August
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August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar.
[edit] Events
- August 9 - National Women's Day (South Africa).
- August 10, 1822 - Ecuador became an independent country.
- August 14, 1947 - Pakistan became independent
- August 15, 1945 - Korea became an independent country.
- August 15, 1947 - India became an independent country.
- August 17, 1945 - Indonesia became an independent country.
- August 21, 1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States of America.
- August 25, 1825 - Uruguay became independent from Brazil.
- August 31, 1957 - Malaysia became an independent country.
