* August 7 – Edwin Harris Dunning, British aviator ( b. 1892 )

* August 21 – August 22 – Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of a Marshal, Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris.

** In a special election for the U. S. Senate, Harris Wofford scores an electoral upset against Dick Thornburgh, who had led him by 44 points in an August opinion poll.

* August 14 – Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder

The original production of The Front Page, directed by George S. Kaufman and produced by Jed Harris, opened at the Times Square Theatre on August 14, 1928.

Frank Harris ( February 14, 1856 – August 27, 1931 ) was an editor, journalist and publisher, who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day.

Married three times, Harris died in France on August 27, 1931, of a heart attack.

Troy Shawn Harris set the Guinness World Record for consecutive jumping jacks by doing 50, 482 jumping jacks in 12 hours 27 minutes on August 20, 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.

Wynonie Harris ( August 24, 1915 – June 14, 1969 ), born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics.

Harris was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in August 2002, reportedly after being hospitalised with pneumonia.

| Win || 48 – 5 – 3 || Cimberly Harris || Split decision || 6 || August 1, 2009 || Huntington, West Virginia, USA ||

Dallin Harris Oaks ( born August 12, 1932 ) is an American attorney, jurist, author, professor, public speaker, and religious leader.

* On August 5, 1932, Tommy Bridges of the Detroit Tigers gave up a pinch-hit single to the Washington Senators ' Dave Harris.

* August 27-Frank Harris, author and editor ( born 1856 )

In late August, Harris lost another key staffer, Rhyan Metzler, in the wake of a disastrous political rally at Orlando Executive Airport.

On August 31, 2006, Harris was interviewed on Hardball with Chris Matthews, where she responded to the criticisms from her former staffers with " We have their email traffic, we know what was behind all that, we know who's been paid and who isn't.

In August, Katherine Harris touted political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers on her campaign web site.

In an interview with the Florida Baptist Witness on August 24, 2006, Harris called for Christians to vote on religious lines.

On August 26, 2006, Harris's campaign released a " Statement of Clarification ", that stated, “ In the interview, Harris was speaking to a Christian audience, addressing a common misperception that people of faith should not be actively involved in government.

* August 10-Joseph Harris ( Gomer ), Welsh poet and journalist ( born 1773 )

Ludwig was ousted in a vote of no confidence in August 2003 and was replaced as President by René Harris.

The RAF section was led by Flight Lieutenant Weaver who was decommissioned in August 2011 and the role has now passed to Flying Officer Harris and Pilot Officer Lambert.

In between Elgin's two trips to China he had visited Japan and signed in August 1858 a Treaty of Amity and Commerce whose negotiation was much eased by the recent Harris Treaty between Japan and the United States.

Some US School districts and systems return to school in August.

On 19 August 1978 — the anniversary of the US backed pro-Shah coup d ' état which overthrew the nationalists and popular Iranian prime minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh — the Cinema Rex, a movie theatre in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze by four Islamic Revolution sympathizers in an attempt to help the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolution.

The treaty was signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972 by the President of the United States, Richard Nixon and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev ; and ratified by the US Senate on August 3, 1972.

On 19 August 1915, sank the White Star Liner with the loss of 44 lives-this included three Americans and led to a diplomatic incident between Germany and the US.

On August 28, 1963, a pair of US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft collided and crashed into the Atlantic.

Section 211 has been challenged unsuccessfully by the Cuban government and the European Union in US courts ; however, the act has been ruled illegal by the WTO ( August 2001 ).

The closures will include the new facility that was opened in August 2008 at a cost of US $ 25M, plus the McCauley Propeller Systems plant.

In August 1962, after some unsuccessful operations by the US to overthrow the Cuban regime ( Bay of Pigs, Operation Mongoose ), the Cuban and Soviet governments secretly began to build bases in Cuba for a number of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic nuclear missiles ( MRBMs and IRBMs ) with the ability to strike most of the continental United States.

It did so by buying a small startup company called Amiga Corporation in August 1984, for $ 25 million ($ 12. 8 million in cash & 550, 000 in common shares ) which became a subsidiary of Commodore, called Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Commodore brought this new 32-bit computer design ( initially codenamed " Lorraine ", later dubbed the Amiga 1000 ) to market in the fall of 1985 for US $ 1295.

* US Patent 502837 Engine operated by the explosion of mixtures of gas or hydrocarbon vapor and air, dated August 8, 1893.

Nine of the 14 episodes from the first ( Rediffusion ) series were released on DVD in the UK and the US in August 2005.

The band toured in support in the US only from October 1976 to April 1977 with a break in December, then an American Music Award show appearance on 31 January 1977, plus a one-off gig in San Diego in August 1977.

The US had a slightly edited release on 24 August 2010.

* Baddeley, Gavin: Goth Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture ( Plexus, US, August 2002, ISBN 0-85965-308-0 )

* Makrem Boumlouka, ' Regulation and Transparency in US OTC Derivative Markets ', Original Thoughts Series # 1, August 2010, Hedge Fund Society Hedge Fund Society

On 20 August 1934, the US government responded positively and took its seat at the ILO.

On August 21, 2008, the US Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) proposed new code sets to be used for reporting diagnoses and procedures on health care transactions.

On August 12, 2010, during Quakecon 2010, Id Software announced Rage US ship date of September 13, 2011, and a European ship date of September 15, 2011.

On August 16, 1849 the US Army began an expedition into the heart of Navajo country on an organized reconnaissance to impress the Navajo with the might of the U. S. military.

In August 2009 the UK and US based company EditShare acquired Gee Broadcast and the Lightworks editing platform from, along with their video server system GeeVS.

Ulipristal acetate ( known as ella in the US and Ellaone in Europe ) was approved as an ECP in Europe in early 2009 and in the US in August 2010.

Thomas Edison received US patent 180, 857 for " Autographic Printing " on August 8, 1876.

The V705 was completed in August 1985 and taken to the US where it rolled on the roads around Santa Barbara and got positive reactions.

The band became a top act across Canada in the following months, and Men At Work started receiving top 40 US airplay by August.