Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000 ) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck ( 1947 ), Gladstone Gander ( 1948 ), the Beagle Boys ( 1951 ), The Junior Woodchucks ( 1951 ), Gyro Gearloose ( 1952 ), Cornelius Coot ( 1952 ), Flintheart Glomgold ( 1956 ), John D. Rockerduck ( 1961 ) and Magica De Spell ( 1961 ).

Incidentally, the first public performance of the poem was on August 14, 1888, by actor De Wolf Hopper, on Thayer's 25th birthday.

In August 1912, Lee De Forest, the inventor of the audion, had also observed oscillations in his amplifiers, but he didn't understand its significance until he read Armstrong's patents in 1914, which he promptly challenged.

De Icaza started the GNOME project with Federico Mena in August 1997 to create a completely free desktop environment and component model for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

In Amsterdam 26 coffeeshops in the De Wallen area will have to close their doors between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2015.

In August 2007, while teaching a four-hour film course during the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila, Tarantino cited Filipino directors Cirio Santiago, Eddie Romero, and Gerardo de León as personal icons from the 1970s, citing De Leon's " soul-shattering, life-extinguishing " movies on vampires and female bondage, particularly Women in Cages.

In three days troops loyal to De Gaulle took control of Chad ( 26 August 1940 ), Cameroon ( 27 August ) and of Middle Congo ( the 28th of August ).

Laennec wrote the classic treatise De l ' Auscultation Médiate, published in August 1819.

* August 16 – John De Lorean is acquitted of all 8 charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.

* August 8 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer ( d. 2010 )

* August 20 – Maria De Mattias, Catholic saint ( b. 1805 )

* August 26 – Mehran Karimi Nasseri, " The terminal man ", is stuck in the De Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he will continue to reside until August 1, 2006.

* August 22 – A failed assassination attempt is made against French President Charles De Gaulle.

* August 26 – Lee De Forest, American inventor ( d. 1961 )

* August 29 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flautist ( d. 1962 )

* August 22 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman ( b. 1583 )

De Grasse arrived at Cap-Français on 15 August.

De Barras sailed from Newport on 27 August with 8 ships of the line, 4 frigates, and 18 transports carrying French armaments and siege equipment.

In Africa Cyprian courageously prepared his people for the expected edict of persecution by his " De exhortatione martyrii ," and himself set an example when he was brought before the Roman proconsul Aspasius Paternus ( August 30, 257 ).

The opera quickly became popular throughout Italy and productions were soon mounted by the following companies: The Teatro di San Carlo ( 14 March 1896, with Elisa Petri as Musetta and Antonio Magini-Coletti as Marcello ); The Teatro Comunale di Bologna ( 4 November 1896, with Amelia Sedelmayer as Musetta and Umberto Beduschi as Rodolfo ); The Teatro Costanzi ( 17 November 1896, with Maria Stuarda Savelli as Mimì, Enrico Giannini-Grifoni as Rodolfo, and Maurizio Bensaude as Marcello ); La Scala ( 15 March 1897, with Angelica Pandolfini as Mimì, Camilla Pasini as Musetta, Fernando De Lucia as Rodolfo, and Edoardo Camera as Marcello ); La Fenice ( 26 December 1897, with Emilia Merolla as Mimì, Maria Martelli as Musetta, Giovanni Apostolu and Franco Mannucci as Rodolfo, and Ferruccio Corradetti as Marcello ); Teatro Regio di Parma ( 29 January 1898, with Solomiya Krushelnytska as Mimì, Lina Cassandro as Musetta, Pietro Ferrari as Rodolfo, and Pietro Giacomello as Marcello ); And the Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo ( 21 August 1898, with Emilia Corsi as Mimì, Annita Barone as Musetta, Giovanni Apostolu as Rodolfo, and Giovanni Roussel as Marcello ).

De Marchis and Rossellini had two sons: Marco Romano ( born 3 July 1937 and died of appendicitis in 1946 ), and Renzo ( born 24 August 1941 ).

* August – Polydore Vergil completes De inventoribus rerum, the first modern history of inventions.

However, a new professional team in the area did not surface again until August 1959, when Minneapolis businessmen Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund, and Max Winter were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League ( AFL ).

After auditions in Washington, D. C. and Philadelphia beginning in August 1957, the original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 1957 to positive reviews.

* Robert J. Hanyok, " Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2 – 4 August 1964 " Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 2000 / Spring 2001 Edition, Vol.

Winter is short and warm ; temperatures range from and by late August it is hot again.

The City of Winter Springs was ranked by the August 2011 issue of Money Magazine as the 97th best place to live in the United States.

Community organizations stage a number of regionally known annual events, including Sandpoint Winter Carnival in February ; Lost in the 50s vintage car show in May ; the Festival at Sandpoint summer music festival in August ; and Idaho State Draft Horse International show in September.

The average mean Winter temperature in Windom is, in Spring it is, in Summer it is, and in Fall it is The record high for Windom was set on August 1, 1988 at The record low was set on January 7, 1988 at.

* Tip-Toes London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 31 and ran for 182 performances

Frederick V () ( 16 August 1596 – 29 November 1632 ) was Elector Palatine ( 1610 – 23 ), and, as Frederick I (), King of Bohemia ( 1619 – 20 ); for his short reign he is often nicknamed the Winter King ( Czech: Zimní král ; German: Winterkönig ).

* August 6, 1970 at Shea Stadium in New York, NY with Paul Simon, Janis Joplin & Johnny Winter

The Canada Line, one of three existing lines of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit network, opened in August 2009, in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in the following February.

It is home to the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival, held every August, and the Festival of Northern Lights, a large Christmas lights festival with many displays along the Sydenham River, downtown, and in Harrison Park, held from November until January every Winter, as well as A Novel Marathon, a special event fund raiser for the Adult Literacy Program of the Owen Sound and North Grey Public Library.

To keep the steady flow of hits, the band released another single in August 1970, " Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall ".

The Winter X Games are held in January or February ( usually in January ) and the Summer X Games are usually held in August, both in the United States.

" Festival de Inverno de Bonito " ( Bonito Winter Festival ) is held every year for a week during July or August, with music performances and ecological videos, theatre, folklore and fine arts exhibitions.

The modern Sabbats that many Wiccans and Neo-Pagans now follow are: Imbolc ( February 2 ), Ostara ( Spring Equinox ), Beltane ( May 1 ), Litha ( Summer Solstice ), Lammas ( August 1 ), Mabon ( Autumn Equinox ), Samhain ( October 31 ) and Yule ( Winter Solstice ).

* Campina Grande Winter Festival ( August )

Reacting on 29 August 2005 to a decision of High Court Justice Gerald Winter to free a Fijian citizen and an Australian who had been convicted of sodomy, on the grounds that it was illegal only if committed in a public place, Qarase said he was of the opinion that any law which conflicted with God's laws should be amended, and he would study ways to ensure that homosexual acts remained illegal.

In Pravda of 30 November 1939, the day of the outbreak of the Winter War, Stalin was asked for his opinion on the report of " the speech " allegedly made " by Stalin to the Politburo on 19 August ", in which he is said to have expressed the thought that the war should go on as long as possible, so that the belligerents are exhausted.

At the University of Michigan, for example, the Fall trimester ( informally still called ' semester ') operates from September through December ; the Winter trimester runs from January through April ; and the Spring-Summer trimester operates from May through August, as two half-trimesters.

Three of the four quarters-Fall, Winter and Spring, operating from September through June or August through May, are thus equivalent to two 18-week semesters.

Winter in Villa Maria runs from late May to late August ; daytime temperatures are usually in the range of 12 ° C to 20 ° C ( 53F to 68F ) and nighttime lows range from 0 ° C to 7 ° C ( 32F to 45F ).

Annual dances include: Get Acquainted ( August / September ), Turkey Jam ( November ), Winter Formal ( December / January ), and Prom ( April / May ).

He was forced to spend the winter at what is now called " Winter Harbour ", until August 1, 1820, owing to freeze-up of the sea.