* Ramadan runs from July 19 to August 19 or 20 depending on the moon, 2012

* August 20, 2012 is Eid ul-Fitr

On 20 August 1233, Andrew had a meeting with the legate of Pope Gregory IX in the woods of Bereg, and they made an agreement which ensured the privileges of the clergy.

A Pakistan Air Force T-33 trainer was hijacked on August 20, 1971 before Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 in Karachi when a Bengali instructor pilot, Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, knocked out the young Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas with the intention of defecting to India with the plane and national secrets.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

* Hero of Socialist Labour, three times ( August 12, 1953, June 20, 1956, March 7, 1962 )

On August 20, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve, which formed the heart of the Tongass National Forest that covers most of the region.

Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist ( 1090 – August 20, 1153 ) was a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order.

The battle was continued for 11 days, between 29 July and 9 August over 20 km of a maze of forests and mountains with no conclusion.

Burrhus Frederic " B. F ." Skinner ( March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990 ) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.

The composer Manuel Robles and the poet Bernardo de Vera y Pintado fulfilled this mandate and their " National Song " debuted on 20 August 1820 in the Domingo Arteaga theater, although other historians claim that it was played and sung during the festivities of September 1819.

Despite this, Chicago engaged St. Louis in a see-saw battle for first place into August, but the Cardinals played to a torrid 20 – 6 pace that month, designating their rivals to battle in the Wild Card race, from which they were eliminated in the season's final week.

Coldcut and Mark Saunders produced her debut solo single " This Is the Right Time " which became another UK Top 20 hit in August as well as reaching # 21 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year.

On August 20, 1999, Bob Gebhard, the only general manager in franchise history, announced his resignation.

That was the origin of a fight between the two parts from 20 – 22 August 2006 in the streets of the capital, Kinshasa.

# I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot — November 20, 1995 to August 31, 1996

They rested a while before setting off on their journey in the Mayflower and the Speedwell on 20 August 1620.

Accessed August 20, 2006.

Born at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire near Newark-on-Trent, England, the youngest of seven children of Robert Darwin of Elston ( 12 August 1682 – 20 November 1754 ), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill ( 1702 – 1797 ).

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The Sixth General Assembly of the Fatah Movement, nearly 16 years after the Oslo Conference and 20 years since the last Fatah convention began on 4 August 2009, in Bethlehem, West Bank after being repeatedly postponed over conflicts ranging from who would be represented, to what venue would be acceptable.

On 20 August 1588 the flagship of the Spanish Armada, El Gran Grifón, was shipwrecked in the cove of Stroms Heelor, forcing its 300 sailors to spend six weeks living with the islanders.

" The jury is still out on global warming ", The New York Times, August 20, 2007.

# Frederick ( 17 January 1497, Ansbach – 20 August 1536, Genoa ), a canon in Würzburg and Salzburg.

* 1462 20 August – Castilian forces captured Gibraltar ( Eighth Siege of Gibraltar ).

They entertained several offers from major Christian record labels including Alarma, Tooth & Nail Records, and Brainstorm Artists International before signing to Frank Tate's 5 Minute Walk Records in August.

After three studio albums and five years with Tooth & Nail Records, Anberlin announced their signing with major label Universal Republic in August 2007.

This time, Tooth and Nail would be certified Gold by the RIAA ( in August 1985 )— the band's first certification — and would linger on the charts for the remainder of the year, aided by a gig opening for the Scorpions.

However, on August 8, 2005, Saddam's family announced that they had dissolved the Jordan-based legal team and that they had appointed Khalil al-Duleimi, the only Iraq-based member, as the sole legal counsel.

** Khalil Jalil Hamza ( to August 11, 2007 ),

Khalil Sakakini died three months later, on August 13, 1953.

Abu Bakr ( Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa ) (, c. 573 CE – 23 August 634 CE ) also known as Abū Bakr as-Șiddīq ( Arabic: أبو بكر الصديق ) was a senior companion ( Sahabi ) and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

The world record for the largest continuously poured concrete raft was achieved in August 2007 in Abu Dhabi by contracting firm Al Habtoor-CCC Joint Venture and the concrete supplier is Unibeton Ready Mix

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine took credit for the killing and stated that it was in revenge for the assassination of their secretary-general Abu Ali Mustafa, killed by Israel in August that year.

Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (‎; 24 August 192911 November 2004 ), popularly known as Yasser Arafat () or by his kunya Abu Ammar (, ) was a Palestinian leader.

* August 23 – Abu Bakr, first Sunni Caliph

* August 16 – Abu Nidal, Paleiostinian militant ( b. 1937 )

* August 1 – Battle of the Nile ( near Abu Qir ): Lord Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys ; Nelson himself is wounded in the head.

* August – Abu Muhammad Lulu al-Kabir, Emir of Aleppo

* August 19 – Abu Yazid, Kharijite Berber who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya

Stretching eastward as far as the Rosetta mouth of the Nile is the spacious Abu Qir Bay ( Khalīj Abū Qīr ), where on 1 August 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the " Battle of Aboukir Bay ".

He succeeded Caliph Abu Bakr ( 632 – 634 ) as the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate on 23 August 634.

Nabil Ali Muhammad ( Abu Rashid ) Shaath (,, also spelled Sha ' ath ; born August 1938 in Safad ) is a senior Palestinian official.

Abu Ali Mustafa was elected to replace him, but was assassinated on 27 August 2001 when an Israeli helicopter fired rockets at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Hostilities then escalated: the Israeli army killed Islamic Jihad's Muhammad Seeder on August 14 ; the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on August 19, killed 23 and wounded 136 people ; and Israeli forces killed Hamas ' Ismail Abu Shanab on August 21.

In January, 2011, several newspapers and magazines, including the UK's Sunday Times and Arabian Business, reported that scientists backed by the government of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, had created over 50 artificial rainstorms between July and August 2010 near Al Ain, a city which lies close to the country's border with Oman and is the second-largest city in the Abu Dhabi Emirate.

Hostilities then escalated: the Israeli army killed Islamic Jihad's Muhammad Seeder on August 14 ; the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on August 19, killed 23 and wounded 136 people ; and Israeli forces killed Hamas's Ismail Abu Shanab on August 21.

Evidence emerged that he had enjoyed a free holiday in August 1990 as the guest of Mona Bauwens, a daughter of the Palestine Liberation Organization official Jaweed al-Ghussein, and another paid for by the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

On the following day the IMU announced on the same website that Yuldashev's long-serving deputy, Abu Usman Adil, was its new leader, and that Yuldashev had been killed on August 27, 2009 by a US Predator airstrike in South Waziristan.

In August 2012 Furqon announced that Abu Usman Adil had been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan in April 2012, and that his deputy, Usman Ghazi, had succeeded him as the new leader of the group.

During the night of 5 / 6 August, infantry in the 155th ( South Scottish ) Brigade and 157th ( Highland Light Infantry ) Brigade were at Abu Hamra, the 127th ( Manchester ) Brigade ( 42nd Division ) at Hod el Enna, the 125th ( Lancashire Fusiliers ) Brigade ( 42nd Division ) on its left in touch with the 156th ( Scottish Rifles ) Brigade, ( 52nd Division ) which had its left on Redoubt No. 21.