<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Toasted Marshmallow Day'. . Sponsored by the National
Confectioners Association.
- From Wikipedia (Marshmallow):
'marshmallow is a sugar-based confection that, in its modern form,
typically consists of sugar, water and gelatin whipped to a spongy
consistency, molded into small cylindrical pieces, and coated with corn
starch. Some marshmallow recipes call for eggs. This confection is the
modern version of a medicinal confection made from Althaea officinalis, the
marshmallow plant.
Marshmallow probably first came into being as a medicinal substance, since
the mucilaginous extracts come from the root of the marshmallow plant,
Althaea officinalis, which was used as a remedy for sore throats.
Concoctions of other parts of the marshmallow plant had medical purposes as
well. The root has been used since Egyptian antiquity in a honey-sweetened
confection useful in the treatment of sore throat. The later French version
of the recipe, called pâte de guimauve (or guimauve for short), included an
egg white meringue and was often flavored with rose water.
The use of marshmallow to make sweets dates back to ancient Egypt, where
the recipe called for extracting sap from the plant and mixing it with nuts
and honey. Another pre-modern recipe uses the pith of the marshmallow
plant, rather than the sap. The stem was peeled back to reveal the soft and
spongy pith, which was boiled in sugar syrup and dried to produce a soft,
chewy confection.
A popular camping or backyard tradition in the United Kingdom, North
America, New Zealand and Australia is the roasting or toasting of
marshmallows over a campfire or other open flame. A marshmallow is placed
on the end of a stick or skewer and held carefully over the fire. This
creates a caramelized outer skin with a liquid, molten layer underneath.
According to individual preference, the marshmallows are heated to various
degrees—from gently toasted to a charred outer layer. Often, the latter is
achieved by igniting the marshmallow. The toasted marshmallow can either be
eaten whole or the outer layer can be removed and consumed separately and
the rest of the marshmallow toasted again.
S'mores are made by placing a toasted marshmallow on a slab of chocolate
which is placed between two graham crackers. These can then be squeezed
together to cause the chocolate to start to melt.
The traditional marshmallow recipe uses powdered marshmallow root, but most
commercially manufactured marshmallows instead use gelatin in their
manufacture. Vegetarians and vegans avoid gelatin, but there are versions
which use a substitute non-animal gelling agent such as agar. In addition,
marshmallows are generally not considered to be kosher or halal unless
either their gelatin is derived from kosher or halal animals or they are
vegetarian.
Marshmallow creme and other less firm marshmallow products generally
contain little or no gelatin, which mainly serves to allow the familiar
marshmallow confection to retain its shape. They generally use egg whites
instead. Non-gelatin, egg-containing versions of this product may be
consumed by ovo vegetarians. Several brands of vegetarian and vegan
marshmallows and marshmallow fluff exist'.
[The Hankster says] Did you read it. Use for medicinal purposes. A marshmallow a day will keep the ... , no it won't. More likely will not keep the dentist away.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Frankenstein Day'.
Birthday of Mary Shelley on August 30 1797. She wrote 'Frankenstein or, The
Modern Prometheus' when she was 18 years old.
- From Wikipedia (Mary Shelley):
'Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851)
was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist,
biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel
Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and
promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy
Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin,
and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
In 1816, the couple famously spent a summer with Lord Byron, John William
Polidori, and Claire Clairmont near Geneva, Switzerland, where Mary
conceived the idea for her novel Frankenstein. The Shelleys left Britain in
1818 for Italy, where their second and third children died before Mary
Shelley gave birth to her last and only surviving child, Percy Florence
Shelley. In 1822, her husband drowned when his sailing boat sank during a
storm near Viareggio. A year later, Mary Shelley returned to England and
from then on devoted herself to the upbringing of her son and a career as a
professional author. The last decade of her life was dogged by illness,
probably caused by the brain tumour that was to kill her at the age of 53.
Until the 1970s, Mary Shelley was known mainly for her efforts to publish
her husband's works and for her novel Frankenstein, which remains widely
read and has inspired many theatrical and film adaptations. Recent
scholarship has yielded a more comprehensive view of Mary Shelley’s
achievements. Scholars have shown increasing interest in her literary
output, particularly in her novels, which include the historical novels
Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last
Man (1826), and her final two novels, Lodore (1835) and Falkner (1837).
Studies of her lesser-known works, such as the travel book Rambles in
Germany and Italy (1844) and the biographical articles for Dionysius
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia (1829–46), support the growing view that Mary
Shelley remained a political radical throughout her life. Mary Shelley's
works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practised
by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view
was a direct challenge to the individualistic Romantic ethos promoted by
Percy Shelley and the Enlightenment political theories articulated by her
father, William Godwin'.
[The Hankster says] Written by an 18 year old girl. Heck hath no fury ...
* 'Slinky Day'.
Invented in the 1940’s by Richard James.
- From Wikipedia (Slinky):
'Slinky is a toy a precompressed helical spring invented by Richard James
in the early 1940s. It can perform a number of tricks, including travelling
down a flight of steps end-over-end as it stretches and re-forms itself
with the aid of gravity and its own momentum, or appear to levitate for a
period of time after it has been dropped. These interesting characteristics
have contributed to its success as a toy in its home country of United
States, resulting in many popular toys with slinky components in a wide
range of countries
The toy was invented and developed by naval engineer Richard T. James in
1943 and demonstrated at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia in
November 1945. The toy was a hit, selling its entire inventory of 400 units
in ninety minutes. James and his wife Betty formed James Industries in
Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania to manufacture Slinky and several related
toys such as the Slinky Dog and Suzie, the Slinky Worm. In 1960, James's
wife Betty became president of James Industries, and, in 1964, moved the
operation to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. In 1998, Betty James sold the
company to Poof Products, Inc..
Slinky was originally priced at $1, but many paid much more due to price
increases of spring steel throughout the state of Pennsylvania, and has
remained modestly priced throughout its history as a result of Betty James'
concern about the toy's affordability for financially disadvantaged
customers. Slinky has seen uses other than as a toy in the playroom: it has
appeared in the classroom as a teaching tool, in wartime as a radio
antenna, and in physics experiments with NASA. Slinky was inducted into the
National Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong in Rochester, New York, in 2000. In
2002, Slinky became Pennsylvania's official state toy, and, in 2003, was
named to the Toy Industry Association's Century of Toys List. In its first
60 years Slinky has sold 300 million units'.
[The Hankster says] Great toy for about an hour. After you made it do all that it could, the only alternative was to see how far it would stretch. Needless to say the toy did much less slinking after that.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Animal and Pet:
* 'Holistic Pet Day'. Created by Coleen Paige of the Animal Miracle
Foundation.
- From Wikipedia (Holistic veterinary medicine):
'Holistic veterinary medicine is a type of veterinary medicine that uses
alternative medicine in the treatment of animals. The philosophy of a
holistic veterinarian emphasizes empathy and minimal invasiveness.
Alternative therapies offered by a holistic veterinarian may include, but
are not limited to, acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy, ethnomedicine
and chiropractic.
Many veterinarians use different terms to convey what is meant by holistic.
Alternative veterinary medicine, complementary veterinary medicine, and
integrative veterinary medicine may be used as synonyms. All veterinary
medicine may be considered holistic in that it considers all aspects of the
animal patient in the context of its environment. The task force for
complementary and alternative veterinary medicine for the American
Veterinary Medical Association stresses that There is only one veterinary
medicine and only one standard by which it should be assessed. All
treatments and modalities should be judged by the same criteria and held to
the same standards. Descriptive terms such as holistic, conventional,
traditional, alternative, integrative, or complementary do not enhance the
quality of care provided and should not receive special consideration when
judging the safety and efficacy of those treatments.
The usual meaning for holistic veterinarian is a veterinarian who
specializes in one or more alternative or complementary treatments. In
practice, holistic veterinary medicine incorporates, but is not limited to,
acupuncture, botanical medicine, chiropractic, homeopathy, massage therapy,
and nutraceuticals. A veterinarian interested in alternative treatments may
be a member of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. The
modalities comprising h
According to the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA),
holistic medicine is humane. The techniques promoted in holistic medicine
are minimally invasive, and incorporate patient well-being, lifestyle, and
stress reduction. Holistic thinking is centered on love, empathy and
respect. Use of blood tests, x-rays, and similar objective diagnostic
techniques is minimalized in favor of sensitivity to the animal. Nearly
every form of medicine and therapy used in alternative medicine for humans
is also used in holistic veterinary medicine'.
* 'International Whale Shark Day'.
o Other:
* 'International Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances'.
U.N. day.
- From Wikipedia (International Day of the Disappeared):
'l Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is a day created to draw attention
to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions
unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. The impulse for
the day came from the Latin American Federation of Associations for
Relatives of Detained-Disappeared (Federación Latinoamericana de
Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos, or FEDEFAM), a
non-governmental organization founded in 1981 in Costa Rica as an
association of local and regional groups actively working against secret
imprisonment, forced disappearances and abduction in a number of
Latin-American countries.
Work on secret imprisonment is an important part of the activities for a
number of international bodies and organizations in the fields of human
rights activism and humanitarian aid, including for example Amnesty
International (AI), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC). The International Day of the Disappeared is an opportunity to
highlight these institutions' work, increase public awareness, and to call
for donations and volunteers.
Of those agencies, the ICRC has additional privileges due to its special
status as a non-governmental sovereign entity and its strict policy of
neutrality. In some cases, the ICRC is the only institution granted access
to specific groups of prisoners, thereby enabling a minimum level of
contact and inspection of their treatment. For affected families, messages
transmitted by the ICRC are often the only hint about the fate of these
prisoners.
On August 30, 2008 the International Coalition against Enforced
Disappearances, which gathers family member organizations and human rights
organizations from around the world, joined hands for a global campaign
event to promote the ratification of the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance'.
<> Historical events on August 30
* 'In 1901, Hubert Cecil Booth patents the motorized vacuum cleaner. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The vacuum cleaner evolved from the carpet sweeper via
manual vacuum cleaners. The first manual models, using bellows, were
developed in the 1860s, and the first motorized designs appeared at the
turn of the 20th century, with the first decade being the boom decade.
In 1860 a carpet sweeper was invented by Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa
that gathered dust with a rotating brush and a bellows for generating
suction. Another early model (1869) was the Whirlwind, invented in Chicago
in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey. The bulky device worked with a belt driven fan
cranked by hand that made it awkward to operate, although it was
commercially marketed with mixed success. A similar model was constructed
by Melville R. Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1876. The company later
added portable vacuum cleaners to its line of cleaning tools.
The next improvement came in 1898, when John S. Thurman of St. Louis,
Missouri, submitted a patent (US No. 634,042) for a pneumatic carpet
renovator This was a gasoline powered cleaner although the dust was blown
into a receptacle rather than being sucked in, as in the machine now used.
In a newspaper advertisement from the St. Louis Dispatch, Thurman offered
his invention of the horse-drawn (which went door to door) motorized
cleaning system in St. Louis. He offered cleaning services at $4 per visit.
By 1906 Thurman was offering built-in central cleaning systems that used
compressed air, yet featured no dust collection. In later patent
litigation, Judge Augustus Hand ruled that Thurman does not appear to have
attempted to design a vacuum cleaner, or to have understood the process of
vacuum cleaning
The motorized vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth of England
in 1901. As Booth recalled decades later, that year he attended a
demonstration of an American machine by its inventor at the Empire Music
Hall in London. The inventor is not named, but Booth's description of the
machine conforms fairly closely to Thurman's design, as modified in later
patents. Booth watched a demonstration of the device, which blew dust off
the chairs, and thought that ..if the system could be reversed, and a
filter inserted between the suction apparatus and the outside air, whereby
the dust would be retained in a receptacle, the real solution of the
hygienic removal of dust would be obtained. He tested the idea by laying a
handkerchief on the seat of a restaurant chair, putting his mouth to the
handkerchief, and then trying to suck up as much dust as he could onto the
handkerchief. Upon seeing the dust and dirt collected on the underside of
the handkerchief, he realized the idea could work.
Booth created a large device, driven by an internal combustion engine.
Nicknamed the Puffing Billy, Booth's first petrol-powered, horse-drawn
vacuum cleaner relied upon air drawn by a piston pump through a cloth
filter. It did not contain any brushes all the cleaning was done by suction
through long tubes with nozzles on the ends. Although the machine was too
bulky to be brought into the building, its principles of operation were
essentially the same as the vacuum cleaners of today. He followed this up
with an electric-powered model, but both designs were extremely bulky, and
had to be transported by horse and carriage. The term vacuum cleaner was
first used by the company set up to market Booth's invention, in its first
issued prospectus of 1901.
Booth initially did not attempt to sell his machine, but rather sold
cleaning services. The vans of the British Vacuum Cleaner Company (BVCC)
were bright red uniformed operators would haul hose off the van and route
it through the windows of a building to reach all the rooms inside. Booth
was harassed by complaints about the noise of his vacuum machines and was
even fined for frightening horses. Gaining the royal seal of approval,
Booth's motorized vacuum cleaner was used to clean the carpets of
Westminster Abbey prior to Edward VII's coronation in 1901. The device was
used by the Royal Navy to improve the level of sanitation in the naval
barracks. It was also used in businesses such as theatres and shops,
although the device was too large to be feasibly used as a domestic
appliance.
Booth received his first patents on 18 February and 30 August 1901. Booth
started the BVCC and refined his invention over the next several decades.
Though his Goblin model lost out to competition from Hoover in the
household vacuum market, his company successfully turned its focus to the
industrial market, building ever-larger models for factories and
warehouses. Booth's company, now BVC, lives on today as a unit of pneumatic
tube system maker Quirepace Ltd.
The American industry was established by the New Jersey inventor David T.
Kenney between 1903 and 1913. Membership in the Vacuum Cleaner
Manufacturers' Association, formed in 1919, was limited to licensees under
his patents'.
* 'In 1922, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded the song 'Tiger Rag'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Tiger Rag is a jazz standard, originally recorded and
copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the
most recorded jazz compositions of all time. In 2003, the 1918 ODJB
recording of Tiger Rag was placed on the U.S. Library of Congress National
Recording Registry.
The tune was first recorded on 17 August 1917 by the Original Dixieland
Jass Band for Aeolian-Vocalion Records (the band did not use the Jazz
spelling until later in 1917) and released as B1206, Tiger Rag One-Step
Written and Played by Original Dixieland Jass Band, backed with Ostrich
Walk The Aeolian Vocalion sides did not sell well, as they were recorded in
a vertical format becoming obsolete at the time which could not be played
successfully on most contemporary phonographs.
Their second recording of the tune on 25 March 1918 for Victor Records,
18472-B, backed with Skeleton Jangle as the A side, on the other hand, was
a smash national hit and established the tune as a jazz standard. The song
was copyrighted, published, and credited to bandmembers Nick LaRocca, Eddie
Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, and Larry Shields in 1917. Harry
DaCosta later wrote lyrics to the instrumental when it became a
million-seller and a No. 1 national hit for The Mills Brothers in 1931.
While the exact details are unclear, it seems that at least something
similar to Tiger Rag or various strains of it were played in New Orleans
before the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded it. How close these were
to the Band's recording is a matter of speculation. The Band's record seems
to have helped solidify a standard version or head arrangement of the
number, although one strain in the Band's recordings (just before the
famous hold that tiger chorus) is almost invariably left out of later
recordings and performances of the number'.
* 'In 1963, The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A.
and the Soviet Union goes into operation. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Moscow–Washington hotline (formally known in the
United States as the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link) is a
system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United
States and the Russian Federation. This hotline was established in 1963 and
links the Pentagon with the Kremlin (historically, with Soviet Communist
Party leadership across the square from the Kremlin itself). Although in
popular culture known as the red telephone, the hotline was never a
telephone line, and no red phones were used. The first implementation used
Teletype equipment, and shifted to fax machines in 1986. Since 2008, the
Moscow–Washington hotline is a secure computer link over which mes
Several people came up with the idea for a hotline. They included Harvard
professor Thomas Schelling, who had worked on nuclear war policy for the
Defense Department previously. Schelling credited the pop fiction novel Red
Alert (the basis of the film Dr. Strangelove) with making governments more
aware of the benefit of direct communication between the superpowers. In
addition, Parade magazine editor Jess Gorkin personally badgered 1960
presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and buttonholed
the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev during a U.S. visit to adopt the idea.
During this period Gerard C. Smith, as head of the State Department Policy
Planning Staff, proposed direct communication links between Moscow and
Washington. Objections from others in the State Department, the U.S.
military, and the Kremlin delayed introduction.
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis made the hotline a priority. During the
standoff, official diplomatic messages typically took six hours to deliver
unofficial channels, such as via television network correspondents, had to
be used too as they were quicker.
During the crisis, the United States took nearly twelve hours to receive
and decode Nikita Khrushchev's 3,000-word initial settlement message – a
dangerously long time. By the time Washington had drafted a reply, a
tougher message from Moscow had been received, demanding that U.S. missiles
be removed from Turkey. White House advisers thought faster communications
could have averted the crisis, and resolved it quicker. The two countries
signed the Hot Line Agreement in June 1963 - the first time they formally
took action to cut the risk of starting a nuclear war unintentionally'.
* 'In 1993, On CBS-TV 'The Late Show with David Letterman' premiered. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night
talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the Late
Show franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by
Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS
Television Studios. The show's music director and leader of the house band,
the CBS Orchestra, was Paul Shaffer. The head writer was Matt Roberts and
the announcer was Alan Kalter. Of the major U.S. late-night programs, Late
Show ranked second in cumulative average viewers over time and third in
number of episodes over time. In most U.S. markets the show aired from
11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, and recorded Monday
through Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. The second Thursday episode usually aired on Friday of that
week.
In 2002, Late Show with David Letterman was ranked No. 7 on TV Guide's 50
Greatest TV Shows of All Time. As host of both Late Night and Late Show for
more than 30 years, Letterman surpassed Johnny Carson as the longest
running late-night talk show host in 2013. That same year, Late Night and
Late Show were ranked at #41 on TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time.
In 2014, Letterman announced his retirement and the final episode of Late
Show aired on May 20, 2015. After Letterman's final Late Show, instead of
airing reruns of the show or having guest host episodes of Late Show, CBS
opted to put the show on hiatus in between Letterman and Colbert and
instead aired reruns of scripted dramas in the 11:35 pm time slot over the
summer with the branding CBS Summer Showcase. The show was then succeeded
by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, hosted by Stephen Colbert, which
premiered on September 8, 2015'.
* 'In 2002, Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum merged to create
ConocoPhillips. The new company was the third largest integrated energy
company and the second largest refining company in the U.S. .
- From Wikipedia: 'ConocoPhillips Co. is an American multinational energy
corporation with its headquarters located in the Energy Corridor district
of Houston, Texas in the United States. It is the world's largest
independent pure-play exploration and production company and is a Fortune
500 company. ConocoPhillips was created through the merger of American oil
companies Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co. on August 30, 2002. In
2012, ConocoPhillips' spun off its downstream assets as a new, and separate
company, Phillips 66'.
* 'In 2013, The film '12 Years a Slave' based on the memoir by Solomon
Northup, directed by Steve McQueen and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael
Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch premieres at the Telluride Film
Festival. It won Best Picture in 2014. .
- From Wikipedia: '12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an
adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by
Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was
kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup
worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before his
release. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968
by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the
account and concluded it to be accurate. Other characters in the film were
also real people, including Edwin and Mary Epps, and Patsey.
The film was directed by Steve McQueen. The screenplay was written by John
Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. Michael Fassbender,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah
Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard are all featured in supporting roles.
Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 27 to
August 13, 2012. The locations used were four historic antebellum
plantations: Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four,
Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.
12 Years a Slave received widespread critical acclaim, and was named the
best film of 2013 by several media outlets. It proved to be a box office
success, earning over $187 million on a production budget of $22 million.
The film won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress
for Nyong'o, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ridley. The Best Picture win
made McQueen the first black producer ever to have received the award and
the first black director to have directed a Best Picture winner. The film
was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts recognized it with the Best
Film and the Best Actor award for Ejiofor'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in August
Food
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
Rye Month
Health
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children's Vision and Learning Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Animal / Pets
Other
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month
American History Essay Contest
Black Business Month
Boomers Making A Difference Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
Shop Online For Groceries Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
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August origin (from Wikipedia): Originally named Sextili (Latin), because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar: under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.
"About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus
According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
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