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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.

On August 27, brothers Nawaf and Salem purchased flight tickets through Travelocity. com using Nawaf's Visa card.

On August 27, brothers Nawaf and Salem purchased flight tickets through Travelocity. com using Nawaf's visa card.

The administration of President Andrés Pastrana Arango, when it took office on 7 August 1998, faced an economy in crisis, with the difficult internal security situation and global economic turbulence additionally inhibiting confidence.

On August 24, the Rockies faced the San Francisco Giants in what ended up being a 14 inning game which lasted close to 5 hours ( 4: 57 ), the second longest game in Rockies history.

On 4 August 1265 Montfort faced an army led by Prince Edward ( the later King Edward I ) and the powerful earl of Gloucester, who had recently defected to the royalist side, at the Battle of Evesham.

When the Committeee for Non-Violent Action sponsored a protest in August, 1957, at the Camp Mercury nuclear test site near Las Vegas, Nevada, 13 of the protesters attempted to enter the test site knowing that they faced arrest.

During the morning of 27 August, the armies faced each other outside the city.

In August 1436, James failed humiliatingly in his siege of Roxburgh Castle and then faced an ineffective attempt by Sir Robert Graham to arrest him at a general council.

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 consideration of the challenging military situation faced by Portuguese forces world wide, John III declared every male subject between 20 and 65 years old recruitable for military service on 7 August 1549.

In August 2003, Taylor stepped down as president and, after being exiled to Nigeria, faced trial in The Hague.

On 22 August, Hyder Ali and his Mysore forces attacked the Maratha camp during the Battle of Ooscota, but was repulsed when faced with the large Maratha reinforcements.

The U-boats were thus forced to relocate to Norway and Germany in August, restoring the many of the difficulties faced by the Kriegsmarine in 1939 and early 1940.

On August 15, and back home in Panama City, he beat Mexican German Torres by a decision in 15 to retain his belt, and then he faced former world Jr. Flyweight champion Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh, retaining the belt by a knockout in 10.

Moore took command of the British forces in the Iberian peninsula following the recall of Harry Burrard of Lymington ( 1 June 1755 – 17 October 1813 ), Hew Dalrymple ( 1750 – 1830 ), Governor of Gibraltar from November 1806 to August 1808, and Arthur Wellesley ( 1769 – 1852 ), later Duke of Wellington, who all faced an inquiry over the Convention of Cintra on the French troops ' evacuation from Portugal.

On 15 August 1944, the VI Corps landed in southern France and initially faced relatively little opposition.

As was customary after the loss of a ship or a defeat, Captain Pring and the surviving officers and men of the squadron faced a court martial, which was held aboard HMS Gladiator at Portsmouth, between 18 and 21 August 1815.

Less known, it was also the venue for the first game between NFL teams ever played on the European continent, as Minnesota Vikings faced Chicago Bears, in a pre-season game, 14 August 1988.

The redenomination was a purely psychological step that did not solve the fundamental economic problems faced by the Russian economy at the time, and the currency was devalued in August 1998 following the 1998 Russian financial crisis.

In August 2012, the publishers of the series faced a controversy regarding the fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A's plan to distribute titles in the series as part of a kids ' meal promotion, with gay rights advocates urging the publishers to pull out of the promotion, due to the Chick-fil-A founder's controversial statements regarding gay marriage.

In his function as president, he was faced with increased expression of social grievances by the working class and poor, and started meeting with the " Oltener Aktionskomitee " ( OAK ) in August 1918.

On 29 August 2005, the largest natural disaster the Air Guard faced in its 60 year history began when Hurricane Katrina hit the United States Gulf Coast.

When war broke out in August 1914, François ' corps faced the right wing of a two-pronged Russian invasion of East Prussia, led by Paul von Rennenkampf's Russian First Army.

In an interview with The Independent in August that year, he said Britain faced hard choices over which coasts to defend and which to leave to the sea because it would not be possible to save all coastal homes from sea erosion.

On the August 18 episode of Raw, Van Dam faced the Intercontinental Champion Christian for the title, but Kane interfered in the match and knocked Van Dam out after hitting him with a chair.

On August 28, 2002 Filipović faced Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba at Pride Shockwave.