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.

" In an August 24, 1978, Rolling Stone interview, Bruce Springsteen told Dave Marsh, " I play Buddy Holly every night before I go on ; that keeps me honest.

Donald Campbell Dewar ( 21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000 ) was a Scottish politician who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) in Scotland from 1966-1970, and then again from 1978 until his death in 2000.

To date, and with support from Europe's National Meteorological Services and the European Commission, ECMWF has conducted two major reanalyses of the global atmosphere: the first ECMWF re-analysis ( ERA-15 ) project generated reanalyses from December 1978 to February 1994 ; the ERA-40 project generated reanalyses from September 1957 to August 2002.

First appearance: August 8, 1978

At Kenyatta's death ( August 22, 1978 ), Vice President Daniel arap Moi became interim President.

Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon, DBE ( 5 January 1906 – 24 August 1978 ), was a leading archaeologist of Neolithic culture in the Fertile Crescent.

Dalglish's departure was unpopular with the Celtic fans, and when he returned in August 1978 to play in Stein's testimonial, he was booed by a large contingent of Celtic supporters.

Keith John Moon ( 23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978 ) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

#< li value =" 10 "> John Paul I ( 26 August – 28 September 1978 ): reigned for 33 calendar days.

In August 1978, the World Assembly of Public Relations Associations defined the field as " the art and social science of analyzing trends, predicting their consequences, counseling organizational leaders, and implementing planned programs of action, which will serve both the organization and the public interest.

* Pioneer Venus Multiprobe ( Pioneer Venus 2, Pioneer 13 ) – launched August 1978

* Phase shifting sound effects circuit, issued August 1978

The movie, which was released in Japan on August 6, 1977, was edited down further and dubbed into English in 1978 ; entitled Space Cruiser Yamato or simply Space Cruiser, it was only given a limited theatrical release in Europe & Latin America, where it was called Patrulha Estelar ( Star Patrol ) or Astronave Intrepido ( Starship Intrepid ), though it was later released on video in most countries.

* Bally Yazkuliyevich Yazkuliyev ( 15 December 1978 – 13 August 1988 )

The first human-carrying unpowered balloon to actually cross the Atlantic Ocean was Double Eagle II from August 11 to 17, 1978.

* August 23 – Keith Moon, English rock drummer ( The Who ) ( d. 1978 )

* August 19 – James Gould Cozzens, American writer ( d. 1978 )

* August 24 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize ( d. 1978 )

* August 28 – Charles Boyer, French actor ( d. 1978 )

* August 2 – Jack Warner, Canadian film producer ( d. 1978 )

* August 11 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet ( d. 1978 )

The IBM System i, then known as the AS / 400, was the continuation of the System / 38 database machine architecture ( announced by IBM in October 1978 and delivered in August 1979 ).

Hayley Wickenheiser ( born August 12, 1978 ) is a women's ice hockey player from Canada.

* Omega and why maths has no TOEs article based on one written by Gregory Chaitin which appeared in the August 2004 edition of Mathematics Today, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Alan Turing's death.

The last article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted on 26 August 1789, by the National Constituent Assembly ( Assemblée nationale constituante ), during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France.

Inspired by the Enlightenment, the original version of the Declaration was discussed by the representatives on the basis of a 24 article draft proposed by the sixth bureau ,< ref > The original draft is an annex to the report of the August 12th report ( Archives parlementaires, 1, sup > e </ sup > série, tome VIII, débats du 12 août 1789, p. 431 ).</ ref >< ref > Archives parlementaires, 1 < sup > e </ sup > série, tome VIII, débats du 19 août 1789, p. 459 .</ ref > led by Jérôme Champion de Cicé.

Bomp was not alone ; an August 1970 issue of Rolling Stone included an article about the explosion of rock fanzines.

At the end of August he had a dinner with H. G. Wells which degenerated into a row because Wells had taken offence at observations Orwell made about him in a Horizon article.

The article reported that on August 7, 2002 CIA analysts had drafted a high-level report that expressed serious doubts about the information flowing from al-Libi's interrogation.

In August 1933, Italian journalist Francesco Gasparini submitted what he claims was the first news article on the Loch Ness monster.

If the August 14th, 2008 EDN article was accurate about MIPS having over 500 employees at the time, then MIPS reduced their total workforce by 70 % between 2008 and 2010.

On 24 August, Pravda and Izvestia carried news of the non-secret portions of the Pact, complete with the now infamous front-page picture of Molotov signing the treaty, with a smiling Stalin looking on ( located at the top of this article ).

In August 2009, in an article written for the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin condemned the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact as " immoral.

** August 2006 article on Citizen journalism, titled, Amateur Hour: Journalism Without Journalists

* Penicillin Released to Civilians Will Cost $ 35 Per Patient August 1944 article at bottom of page

The term was first used in print in the Austin American Statesman in an article about the band titled " Unique Elevators shine with psychedelic rock ", dated 10 February 1966, and theirs was the first album to use the term as part of its title, in The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, released in August that year.

* " How Your Dial Phone Works ", August 1946, Popular Science detailed article on subject with illustrations

On August 14, 2012, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published an article stating the code which the retina uses to send signals to the brain has been cracked, and scientists have successfully restored full vision to blind mice.

RFE / RL, August 30, 2007 ( an article about the impact of the Summer of Love event on Soviet youth culture )

* 26 August 1854 — Charles Bourseul published an article in the magazine L ' Illustration ( Paris ): " Transmission électrique de la parole " ( electric transmission of speech ), describing a ' make-and-break ' type telephone transmitter later created by Johann Reis.

French demographer, anthropologist and historian Alfred Sauvy, in an article published in the French magazine L ' Observateur, August 14, 1952, coined the term Third World, referring to countries that were unaligned with either the Communist Soviet bloc or the Capitalist NATO bloc during the Cold War His usage was a reference to the Third Estate, the commoners of France who, before and during the French Revolution, opposed priests and nobles, who composed the First Estate and Second Estate, respectively.

In an August 1967 article, Dorothy Manners reported that CBS had asked McGoohan to produce 36 segments, but that he would only agree to produce 17.

British weekly magazine Punch ( magazine ) | Punch August 1891 article disparaging British physician Sir Morell Mackenzie efforts to assert England as the originating country of the Tom Collins cocktail.

In August 1891, British physician Sir Morell Mackenzie wrote an article in the 19th century influential magazines Fortnightly Review to establish England as the originating country for the Tom Collins cocktail and a person named John Collins as its creator.

* Wired article, recalling interview with Nelson, August 2005

Novelist Tom Wolfe coined the term Me decade in his article " The " Me " Decade and the Third Great Awakening ", published by New York magazine in August 1976 referring to the 1970s.

A New York Times article published August 31, 2009, credits Engelbart as having made the prediction in 1959.

One computer program run by Dan Oliver of Scottsdale, Arizona, according to an article in The New Yorker, came up with a result on August 4, 2004: After the group had worked for 42, 162, 500, 000 billion billion monkey-years, one of the " monkeys " typed, "< tt > VALENTINE.