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August: A Special 月 for Minis







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Julius Caesar had a 月 named after him, July, so when his distant relative, Augustus, defeated Liz Taylor and Richard バートン to become emperor of Rome, the Senate figured they’d better ante up for him, too. So, the 月 of Sextillis was changed to Augustus which eventually morphed into August.



Fast forwarding about a couple thousand years and the 月 of August takes on a special meaning to those of us in the world of Minis. It was on August 26, 1959, that the Mini was officially introduced to the public.



We could start with Issigonis’...