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August. August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. [1] In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August falls in summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, the month falls during winter.
The death toll from the 13 August landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin, Myanmar, increases to 31, with eight people still missing. (AFP via Bangkok Post) The death toll from the explosion in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, on 14 August increases to 27, after sixteen more people are found dead. The cause is still unknown.
t. e. 2003 ( MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade. 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater [1] In ...
Here are 15 things to do in the Peoria area in the month of August. LEWIS MARIEN/JOURNAL STAR Blues guitarist Buddy Guy performs at the 28th annual Peoria Blues and Heritage Festival in 2016. The ...
August 1, 1973 (Wednesday) Sheriff T. J. Flournoy reluctantly led deputies in closing "Edna's Fashionable Ranch Boardinghouse", in La Grange, Texas, United States. The house of prostitution had operated since 1844, before the Republic of Texas was admitted as a U.S. state. Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe had informed Flournoy that, if the county ...
This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. 1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August. August 8 – 24 – The United States compete at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and win 36 gold, 39 silver, and 37 bronze medals. Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz, and sets the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.
August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 150 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 8 – ...