August by RobinJRichards

THIS GAME SHOW CONTESTANT knew, as a Federal IRS worker, that there are no Federal holidays in August. Knowing Richard Nixon at the end was the icing on the cake.

In August 1790, the first US Census took place. Within 500,000 either way, and rounded off to the nearest 100,000, what was the official population of the US in 1790?

The TRS-80, the first mass produced home computer in the world, with its whopping 4KB of RAM, was built by THIS COMPANY, who then sold them in their Radio Shack stores.

In August 1977, THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT was created by Jimmy Carter. Noted Secretaries are Federico Pena, Bill Richardson and Ernest "I swear he looks like George Washington" Moniz.

In 1885, THIS INVENTOR created the Reitwagen, complete with the first internal combustion engine. He would later go on and partner with another German to form a somewhat famous company.

The official flower for August is the gladiolus. These vertical-growing flowers were named from the Latin "gladius," meaning THIS.

Before August became August, it was called THIS after its position in the calendar.

For some odd reason, in 2014 the name August was the 55th most popular male baby name in THIS SCANDINAVIAN country, perhaps an homage to a noted playwright from that nation.

TWO SHAKESPEARE PLAYS are the only ones to mention the month of August. Name either one.

A chapter dedicated to the pursuit of the Goeben and the Breslau were part of THIS BOOK about a noted European (at the time) conflict.

On August 2, 1923, Warren Harding died from the heart attack while in THIS WESTERN US CITY.

THIS PROLIFIC METEOR SHOWER is associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. It will be viewable and at its peak around August 9-13