The History of August
After Julius Caesar was killed, his nephew Augustus took over. Since July had been for Julius Caesar, Augustus thought he should get some token month too.
Thus the Roman senate lengthened the month to 31 days by taking a day from February.
Some interesting facts about the month of August I found at orkut:
Ø An oracle of prosperity is ascribed to August and fortunetellers deem it a lucky charm with which to transfer house, march down the aisle, seal contracts and sink the cornerstone.
Ø August was originally called Sextillis by the Romans, meaning sixth.
Ø Anglo-Saxons termed august "arn-monath"... arn, meaning harvest month. It was also called scere-monath because sheep (scere) were abundant that time of year, and weod-monath because weeds were plentiful too.
Ø In east Africa, Masai call August the "time of brown grass".
Ø In Bengali ... first half of august is called "sraban" ... which signifies rain.... and the last half is called "bhadro”… which signifies autumn ... clear sky with white clouds.
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