The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

The Fairchild Channel F is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976 at the retail price of $ 169. 95.

In the 2008 film August, directed by Austin Chick, he played a supporting role as Ogilvie, alongside Josh Hartnett and Rip Torn, with whom he had worked in 1976 for The Man Who Fell to Earth.

This logo was placed in the top center of the cover from August 1975 to October 1976.

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.

On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live in London ( 1976 ) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University ( 1973 ) and on a German TV show Rockpalast ( 1974 ).

Friedrich Christian Anton " Fritz " Lang ( December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976 ) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor.

George Hoyt Whipple ( August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976 ) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator.

Hurst became manager of Telford in 1976 and after three years joined Chelsea but was sacked in August 1981.

The invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in December 1975 and its annexation in 1976 and the referendum on independence of East Timor from Indonesia in August 1999 strained Indonesia's relations with the international community.

From January 1976 to August 1979, Jones served in the Officer Assignments Section at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C. During this assignment, he was promoted to major in July 1977.

During the first few months of the military government, more than 70 policemen were killed in leftist guerrilla attacks. On 11 August 1976, urban guerrillas dressed like policemen intercept and kill army corporal Jorge Antonio Bulacio, with two shots to the head and set fire with Molotov bomb cocktails his military lorry belonging to the 141st Headquarters Communications Battalion.

Nawaf Muhammed Salim al-Hazmi (, ; also known as Rabia al-Makki ) ( August 9, 1976 – September 11, 2001 ) was one of five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks.

A State Department document made available by the National Security Archive on 10 April 2010 reveals that a démarche protesting Pinochet's Operation: Condor assassination program was proposed and sent on 23 August 1976 to US diplomatic missions in Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile to be delivered to their host governments but later rescinded on 16 September 1976 by Henry Kissinger, following concerns raised by US ambassadors assigned there of both personal safety and a likely diplomatic contretemps.

The compound was first administered to two normal human volunteers by Abass Alavi in August 1976 at the University of Pennsylvania.

The team took the field for the first time on August 1, 1976 in a pre-season game against the San Francisco 49ers in the then newly constructed Kingdome.

On 1 August 1976, the country became a republic, and the last Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, became the first President.

The islands have had their own government headed by a chief minister, the first of whom was James Alexander George Smith McCartney, since August 1976.

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.

* August 24 – Carlo Gambino, American gangster ( d. 1976 )

* August 6 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

* August 15 – Mary Nash, American actress ( d. 1976 )

* August 28 – George Whipple, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 1976 )

Viking 1 entered Mars orbit on June 19, 1976, with Viking 2 following suit on August 7.

From May to August 2011, Curry was scheduled to portray the Player in a Trevor Nunn stage production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at the Chichester Festival Theatre and then in London.

In an interview with CNBC on August 22, 2008, billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that he favored Nunn as Obama's choice for Vice President.

Nunn has now retired from serious tournament play and hasn't played a FIDE rated game since August 2006, however he has been active in the ECF rapid play.

The Senate passed the conference report on the last day before their month's vacation, on Friday, August 6, 1993, by a vote of 51 to 50 ( 50 Democrats plus Vice President Gore voting in favor, 6 Democrats ( Lautenberg ( D-NJ ), Bryan ( D-NV ), Nunn ( D-GA ), Johnston ( D-LA ), Boren ( D-OK ), and Shelby ( D-AL ) now ( R-AL )) and 44 Republicans voting against ).

The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois presented a staged concert on August 26 and 27, 2005, with Audra McDonald ( Fay ), Michael Cerveris ( Hapgood ) and Patti LuPone ( Cora ).

On August 22, 1791, slaves in the northern region of the colony staged a revolt that began the Haitian Revolution.

In August 2010, Karzai took control of the taskforce that staged the raid, and another US-advised anti-corruption group, the Major Crimes Task Force.

In August 1994, King Letsie III, in collaboration with some members of the military, staged a coup, suspended Parliament, and appointed a ruling council.

The expanded version under the current title was first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on August 24, 1966, by the Oxford Theatre Group.

In August, the Terceristas staged a spectacular hostage-taking.

In August 1830 the opera La Muette de Portici, involving the repression of Neapolitans, was staged in Brussels.

The importance of both albums allowed Simon to stage another New York concert, and on August 15, 1991, almost a decade after his concert with Garfunkel, Simon staged another concert in Central Park with both African and South American bands.

In August 2010, The Capeman was staged for three nights in the Delacorte Theatre in New York's Central Park.

In August 1775, the Six Nations staged a big council fire near Albany, after news of Bunker Hill had made war seem imminent.

The Warner Bros. technology, named Vitaphone, was publicly introduced on August 6, 1926, with the premiere of the nearly three-hour-long Don Juan ; the first feature-length movie to employ a synchronized sound system of any type throughout, its soundtrack contained a musical score and sound effects, but no recorded dialogue — in other words, it had been staged and shot as a silent film.

An attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on August 31, 1939, staged by the German secret police, served as a pretext for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, which marked the start of the Second World War.

The town of Sandwich has an annual festival period towards the end of August where a number of events are staged.

The city sponsors the annual Chief Joseph Days Rodeo in July, Bronze, Blues and Brews in August since 2001, and the Alpenfest in September, a Swiss-Bavarian festival staged in the traditional Oktoberfest style at nearby Wallowa Lake.

On 19 August 2005, Gary Moore staged a concert at the Point Theatre, Dublin, promoted as " The Boy Is Back in Town ".

* In July / August 2011 YAP Theatre Company staged a new adaptation of The Beggar's Opera in Swindon and London, UK, with an updated script by Matt Fox and a new musical arrangement by Jessie Thompson.

Risør is famous for its tourist attractions such as the wooden boat festival which is staged during the first week of August every year.

In August 1939, in order to implement the first phase of this policy, Germany's Nazi government under Hitler's leadership staged the Gleiwitz incident, which was used as a for the invasion of Poland the following September.

Edward the Black Prince ( David Mendolsohn ) in the American Professional premiere of Edward III, staged by Pacific Repertory Theatre in August, 2001.

* August 26-Barten Holyday's allegorical play Technogamia, originally produced at Christ Church, Oxford in 1618, is staged before King James at Woodstock Palace.

Flanders and Swann both attended Westminster School, where in July and August 1940 they staged a revue called Go To It, and Christ Church, Oxford, two institutions linked by ancient tradition.

The RSC production with McKellen and McCoy was staged in Melbourne, Australia during late July / early August 2007 and Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand during mid to late August 2007.

The residents of Wabamun Lake, in Alberta, staged a blockade of CN tracks in August 2005, when they were unsatisfied with CN's response to a derailment catastrophe that spilled over 700, 000 Litres of tarry fuel oil and about 80, 000 L of carcinogenic pole treatment oil into the lake.