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* Ramadan runs from July 19 to August 19 or 20 depending on the moon, 2012

* Laylat al-Qadr on August 14, 2012

* August 20, 2012 is Eid ul-Fitr

* ( since August 31, 2012 due to Ramil Safarov's extradition to Azerbaijan )

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.

In August 2012, two mites preserved in amber were determined to be the oldest animals ever to have been found in the substance ; the mites are 230 million years old and were discovered in north-eastern Italy.

* 1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor, director, and Holocaust survivor ( d. 2012 )

The first official celebration will take place in Wellington in August 2012, with the planting of pohutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade.

* 416: 477-0034 Toronto, Ontario ( Fibernetics-verified August 1, 2012 )

* 416: 477-0035 Toronto, Ontario ( Fibernetics-verified August 1, 2012 )

On August 30, 2011, Sports Illustrated senior writer Peter King, who correctly predicted the 2011 Super Bowl, made his predictions for the 2011 season and picked the Falcons to defeat the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 Super Bowl.

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.

The Navy authorized Full-Rate Production ( FRP ) of the AARGM in August 2012, with 72 missiles for the Navy and nine for the Italian Air Force to be delivered in 2013.

In August 2012 a man in Montana was killed by a car while perpetrating a Bigfoot hoax using a ghillie suit.

As of August 2012, the M20 and M22 bus lines service parts of Battery Park City.

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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.

The album was released on August 31, 2012 thru Napalm Records in Europe and September 11, 2012 in the United States and Canada.

An open beta was planned sometime between July 21, 2012 and the game's release on August 21, 2012.

His Holiness Abune Paulos died in August 2012 and transitionally a new pope is elected until an election is made next year.

However, in an in-person interview held at the Apple Store Soho on August 16, 2012, Cronenberg commented that the financing for the " Eastern Promises " sequel had fallen through about two weeks earlier.

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

For eleven weeks, between August and October 1979, industrial action forced Coronation Street and the whole of the ITV network ( apart from the Channel Islands ) off the air.

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

Unable to tour, he headed to the Channel Island of Jersey to spend August and September recuperating, with Bonham and Page in tow.

In a Channel 4 documentary called Motörhead: Live Fast, Die Old, broadcast on 22 August 2005, it was claimed that Lemmy had " bedded " in excess of 2, 000 women.

" On August 4, 2010, in a Discovery Channel documentary, Undercover: Operation Harvest King, several FBI agents stated that " Whitacre got a raw deal.

* August 25 – Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.

On 15 August, Cornwallis decided to detach 20 ships of the line from the fleet guarding the Channel and to have them sail southward to engage the enemy forces in Spain.

* August 24 – First Barons ' War: In the Battle of Sandwich in the English Channel, English forces destroy the French and the French mercenary Eustace the Monk is captured and beheaded.

In August 2008, physicist Michio Kaku predicted in Discovery Channel Magazine that a teleportation device similar to those in Star Trek would be invented within 100 years.

In August 1997, Fox Family started efforts to increase its quantity and quality of children's entertainment, " which could lead to an equity investment by Fox in the non-profit CTW in exchange for programs for its Family Channel.

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

*" Comanche " on the History Channel, accessed 26 August 2005

In August 2008 it was reported by The Consumerist that Discovery Channel had stopped their popular MythBusters program from airing an episode examining RFID security in regard to its implementation in credit cards because the episode would upset credit card companies, who are major advertisers on Discovery Channel.

On August 15, 2005, the logo was overhauled again ; the blue rectangle's corners are straight with no white trim on the edge and " The Weather Channel " text is now in title-case and left-justified, similar to the Weather Network.

File: The Weather Channel logo 1996-2005. svg | March 1996 to August 2005: This logo is still used on the WeatherStar 4000

File: The Weather Channel logo 2005-present. svg | The current Weather Channel logo, which debuted on August 15, 2005

Early in August he saw the length of Gastineau Channel from the south, noting a small island in mid-channel.

She appeared as a guest host on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project, which aired on 3 August 2007.

From October 1996 to August 1999, Bodrov was a host of the show View ( Vzglyad ) on Channel One.

In August 2005, a Channel 4 television programme presented by property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, named Strabane as the eighth-worst place to live in the United Kingdom, largely because of the high unemployment rate.

In August 1805, Napoleon, Emperor of the French since December of the previous year, turned his army's sights from the English Channel to the Rhine in order to deal with the new Austrian and Russian threats.