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.

* The first EVA to perform an in-flight repair of the Space Shuttle was by American Steve Robinson on August 3, 2005, during " Return to Flight " mission STS-114.

In August 2006, the Power Mac's retirement was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference by Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller, making way for its Intel-based replacement, the Mac Pro.

Steve Bracks at a Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, August 2006

* August 22 – Steve Davis, British snooker player

* August 1 – Steve Green, American Christian musician

* August 10 – Marvel Comics publishes Amazing Fantasy # 15, which features the first published appearance of the superhero character of Spider-Man, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Wolf Messing is a major character in Steve Englehart's series of Max August novels, beginning with The Point Man in 1980, and continuing through The Long Man and The Plain Man.

In August 1985, Steve Trotter, an aspiring stunt man from Rhode Island, became the youngest person ever ( age 22 ) and the first American in 25 years to go over the falls in a barrel.

* Also in August 2008, about 36 editorial employees took voluntary buyouts or resigned, including well-known bylines like Michael Tackett, Ron Silverman, Timothy McNulty, Ed Sherman, Evan Osnos, Steve Franklin, Maurice Possley, Hanke Gratteau, Chuck Osgood and Skip Myslenski.

On August 11, 2007, former Heat majority owner Steve Nettleton and former Heat players were honored as part of a celebration called " Remember The Heat Night " hosted by the Chico Outlaws as they faced the St. George RoadRunners.

In August 2012, Ida Town Clerk Haywood Williamson ( born c. 1941 ) was arrested for felony theft and confined to the Caddo Correctional Center, according to Sheriff Steve Prator.

Blackfoot actor Steve Reevis was born here on August 14, 1962.

* Steve August, former NFL offensive tackle for Seattle Seahawks ( 1977 – 84 ) and Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1984 ).

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared as May Parker in Amazing Fantasy # 15 ( August 1962 ).

Tarrant has sat in for Steve Wright on his BBC Radio 2 show on at least 10 occasions, in May, July, August 2010 and from 21-25 February, 4 – 8 April, 9 – 20 May, 4-8 July, 12-16 September, 19-23 December 2011 and in February, March and June 2012.

In August 2008 The Vandals played nine dates of the 2008 Warped Tour with Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz filling in for Josh Freese, who was touring with Nine Inch Nails.

As of August 2011, Sartell's mayor is Joe Perske and the council members are Steve Hennes, Sarah Jane Nicoll, Sandra Cordie, and Dennis Molitor.

In June 2012 Steve Coogan announced that the movie will begin filming on 7 January 2013 for release on 16 August 2013.

* August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, actor & comedian

* Code Red II analysis, Steve Friedl's Unixwiz. net, last update 22 August 2001

Rabbi Steve Gutow has served as executive director since August 2005.

* On August 4, 1989, Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays gave up a double to the New York Yankees ' Roberto Kelly, followed by an RBI single by Steve Sax.

Agrippa is a major character in Steve Englehart's series of Max August novels, beginning with The Point Man in 1980, and continuing through The Long Man and The Plain Man.

Paul Rand ( born Peretz Rosenbaum, August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996 ) was an American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Westinghouse, ABC, and Steve Jobs's NeXT.

In August 1966 Steve Young, an anthropology and government student at Harvard College, was living in the village conducting interviews for his senior honors thesis.