia
• Aug 26 Katherine Johnson
• Aug 27 Kayla Ewell
• Aug 28 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Aug 29 Michael Jackson
• Aug 30 Félix Sánchez (hurdler)
• Aug 31 Commodus