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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.

In August 1999 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone topped the New York Times list of best-selling fiction, and stayed near the top of the list for much of 1999 and 2000, until the New York Times split its list into children's and adult sections under pressure from other publishers who were eager to see their books given higher placings.

In April 2005, however, the publishers announced that the editorial offices would be moved from its long-time home at 77 North Washington Street in Boston to join the company's advertising and circulation divisions in Washington, D. C. Later in August, Bradley told the New York Observer, cost cutting from the move would amount to a minor $ 200, 000 –$ 300, 000 and those savings would be swallowed by severance-related spending.

Kingston terminated her contract with John Fairfax Holdings, publishers of The Sydney Morning Herald in August 2005.

In August 1981, he created the Lang Law, which allows publishers to enforce a minimum sale price for books.

Allen & Unwin is an independent Australian publishing company, first established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd, which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.

The novel was published in America in August by the New American Library, after Fleming changed publishers from Viking Press after The Spy Who Loved Me.

In 2006 the current publishers, Egmont Books, decided to reprint the entire series in their original form ; the fourteen books by Christopher were re-released at the beginning of August 2007.

In a letter dated 26 August 1991 Patrick Tilley confirmed that both the fans and publishers wanted additional novels to be published in the series and he was pursuing the matter, but only if he could " make it good enough.

After approaching several publishers, Joplin signed a contract with John Stillwell Stark on 10 August 1899 for a 1 % royalty on all sales of the rag, with a minimum sales price of $ 0. 25.

On August 1, 1979, publishers Tom Bartel and Kristin Henning debuted Sweet Potato, a monthly newspaper focused on the Twin Cities music scene.

On August 1, an anticorruption judge found the daily newspapers El Men, El Tio and Editora Sport, S. A., the company that published opposition dailies La Razón and El Chino, guilty of corporate embezzlement for the dealings their publishers Jose Olaya and Moises Wolfenson had with Vladimiro Montesinos.

Johann Baptist Vanhal ( Jan Křtitel Vaňhal ) also spelled Waṅhal ( the spelling the composer himself and at least one of his publishers used ), Wanhal or Wanhall ( May 12, 1739 – August 20, 1813 ) was an important classical music composer.

In August 2010, he moved back to India from Toronto to co-found Aleph Book Company, in partnership with Rupa Publications India, one of the country's largest English-language trade publishers.

* Ambrós ( Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza ( 31 August 1913 – 30 September 1992 )), a distinguished comic strip cartoonist, most famous for the comic book series Capitán Trueno ( Captain Thunder ).

Known as Larzac 2003, the gathering was held over three days in August and attracted an estimated 300. 000 people to a series of concerts and political forums.

On August 19, 1727, Bradley then embarked upon a further series of observations using a telescope of his own erected at the Rectory, Wanstead.

The elector Clemens August ( ruled 1723-1761 ) ordered the construction of a series of Baroque buildings which still give the city its character.

" By a series of brilliant marches Marlborough concentrated his forces on Donauwörth and, by noon 11 August, the link-up was complete.

In early August the Cubs swept the Mets in a 4-game home series that further distanced them from the pack.

The Rockies trailed the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres for most of 2007 Major League Baseball season – however – by August, Colorado showed a steady series of wins, while the Division-leading Dodgers began to struggle.

After losing each of the first two games by two runs, the Rockies opened up a 5 – 2 lead against Matt Cain in the finale of the series on August 30.

In August 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series titled Dark Alliance, alleging that the contras contributed to the rise of crack cocaine in California.

A more dramatic upgrade to the PDP-1 series was introduced in August 1966, the PDP-9.

At the time, the final episode of The Fugitive held the record for the greatest number of American homes with television sets to watch a series finale, at 72 % in August 1967.

Nine of the 14 episodes from the first ( Rediffusion ) series were released on DVD in the UK and the US in August 2005.

In the United States, the series premiered in August 1999 on the Fox Television Network.

On Sunday 12 August 2012, new president Mohamed Morsi announced a series of military appointments.

In August 2012 Channel 4 viewers voted the series as the No 1 in C4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows.

The first manga was originally serialized in Young Magazine from April 1989 to November 1990 and was followed by a sequel, Man-Machine Interface, from September 1991 to August 1997 ; each series was later published as its own tankōbon volume by Kodansha.

The HKTD has also regulated, after a series of minibus accidents, that all new minibuses brought into service after August 2005 must have safety belts installed, and riders must use safety belts when there is one.

The most notable eruptions of Krakatoa culminated in a series of massive explosions August 26 – 27, 1883, which were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history.

The adaptation on the UK series Out of This World was telecast August 11, 1962.

In August 2007, Microsoft issued its Game Content Usage Rules, a license intended to address the legal status of machinima based on its games, including the Halo series.

Beginning in August 1940, the German Luftwaffe began a series of concentrated aerial attacks ( designated Unternehmen Adlerangriff or Operation Eagle Attack ) on targets throughout the United Kingdom in an attempt to destroy the RAF ( Royal Air Force ) and establish air superiority over Great Britain.

* Polyphemus is also the subject of a series of sculptures made by the French artist August Rodin about 1888.

The first game of the Mario Kart series, it was launched in Japan on August 27, 1992, in North America on September 1, 1992, and in Europe on January 21, 1993.

SGI rapidly evolved its machines into workstations with its second product line — the IRIS 2000 series, first released in August, 1985.

August saw a losing record of 13 – 15, as the club lost four series against the Braves, Padres, Phillies, and Cardinals.