A month after Blériot's crossing of the English Channel the aviation week in Reims, France, August 1909, caught special worldwide attention.

In August 1967 Capp was the narrator and host of an ABC network special called Do Blondes Have More Fun?

( 1957, 1970, 2001, 2007 ) The Heavens ( 1970 ), Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society ( NGS ), Washington, D. C., U. S. A., two sided large map chart depicting the constellations of the heavens ; as special supplement to the August 1970 issue of National Geographic.

The decision on the date was finally made on 22 August by the GDR's Minister-President, de Maiziere, at a special session of the Volkskammer, which began at 9 pm.

* In August 2009, Russian customs officers had imposed special customs on Lithuanian trucks, lining up more than 20 kilometres of trucks from the Republic of Lithuania.

On August 30, 2011, Mötley Crüe, along with co-headliners Def Leppard and special guests Steel Panther, announced a UK Tour commencing in December 2011.

On August 13, 2011, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brewers also wore a special uniform to commemorate German Heritage Day.

In August 1883, he served as a foreign secretary and counsellor for a special Korean diplomatic mission to the United States.

* August 24 – A special commission in Brazil concludes that there is sufficient evidence to begin impeachment proceedings against President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello, finding he had accepted millions of dollars worth of illegal payments from business interests.

** 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.

" A Ministerial Directive of 15 August 1958 indicated that its special operations role included conducting " special political action.

Nazi timetable for a " special resettlement train " ( Umsiedlersonderzug ) from Lukow to Siedlce to Treblinka, August 1942

The HBO special pilot was released on DVD on August 14, 2007 through Medialink Entertainment, a VDI Entertainment Company, in a special " Headcrushing " edition.

He also wrote a short story, " At Moonset Blackcat Comes ", that appeared in the special 100th issue of Dragon in August 1985.

On August 26, Psyche performed a special live set of songs from their 80's releases at Neon Welt in Zwischenfall, Bochum.

A month after Blériot's crossing of the English Channel in a biplane, the aviation week in Reims ( August 1909 ) caught special attention.

Krasicki was honored by Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski with the Order of the White Eagle and the Order of Saint Stanisław, as well as with a special 1780 medal featuring the Latin device, " Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori " (" The Muse will not let perish, men who are deserving of glory "); and by Prussia's King Frederick the Great, with the Order of the Red Eagle.

Unit 101 ( Hebrew: יחידה 101 ) was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defense Forces ( IDF ), founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in August 1953.

In August 2008, McCracken revealed on his DeviantArt account, as had been announced in that year's Comic Con, that he was working with Cartoon Network on a new half-hour Powerpuff Girls special to celebrate the series ' tenth anniversary.

A special video of " Rock Around the Clock " was created to mark the occasion and was featured on NASA's website during July and August 2005.

As demonstrations against his government continued throughout the summer, the special forces loyal to Diệm ’ s brother, Nhu, conducted a brutal August raid of the Xá Lợi pagoda in Saigon.

A two-hour special " Young Talent Time at Universal Studios " aired on 13 August 1988.

On 8 July 1788 he became colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards and on 30 August 1788 he was created Baron Amherst of Montreal with a special provision that would allow this title to pass to his nephew ( as Amherst was childless, the Holmesdale title became extinct upon his death ).

* Super-Girl — In Superman # 123 ( August 1958 ), Jimmy Olsen uses a magic totem to wish a " Super-Girl " into existence as a companion and helper for Superman ; however, the two frequently get in each other's way until she is fatally injured protecting Superman from a Kryptonite meteor that a criminal has dropped towards him.

He mentions on page 124 that on August 29, 1871, on the voyage up north through Kennedy Channel, the ship sailed between Grinnell-land ( Ellesmere Island ) and an unknown little island which they would later name Hans Island, after Hans Hendrik, the native Greenlandic helper.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

* 1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.

Farmers were recruited into regiments for this work from August to October — a period of food shortage — under the control of city temple authorities, thus acting as a form of unemployment relief.

In 1872, the firm was taken over by Friedrich Schreiber, and in 1876 it merged with the firm of August Cranz, who bought the company in 1879 and ran it under his name.

On 7 August 1919, Charles Godefroy successfully flew his biplane under the Arc.

The Bonapartes moved to Marseille but in August Toulon offered itself to the British and received the protection of a fleet under Admiral Hood.

Next to the market place is the Old Town Hall, built in 1737 in Rococo style, under the rule of Clemens August of Bavaria.

Greek officers, revolting in August 1909, had secured the appointment of a progressive government under Eleftherios Venizelos which they hoped would resolve the Cretan issue in Greece's favour and reverse their defeat of 1897 by the Ottomans.

On 9 August 48 BC at Pharsalus in central Greece, Gaius Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (" Pompey the Great ").

The first identification cards were issued to two Bahá ' ís under the new decree on August 8, 2009.

On 12 August the frigates HMS Emerald under Captain Thomas Moutray Waller, HMS Alcmene under Captain George Johnstone Hope and HMS Bonne Citoyenne under Captain Robert Retalick arrived off Alexandria.

On 14 August, Nelson sent Orion, Majestic, Bellerophon, Minotaur, Defence, Audacious, Theseus, Franklin, Tonnant, Aquilon, Conquérant, Peuple Souverain and Spartiate to sea under the command of Saumarez.

Documents executed since 4 August 1944 in connection with recommendations for the award of decorations of higher degree than the Bronze Star Medal cannot be used as the basis for an award under this paragraph.

Probably in July or August of 251, the Roman army engaged the Scythians under Cniva near Abritus.

It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 July 1985, and landed just under eight days later on 6 August.

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.

The British arrived on 6 June, and by August had Havana under siege.

Many of Smith's stories were published in six hardcover volumes by August Derleth under his Arkham House imprint.

*" The Letter from Mohaun Los " ( under the title of " Flight into Super-Time ") — Wonder Stories, August 1932 LW1

Charles Martel () ( 23 August 686 – 22 October 741 ), also known as Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum ( 737 – 43 ) at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks.

After a long history as proprietary software, it was released as free software on 6 August 2012, under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

On August 6, 2012, CDE was freed under the LGPL free software license. Its source code is available at SourceForge.