* August 1-The First Indochina War ends with the Viet Minh in Vietnam, the Khmer Issarak in Cambodia and the Pathet Lao in Laos emerging victorious against the French Army and the Viet Minh is reorganised into the Viet Cong.

* August 1-The much-acclaimed 6-hour BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII, starring Keith Michell as Henry, makes its U. S. premiere ; CBS would air it over 6 consecutive Sundays through September 5.

* August 1-The final of Don King's Heavyweight tournament: Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker by a twelve round unanimous decision to become undisputed world Heavyweight champion.

* August 1-The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) is formed in Regina, Saskatchewan

* August 1-The House of Commons approves the Family Allowance Act

* August 1-The Elections Act is passed limiting campaign contributions

* August 1-The North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ) is formed to co-ordinate U. S. and Canadian air defense.

* August 1-The U. S. Marine Corps loses a helicopter in Vietnam for the first time when a South Vietnamese Air Force fighter skids off a runway at Soc Trang, South Vietnam, and damages an HUS-1 Seahorse transport helicopter beyond repair.

* August 1-The Catholic Hierarchy rules out any scheme for mixed education at Trinity College Dublin.

* August 1-The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.

* August 1-The Alton and Southern Railroad is formed through the merger of the Alton and Southern Railroad Company, the Denverside Connecting Railroad and the Alton and Southern Railway.

| Bolton in August 2011

Singer Phil Mogg, guitarist Mick Bolton, bassist Pete Way, and drummer Andy Parker formed the band in August 1969.

He made his return in the second game of the season against Bolton Wanderers on 23 August 2008, coming on in the 53rd minute for the injured Obafemi Martins.

In August 2005, Nakata moved to Premiership side Bolton Wanderers on loan.

* Becht, Marco, Patrick Bolton, Ailsa Röell, " Corporate Governance and Control " ( October 2002 ; updated August 2004 ).

He was also interested in the middle third of this territory, which had passed from McCormick to George Lewis, July 12, 1804, who sold to John and Curtis Bolton, August 1, 1823, and they sold to Depeau, June 6, 1828.

In August 1839 Bolton was besieged by Chartist rioters and the Riot Act was read and special constables sworn in.

His first solo title was a one-shot special, Magneto: The Twisting of a Soul # 0 ( September 1993 ), published when the character returned from a brief absence ; it reprinted Magneto-based stories from Classic X-Men # 12 & 19 ( August 1987 & March 1988 ), by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Bolton.

** Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton ( 3 September 1685 – 26 August 1754 ).

On August 1, 2005, Bush made a recess appointment of John Bolton, to serve as U. S. representative to the United Nations.

He left Bolton in August 1901, following a serious ankle injury.

On 18 August of the same year he was created Baron Nelson, of the Nile and of Hillborough in the County of Norfolk, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to his father and the heirs male of his body, and failing them to the heirs male of the body severally and successively of his sisters Mrs Susannah Bolton and Mrs Catherine Matcham.

Talksport's first live commentary match was Bolton 1-3 Newcastle on 11 August from the Reebok Stadium.

** Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, 23 August 1831 – 18 July 1846

In August, 1974, a Blackpool fan was stabbed to death at the back of the Spion Kop, Bloomfield Road at Blackpool's home match with Bolton Wanderers It was widely reported as being the first hooligan death at an English football match and together with Manchester United fans behaviour, during their one season in the Second Division that year, it ushered in a dark era of hooliganism in England.

* Becht, Marco, Patrick Bolton, Ailsa Röell, " Corporate Governance and Control " ( October 2002 ; updated August 2004 ).

United's first game back at Old Trafford was played on 24 August 1949, as 41, 748 spectators witnessed a 3 – 0 victory over Bolton Wanderers.

James made his Villa debut on 7 August 1999, and kept a clean sheet in a 1 – 0 away win over Newcastle United in the opening Premier League game, and was decisive in a penalty shoot-out against Bolton Wanderers in the 2000 FA Cup semi-final, but then was at fault for Chelsea's winning goal in the ensuing final, the last to be staged at the old Wembley.

After a major mistake in a game against Bolton Wanderers on 27 August 2001 he was put on the bench by then-manager Gérard Houllier, who promptly signed two new goalkeepers – the Polish international Jerzy Dudek ( who would become a Champions League-winning hero ) and the injury-prone but impressive Englishman Chris Kirkland.

He left Newcastle on 18 August 1997 for £ 450, 000, joining Bolton Wanderers, where he made 21 appearances but was unable to save them from being relegated from the Premier League.

He made his Premier League debut on 29 August in 0 – 1 away loss against Bolton Wanderers, although García had an apparently legitimate goal ruled out for offside.

Alonso made his Premiership debut for the Merseysiders against Bolton Wanderers at The Reebok Stadium on 29 August 2004.

On 14 August 2010, he was an unused substitute in their opening game of the new campaign against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium in the 0 – 0 draw.

On 25 August 2006, Bolton Wanderers signed Anelka on a four-year deal for a club record of £ 8 million.

Knight made his Bolton debut in the 1 – 0 reverse against Sunderland on 15 August 2009.

On 31 August 1940, Olivier and Leigh were married in Santa Barbara, California, in a ceremony attended only by their witnesses, Katharine Hepburn and Garson Kanin.

* August 28 – Leigh Hunt, British critic and essayist ( b. 1784 )

* August 21-Carolyn Leigh, US lyric writer ( d. 1983 )

Joy Division would make a notable appearance at the Leigh Rock Festival in August 1979.

James Henry Leigh Hunt ( 19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859 ), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer.

Furthermore, due to the box office success of The Romance of Rosy Ridge, Leigh and Johnson were teamed up again in a film project called The Life of Monty Stratton in August 1947.

* Leigh Marklew – Bass-born 10 August 1968, Bradford.

Sir Thomas Tyldesley of Myerscough and Morleys Hall, Astley, was killed on 25 August 1651 at the Battle of Wigan Lane and is buried in the Tyldesley Chapel in Leigh Parish Church.

Mining disasters in Leigh included the explosion of firedamp which caused the deaths of 38 miners at Bedford Colliery on 13 August 1886.

McCormack in May 2010McCormack has been married to Janet Leigh Holden, whom he met on the set of Lonesome Dove, since August 1997.

* The book Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor describes a night on the now submerged island Ada Kaleh and a trip by ferry through the Iron Gates, in August, 1934.

< sub > London Library's copy of a book by Patrick Leigh Fermor on location, Morea, August 2007 </ sub >

The Leigh Light turned the tables, and by August the U-boats preferred to take their chances in daytime when they at least had some warning and could fight back.

On 27 August 1895, as a result of an emergency meeting in Manchester, prominent Lancashire clubs Broughton Rangers, Leigh, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets, St Helens, Tyldesley, Warrington, Widnes and Wigan declared that they would support their Yorkshire colleagues in their proposal to form a Northern Union.

On Tuesday 27 August 1895, as a result of an emergency meeting in Manchester, prominent Lancashire clubs Broughton Rangers, Leigh, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets, St Helens, Tyldesley, Warrington, Widnes and Wigan declared that they would support their Yorkshire colleagues in their proposal to form a Northern Union.

Carolyn Leigh ( August 21, 1926 – November 19, 1983 ) was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs.

Lord Bridgeman died in Leigh Manor, Shropshire, on 14 August 1935, aged 70, and was buried in the churchyard at Hope near Minsterley three days later.

Leigh Maiorana Van Valen ( August 12, 1935 – October 16, 2010 ) was an American evolutionary biologist.

* Spencer Leigh, Heinz Edelmann: Illustrator who helped to create the psychedelic landscape of the Beatles film ' Yellow Submarine ' ( Obituary ), The Independent, 5 August 2009

She gave birth to Birdie Leigh Silverstein, on August 13, 2008.

Robert Leigh Higginson ( born August 18, 1970 ) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers.

It was not until August 1938 when Leigh Vial, a government patrol officer, and two Papuan New Guineans made the first recorded ascent.

The township adjacent to Leigh Creek Railway Station was officially dedicated as the Town of Copley by a proclamation published on 27 August 1891.