The first A is an expansive threnody on solo cello ( Schmidt's own instrument ) whose seamless lyricism predates Strauss's Metamorphosen by more than a decade ( its theme is later adjusted to form the scherzo of the symphony ); the B section is an equally expansive funeral march ( deliberately referencing Beethoven's Eroica in its texture ) whose dramatic climax is marked by an orchestral crescendo culminating in a gong and cymbal crash ( again, a clear allusion to similar climaxes in the later symphonies of Bruckner, and followed by what Harold Truscott has brilliantly described as a " reverse climax ", leading back to a repeat of the A section ).

One of the examples given by Harold Truscott ( in his analysis of Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony ) of composers prior to Brian writing " sonata movements which do not order their events on the usual plan " is Franz Berwald, " a storehouse of them ... but he never did unusual things in any way that impaired sonata style.

* Harold Truscott, " The Music of the Symphony " in Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony: Two Studies, David Brown, editor.

The Brazilian 1st Division of the BEF fought with the 15th Army Group under Field Marshal Harold Alexander ( later succeeded by General Mark Clark ), via the U. S. Fifth Army of Lieutenant General Mark Clark ( later succeeded by Lieutenant General Lucian Truscott ) and the U. S. IV Corps of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger.

Smith recommended the relief of its commander, Major General Lloyd Fredendall, as did General Harold Alexander and Major Generals Omar Bradley and Lucian Truscott.

* Article by Harold Truscott on Algernon Ashton

* New Oxford DNB article: Richard Stoker, ‘ Truscott, Harold ( 1914 – 1992 )’, first published Sept 2004, 1040 words.

* Havergal Brian As I Knew Him, by Harold Truscott

* June 23 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to accomplish the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.

On the way, just outside the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel, the army become mired in quicksand and Harold saves two Norman soldiers .< sup >( scene 17 )</ sup > William's army chases Conan from Dol de Bretagne to Rennes, and Conan finally surrenders at Dinan .< sup >( scene 20 )</ sup > William gives Harold arms and armour ( possibly knighting him ) and Harold takes an oath on saintly relics .< sup >( scene 23 )</ sup > Although the writing on the tapestry explicitly states an oath is taken there is no clue as to what is being promised.

* The Right Honourable Harold Wilson, OBE, FRS, MP ( 6 December 1969 – 23 April 1976 )

* The Right Honourable Sir Harold Wilson, KG, OBE, FRS, MP ( 23 April 1976 – 9 June 1983 )

On March 23, 1937, Lloyd sold the land of his studio Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Harold Lee " Hal " Lindsey ( born November 23, 1929 ) is an American evangelist and Christian writer.

Harold Peter Henry " Pee Wee " Reese ( July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999 ) was an American professional baseball player.

Harold Arlen ( February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986 ) was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over.

* 1928 ( 23 ) Chaim ( Life ) ( or Hyman ) Arluck renames himself Harold Arlen, a name that combined his parents ' surnames ( his mother's maiden name was Orlin ).

* Schmeck, Harold M. Jr., " First Known White Gorilla Is Found ", The New York Times F. 23 pgs.

On October 23, 1981, Harold Klemp became the Mahanta and is the current spiritual leader of Eckankar.

Cormack contested the safe Labour parliamentary seat of Bolsover at the 1964 general election, where he lost to the sitting MP Harold Neal, who won with a majority of 23, 103 votes.

His last major acting role was in the 1975 film Robin Hood Junior, although he had two small roles with Tom Courtenay in the Chester Mystery Cycle ( 1976 ) and 23 years later in the 1999 film Whatever Happened to Harold Smith ?.

On June 23, 1931, Post and his navigator, Harold Gatty, left Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York in the Winnie Mae with a flight plan that would take them around the world, stopping at Harbour Grace, Flintshire, Hanover twice, Berlin, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Nome where his propeller had to be repaired, Fairbanks where the propeller was replaced, Edmonton, and Cleveland before returning to Roosevelt Field.

The London Loop key walking route passes outside the station, and it forms the end point of section 22 from Harold Wood and the starting point of section 23 to Rainham.

At the age of 23, Lindstrom hit. 358 for the Giants and was named The Sporting News Major League All Star team ’ s third baseman ahead of Pittsburgh ’ s Harold “ Pie ” Traynor.

The London Loop key walking route passes through the Upminster Bridge area, and the station forms the end point of section 22 from Harold Wood and the starting point of section 23 to Rainham.

Harold P. Warren ( October 23, 1923 – December 26, 1985 ), better known as Hal Warren, was an insurance and fertilizer salesman who lived in the El Paso, Texas area.

Harold Masursky ( December 23, 1922 – August 24, 1990 ) was an American geologist and astronomer.

Harold Parker ( 27 August 1873 – 23 April 1962 ) was a British-born sculptor, raised in Australia and subsequently working in the UK.

At age 23 ( 1938 ), Ruth married Harold Cohen, a Chicago music publicist.

Harold Everett Hughes ( February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996 ) was the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969 ; he had been a Republican earlier in his life.

* Michael Haydn: Symphonies, Nos 5, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 37, 39, 41 ( Harold Farberman )

Harold Edward Holt, CH ( 5 August 190817 December 1967 ) was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia.

Peacekeeping forces have been successful in improving the country's overall security conditions, including brokering the surrender of a notorious warlord Harold Keke in August 2003.

On 18 August 1977, Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967 and interrogated by officers of the Port Elizabeth security police including Harold Snyman and Gideon Nieuwoudt.

* August 5 – Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia ( d. 1967 )

* August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator ( b. 1903 )

* August 20 – Harold Rainsford Stark, American admiral ( b. 1880 )

* August 5 – The first radio baseball game is broadcast ; Harold Arlin announces the Pirates-Phillies game from Forbes Field over Westinghouse KDKA, in Pittsburgh.

* August 7 – Harold Haley, Marin County Superior Court Judge, is taken hostage and murdered, in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.

Psychiatrists August Piper and Harold Merskey have challenged the trauma hypothesis, arguing that correlation does not imply causation-the fact that people with DID report childhood trauma does not mean trauma causes DID — and point to the rareness of the diagnosis before 1980 as well as a failure to find DID as an outcome in longitudinal studies of traumatized children.

She was tried and acquitted of suspected involvement in the Soledad brothers ' August 1970 abduction and murder of Judge Harold Haley in Marin County, California.

On 31st August 2012, Grünenthal chief executive Harold Stock apologized for the first time for producing the drug and remaining silent about the birth defects.

In August 2001, however, Butler appointed Harold Ray Redfeairn from Ohio, who had been agitating for control since the mid-1990s.

Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes established the Soil Erosion Service in August 1933 under Hugh Hammond Bennett.

He was depicted as wearing a traditional Scottish kilt and his voice actor Hal Smith ( Harold John Smith, August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994 ), known for his old role as Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show, gave him a thick Scottish accent.

Hewitt's original gondola from Maple Leaf Gardens was dismantled, then dumped into an incinerator in August 1979 to make room for private boxes, under the MLG leadership of Harold Ballard.

Harold Rudolf Foster ( August 18, 1892 – July 25, 1982 ), aka Hal Foster, was a Canadian-American illustrator best known as the creator of the award-winning comic strip Prince Valiant, which influenced numerous artists and was adapted to film.

The Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan had been fighting for several years against inflation, which had peaked at 26. 9 % in the 12 months to August 1975, but wished to avoid large increases in unemployment.

By August a report had reached Emma's daughter, Gunnhild, at the German court that her " unhappy and unjust step-mother " ( i. e. Ælfgifu ) was working to deprive Gunnhild's brother, Harthacnut, of the kingdom by holding great feasts, and trying by argument and gifts to persuade the leading nobles to give their fealty to Harold.

* August 17 – Harold Adamson ( 73 ), lyricist

Vickers opened a flying school on 20 January 1912 and among its first instructors were R. Harold Barnwell and Archie Knight ; 77 pupils including Hugh Dowding were taught to fly until the school closed in August 1914.

These actions were formalized by the incorporation of Organic Reactions in Illinois on August 1, 1942, for educational and research purposes, with Roger Adams, Harold R. Snyder, Werner E. Bachmann, John R. Johnson, and Louis F. Fieser as directors, and by the appearance later that year of Volume 1.

The negative feedback amplifier was invented by Harold Stephen Black ( US patent 2, 102, 671, issued in 1937 ) while a passenger on the Lackawanna Ferry ( from Hoboken Terminal to Manhattan ) on his way to work at Bell Laboratories ( historically located in Manhattan instead of New Jersey in 1927 ) on August 2, 1927.

The recommendations were put into practice under Harold Macmillan during a successful experiment from 18 July 1961 to the end of the session ( 4 August ), and the sessions were made permanent in the following session, with the first of these on 24 October 1961.

When Harold Hoskins of the U. S State Department visited Ibn Saud in August 1943, he asked if the king would be willing to have an intermediary meet with Chaim Weizmann.