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

Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

On 17 August 2008 club chairman and owner Franco Sensi died after a long illness ; his place at the chairmanship of the club was successively taken by his daughter Rosella.

On August 22, 2008, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group.

Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is " ready to lead ".

in Stockholm 4 July 2008, and on Swedish television on 5 August.

In August 2008, two traffic lanes from 42nd to 35th Streets were taken out of service and converted to public plazas.

As a celebration, in partnership with the CLIC Sargent charity, 2 August 2008 was Gnashional Menace Day, where children were sponsored to behave like Dennis.

Regardless, the territory was formally transferred to Cameroon on 14 August 2008.

The government took no action, and handed the final parts of Bakassi over to Cameroon on 14 August 2008 as planned, but a Federal High Court had stated this should be delayed until all accommodations for resettled Bakassians had been settled ; the government did not seem to plan to heed this court order, and did set the necessary mechanisms into motion to override it.

* BBC News report on handover, 14 August 2008

* 2008: Although confirmed before his death in June 2008, an honorary degree was posthumously conferred upon Diddley by the University of Florida in August 2008.

* EU27 population projections 2008-2060, Eurostat Newsrelease 119 / 2008, 26 August 2008.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

In August 2008, a Comorian delegation visited China on a good-will visit.

At the 9 August 2008 Legislative Assembly general election it gained a significant swing, gaining 11 out of the 25 seats.

The closures will include the new facility that was opened in August 2008 at a cost of US $ 25M, plus the McCauley Propeller Systems plant.

On 10 August 2009 Rezaei signed a 1-year, $ 700 thousand dollar contract with Qatari side Al Ahli SC.

In August 2011, after 4 seasons with Qatar SC, El Karkouri signed a 1-year deal with another Qatari club, Umm-Salal.

On August 7, 1912, the Department broke ground on its first construction project, the section of El Camino Real between South San Francisco and Burlingame ( now part of California State Route 82 ).

Additional theater credits include Mister Roberts, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Camino Real, Major Barbara, Luv, and Staircase, co-starring Milo O ' Shea, which was a serious depiction of an aging homosexual couple.

* August 15 – Omagh bombing, A terrorist bombing carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA.

On 15 August 1998, four months after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the Real IRA exploded a car bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone, killing 31 people and injuring 220, from many communities.

Later the same year, on 21 August, the same opponents, now renamed Real Unión, were invited to play the inaugural game at San Mamés Stadium, and he scored the very first goal at the new ground.

* Record transfer fee paid: £ 9 million to Real Madrid for Esteban Granero, August 2012.

* POZ magazine ; " Pedro Zamora's Real World " by Hal Rubenstein ; August – September 1994

Omagh came into the international focus of the media on 15 August 1998, when the Real Irish Republican Army exploded a car bomb in the town centre.

In August 2002 the figure was defaced with the addition of a rider and three dogs by members of the " Real Countryside Alliance " ( Real CA ).

* Lisa Prevost, " A Mill Town Writes Its Next Chapter ", part of the " Living In " section in the Real Estate section of The New York Times, January 30, 2005 and August 29, 2006

The Omagh bombing () was a car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army ( RIRA ), a splinter group of former Provisional Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Good Friday Agreement, on Saturday 15 August 1998, in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

The Chaffee Real Estate Company gave public notice for the sale of lots within the soon to be established town to local individuals and companies, and began clearing the land for construction on August 15, 1905.

The market halls and several other buildings in Covent Garden were bought by CapCo in partnership with GE Real Estate in August 2006 for £ 421 million, on a 150-year head lease.

In August 2009, Real McCoy performed in Engelberg, Switzerland ( DJ BoBo and Friends concert ).

Real Madrid signed him for a fee of £ 8 million on 13 August 2004, with midfielder Antonio Núñez moving in the other direction as a make-weight.

After Stack's death in 2003, old episodes continued to run in syndication on several television networks ( notably Lifetime ) in the U. S., Canada, and Australia ; but as of August 14, 2006, Unsolved Mysteries switched to airing on Lifetime Real Women, which is mostly on digital cable.

On August 16, 2006, Lujack was fired along with the entire WRLL on-air staff as it was announced that the station's " Real Oldies " format would cease on September 17, 2006.

* The Real Piano Man Steven Kurutz, August 30, 2008.

On July 2, 2008, the Goo Goo Dolls released a new single called " Real " to select iTunes stores, while it was released on the AT & T USA Olympic Team soundtrack to the remaining iTunes stores on August 8, 2008, coinciding with the start of the Beijing Olympics.

McKevitt was convicted by the Republic of Ireland's non-jury Special Criminal Court on 6 August 2003 of two terrorist offences: " membership of an illegal organisation " ( the Real IRA ) and " directing terrorism " between 29 August 1999 and 23 October 2000.

* The Notorious Dr. August: His Real Life and Crimes ( 2000 )

" There were hints from some fellow officers and an army nurse, and was eventually put into the museum curator in Rommel's home town, who confirmed the family's existence ," said Sallyann Kleibel, producer of The Real Rommel, to be shown on Channel 4 on August 2.