August 23, 1981 (Sunday)
- Typhoon Thad, Japan's worst storm in 16 years, killed 40 people and left 20,000 homeless in Japan.
Read more about this topic: August 1981
Famous quotes containing the word august:
“That night ended the day when history was written in Abilene. August 14, 1865 was the date. That was the end of the first drive on the Chisolm Trail. It was just the first of thousands of such drives bringing beef to the world.”
—Borden Chase [Frank Fowler] (1900–1971)
Related Phrases
Related Words