Author Ron Rosenbaum wrtoe a whole article in The New York Times Magazine years ago about how the worst things always happen in August. August was the month key events that led to both world wars took place, it's the month psychotherapists go on vacation, and it's the month Elvis died. Here's a breakdown of horrible happenings in August:

August 2, 1990: Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, setting the stage for the mess we're in today.

August 4, 1914: Great Britain enters what started out as a declared war between Austria and Serbia but is now a conflict of a British-led alliance versus a German-led alliance. The "guns of August" sound the beginning of World War I.

August 6, 1945: The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan; a second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki three days later. The nuclear age begins.

August 6, 1978: Pope Paul VI dies, throwing the Catholic Church in a crisis that is exacerbated by the selection of Pope John Paul I twenty days later, who also dies after a month.

August 7, 1964: The Gulf of Tonkin incident involvoing American and North Vietnamese gunboats took place; it was later blown out of proportion by President Lyndon Johnson to justify U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese civil war.

August 7, 1998: Osama bin Laden's henchmen blow up two U.S. embassies in eastern Africa - a dress rehearsal for 9/11.

August 23, 1939: German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Soviet Foreign Minsiter Vyschavlov Molotov sign a pact dividing eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the U.S.S.R. Nine days later, Hitler invades Poland. World War II begins.

August 31, 1997: Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris.

Is August cursed? Well, I was rear-ended three days ago.

Many of the worst things have happened in other months too... 9/11 was in, obviously, September. Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7th. The OK City bombing was in April. The London bombings occurred in July. The Challenger explosion was in January, and the Columbia explosion was in February. We went to war in Iraq in March. The Madrid bombings occurred in March, as well.

Anything bad can happen in any month of any year, not just August. I don't agree with that article.

Many of the worst things have happened in other months too... 9/11 was in, obviously, September. Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7th. The OK City bombing was in April. The London bombings occurred in July. The Challenger explosion was in January, and the Columbia explosion was in February. We went to war in Iraq in March. The Madrid bombings occurred in March, as well.

Anything bad can happen in any month of any year, not just August. I don't agree with that article.
:lol: EXACTLY. i could make a list of terrible things that happened in every month and be all "ooo, _______ must be CURSED! :eek:" september seems like the most unfortunate month for me personally. besides 9/11, mr cliff burton died, my mom died, one of my friends on another message board died, hilary duff was born. oh the madness.

:lol: EXACTLY. i could make a list of terrible things that happened in every month and be all "ooo, _______ must be CURSED! :eek:" september seems like the most unfortunate month for me personally. besides 9/11, mr cliff burton died, my mom died, one of my friends on another message board died, hilary duff was born. oh the madness.
hay that's when i was born

For my family, December is a bad month. Lots of relatives have died in December...

Sounds like alot of bad things happened in August except my Birthday. ;)

My brother's birthday is in August so that would prove true. ;)

No it's not cursed! My birthday's in August, so THERE YA GO! :p

september seems like the most unfortunate month for me personally...hilary duff was born. oh the madness.

:lol: Awwww...I like Hilary Duff. :o *hides*

My brother's birthday is in August so that would prove true. ;)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/pzeldasmilies/bonk2.gif My birthday is this month too! :mad:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/pzeldasmilies/bonk2.gif My birthday is this month too! :mad:



oh.....sorry!! :lol:

Let's see...something good mustuv happened in August.......2003 - massive blackout in the U.S. and Canada........uh......oh - I know! Princess Beatrice was born on 8/8/88 - she hasn't screwed up yet. 'bout the only royal who hasn't!!

Actually... August is typically the slowest news month of the year. Even the President is on vacation. :lol:

Eh, that qualifies as superstition just as other things that society tends to deem as "bad luck."

Some of the best people in the world and SO were born in August. ;)

Some of the best people in the world and SO were born in August. ;)
You got that right. Three of them were born within a four-day period in mid-August. :winkgrin

1980 Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her estranged jealous husband.

She was very beautiful and full of promise.

Wait just a second...I was born in August.

I guess some good things DO happen that month...oh wait

Wait just a second...I was born in August.

I guess some good things DO happen that month...oh wait
:grr: hay when was the strike added? i remember some people trying to do it with the [s] code a few months ago.

:grr: hay when was the strike added? i remember some people trying to do it with the [s] code a few months ago.
ya! i think that was me.

:grr: hay when was the strike added? i remember some people trying to do it with the [s] code a few months ago.
I suggested it at the suggestions board earlier yesterday. :D

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=147392

Yeah, strikethrough was added about an hour ago, as was a code for Spoiler boxes that you have to highlight to read, and a code to give the background of text in posts a Highlight

(For the record, any color that can be chosen as a text color can be chosen as a "highlight")

I suggested it at the suggestions board earlier yesterday. :D

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=147392
omg your signatures so pr377y!!! the light colors on the dark colors. :biglove:

omg your signatures so pr377y!!! the light colors on the dark colors. :biglove:

Thanks! :biglove:

Hmmmm, I don't find that certain months are worse than others. :confused: :lol:

hmmm, my unlucky months personally have always been october and may.

Considering that I was born in August, it must be cursed! :lol:

Some of the best people in the world and SO were born in August. ;)

You're right! David Crosby, born August 14! :D

I'm surprised the hardcore Madonna fan you are didn't mention her bday, lol

Madonna's birth - the curse of August proven! :mad:

Madonna's birth - the curse of August proven! :mad:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/pzeldasmilies/bonk2.gif HEY! I was born on Madonna's birthday too. She married Sean Penn on August 16, 1985 -- my exact DOB. If you flip "85", you get "58" -- HER year of birth.

Crazy eh?

Okay, here are good things that happened in August:

August 5, 1966: The Beatles's Revolver is released.
August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon resigns the Presidency.
August 14, 1945: The Japanese surrender to the Allies, ending World War II.
August 28, 1971: Swimming champion Janet Evans is born. :)

Okay, here are good things that happened in August:

August 5, 1966: The Beatles's Revolver is released.
August 9, 1974: Richard Nixon resigns the Presidency.
August 14, 1945: The Japanese surrender to the Allies, ending World War II.
August 28, 1971: Swimming champion Janet Evans is born. :)



YAY!! Some good news! :clap:

August 5, 1966: The Beatles's Revolver is released.
:rock: