Sham's Derby time was thus no worse than the fourth fastest time in history (behind Secretariat, Monarchos, and Northern Dancer), and may have been the second fastest time in history, with the only faster time run by another horse in the same race.
August is a very popular first name for males (#551 out of 1220, Top 45%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#5265 out of 150436, Top 3%).
Report Abuse. Well, it used to be September. Sept is the Latin word for seventh, just as Oct, Nov, and Dec indicate the Latin words for eighth, ninth, and tenth, respectively. July was originally known as Quintillis, or something like that, and quint indicates the Latin word for fifth. August was originally known as Sixtillis, and six indicates the Latin word for sixth. So, what happened? In ancient times, the Roman year began in March and ended in December.