The Rocna obtained the highest averaged holding power in SAIL magazine's comparison testing in 2006 and the highest " ultimate holding capacity " in Practical Boat Owner's testing in August 2011.

* 2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell all or part of Aston Martin by auction and announced the fact in August 2006.

At a meeting in August 2006 with members of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, Wu Guanzheng, of the Communist Party of China, confirmed the intention of the People's Republic of China to fund a study into the feasibility of constructing a railway connecting at Isaka with the existing Tanzanian railway network, and running via Kigali in Rwanda through to Burundi.

In August 2006, cases of bluetongue were found in the Netherlands, then Belgium, Germany, and Luxembourg.

* Powell, Michael, " Boston's Big Dig Awash in Troubles ", Washington Post, 2004-11-19, Retrieved on August 9, 2006.

* ScienceDaily: Physicist Discovers Exotic Superconductivity ( University of Arizona ) August 17, 2006

Nigeria began to withdraw its forces, comprising some 3, 000 troops, beginning 1 August 2006, and a ceremony on 14 August marked the formal handover of the northern part of the peninsula.

* BBC News report on handover, 8 August 2006

On 11 August 2006, Chad and Sudan resumed relations at the behest of Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi.

Taiwan broke off relations with Chad on August 5, 2006 ( hours before a scheduled official visit by Premier Su Tseng-chang ) and Chad formally recognized the PRC on August 6.

Continuing the coalition's free-trade strategy, in August 2006 President Bachelet promulgated a free trade agreement with the People's Republic of China ( signed under the previous administration of Ricardo Lagos ), the first Chinese free-trade agreement with a Latin American nation ; similar deals with Japan and India were promulgated in August 2007.

Unemployment finally dipped to 7. 8 % in 2006, and continued to fall in 2007, averaging 6. 8 % monthly ( up to August ).

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After it was shown that at least one such body was larger than Pluto, on August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) reclassified Pluto, grouping it with two similarly sized " dwarf planets " rather than with the eight " classical planets ".

Following the takeover of English football club Aston Villa by MBNA Chairman Randy Lerner in August 2006 and as of September 19, 2006, General Krulak joined the board of Aston Villa as non-executive director, where he quickly earned the approval of the fans by taking the time to post on various Aston Villa messageboards.

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

* Cole, Alan, " Simplicity for the Sophisticated: ReReading the Daode Jing for the Polemics of Ease and Innocence ," in History of Religions, August 2006, pp. 1 – 49

Bomber operations ceased from Diego Garcia on 15 August 2006.

The 2006 " Days of Syn " was on 26 – 28 August ( UK August Bank Holiday weekend ) and featured a talk on Dr. Syn at the Anglican church at 6: 30 p. m. On Sunday at 3 p. m. there was a church service where Dr. Syn and the cast appeared in period costume.

* August 21 – Former president of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, makes an official policy for crimes committed under Apartheid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town.

* August 6 – Former UK Postmaster General John Stonehouse is sentenced to 7 years ' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.

* August 25 – Giridharilal Kedia, Former Working President of KVK, Cuttack ; Past District Governor of Lions Club International 322C & Former Chairman of IITM cuttack & is known as liondayon.

* August 27 – Former Emperor Chokei of Japan ( b. 1343 )

Former Beatle Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band performed at Moscow's Russia Hall in August 1998.

Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink ( VVD ) has been the mayor of Almere since 16 August 2003.

On July 29, 2008 Former Mayor Patrick Botbyl announced he would resign effective August 15, 2008.

Former Vice President of Syria Abdel-Halim Khaddam, in an interview with the Lebanese Future Television on August 27, 2006, said: " Saying that the farms are occupied, and hence cannot be demarcated, is nothing but a pretext.

Former US president Jimmy Carter suggested in the Washington Post on August 1, 2006, that: " Israel should withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Shebaa Farms.

Former President of the United States | U. S. President George W. Bush and 2005 Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong take a ride together on the President's Prairie Chapel Ranch | ranch in Crawford, Texas on August 20, 2005 on Trek mountain bikes.

In August 1992, Owen was British Prime Minister John Major's choice to succeed Lord Carrington as the EU co-chairman of the Conference for the Former Yugoslavia, along with Cyrus Vance, the former U. S. Secretary of State as the UN co-chairman.

* August 3, 1999: Former NBA star Isiah Thomas purchases the CBA ( the entire league including all the teams and its marketing entity, CBA Properties ) for $ 10 million.

* First player to score a goal in the Football League: Former club captain Jamie Stuart, on 6 August 2011 in a 3 – 2 defeat against Bristol Rovers in Football League Two.

Former President Bill Clinton, a friend of Rockefeller's ; and the Clinton family vacationed at the ranch in August 1995.

Former actor Robert Rietti had a home in Wraysbury, but once his wife died in August 2008, he no longer needed this together with his house in Wembley and a flat in Golders Green, and sold the house in the summer of 2009.

* 1 August 1919 – Sejm Ustawodawczy votes on resolution about " Temporary organisation of government in former Prussian Partition " ( O tymczasowej organizacji zarządu byłej dzielnicy pruskiej ), creating Ministry of Former Prussian Partition and plan of gradual unification of Great Poland with rest of country.

* 12 August 1919 – Władysław Seyda becomes first Minister of Former Prussian Partition.

Former Mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, proposed a referendum in Seoul on 24 August 2011.

Former Boston Bruins goaltender George Abbott was born in Sydenham on August 3, 1911.

“ Former church members allege cult .” Jeffersonville Evening News, 13 August 1993, sec.

“ Former Member Says Church Made Her Life ‘ A Living Hell .’” Jeffersonville Evening News, 17 August 1993, sec.

Former U. S. presidential candidate John McCain named " Dancing Queen " as his favorite song in a top 10 list submitted to Blender Magazine in August 2008.

Former Under Secretary of Commerce Phil Bond became the association's President in August 2006.