Seven of the eight companies that turn out full lines of farm machinery say sales by their dealers since the start of August have shown gains averaging nearly 10% above last year.

All Mantle needs is eight more home runs in August and ten in September, and he will establish a new record.

The feature was launched on Monday, August 13, 1934 in eight North American newspapers — including the New York Mirror — and was an immediate success.

At 02: 00 on 13 August, 40 squadrons were sent forward towards the enemy, followed at 03: 00, in eight columns, by the main Allied force pushing over the Kessel.

It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 29 July 1985, and landed just under eight days later on 6 August.

After it was shown that at least one such body was larger than Pluto, on August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) reclassified Pluto, grouping it with two similarly sized " dwarf planets " rather than with the eight " classical planets ".

In August 2010 an eight day old boy was circumcised in a Florida hospital against the stated wishes of the parents.

As of August 2012 she has seen eight, and plans to see the November 2012 total solar eclipse in Australia.

While there, he was one of eight delegates with a background in guided weapons projects to address the Fourth International Congress of Astronautics in Zurich in August 1953, at a time when, as The New York Times reported, most scientists saw space flight as thinly disguised science fiction.

On 15 August 1642, with eight men, his mother and maids, he held out against Princes Rupert and Maurice with 18 troops of horses and dragoons.

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819, the third of eight children of Allan and Maria Gansevoort Melvill.

A new President is appointed each year in August or September, and the presidency rotates between the eight customary areas.

After a three-month vacancy, Pantaléon was chosen by the eight cardinals of the Sacred College to succeed him in a papal election that concluded on 29 August 1261.

Tim Lincecum held the Chicago Cubs to two hits through eight innings on August 21, but the team scored only one run, losing to the Cubs by a score of 5 – 1.

On August 10, 1995, McVeigh was indicted on 11 federal counts, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives and eight counts of first-degree murder.

* As a result of the discovery of Eris, a Kuiper Belt object larger than Pluto, in August 2006, Pluto is demoted to a " dwarf planet " after being considered a planet for 76 years, redefining the solar system to have eight planets and three dwarf planets.

American Airlines retired all its Airbus A300-600 Aircraft from service eight years after the accident ( and 21 years in service ) in August, 2009, with its last flight, flight 1908 from Miami to New York-JFK operating on August 24, 2009.

His mother Màgia died in 1491 when Raphael was eight, followed on August 1, 1494 by his father, who had already remarried.

On August 4, 1757, he married Sarah Orne ( 1736 – 1773 ); their first child was born eight months later.

* August – Decidius Saxa and Gaius Norbanus Flaccus are appointed by Antony, to lead an advanced force of eight legions to Macedonia along the Via Egnatia into Thrace.

Pastoralists John Aitken and George Russell suggested forming a partnership, and in August 1834 a group of eight Launceston capitalists formed what became the Port Phillip Association.

While his pace cooled somewhat in the final eight weeks of the season ( he only hit 10 home runs in the Mariners ' last 47 games ), his 40 home runs by August 12 still put him two ahead of Chicago's Frank Thomas and four ahead of Cleveland's Albert Belle for the AL lead.

The First Anglo-Dutch War was concluded with an English victory in the Battle of Scheveningen in August 1653, although a peace treaty was not signed for another eight months.

When Flynn became a naturalised American citizen on 15 August 1942, he also became eligible for the military draft, as the United States had entered World War II eight months earlier.

The Indians were only one game behind the division-leading Chicago White Sox on August 12 when a players strike wiped out the rest of the season.

By August, a few high-profile players, such as Hanley Ramirez, had been traded, and others, such as Giancarlo Stanton, were injured.

* August 8 – As part of the ABA-NBA merger agreement, a dispersal draft was conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which had folded.

A few dozen players throughout history ( 107 as of August 2010 ) have momentarily had a 4. 0 career average by homering in their first major league at-bat.

On August 22, 2007, Griffey was selected as an all-time Gold Glove winner, on a list of nine players considered the greatest defensive players in the last fifty years .< ref >

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.

Each August, Major League Baseball clubs hold a position draft to determine the players who will go to Arizona.

Two of its gold medal-winning squads were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as teams in August 2010 — the 1960 team, which featured six Hall of Famers ( 4 players, 2 coaches ), and the 1992 " Dream Team ", featuring 14 Hall of Famers ( 11 players, 3 coaches ).

On August 9, 2010 The San Francisco Giants hosted a Jerry Garcia tribute night, in which an ensemble of up to 9, 000 kazoo players attempted a rendition of " Take Me Out to the Ballgame ".

In August, 2009, Paul was named one of the ten best electric guitar players of all-time by Time magazine.

Nevertheless, the rules continued to differ by region until the first attempt to set them in order was made by a congress of Skat players on Saturday, 7 August 1886 in Altenburg, being the first official rules finally published in book form in 1888 by Theodor Thomas of Leipzig.

The second of the two shows took place on August 26 and featured a jam session, including Vaughan, with Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and Jimmie Vaughan, who performed " Sweet Home Chicago " as the finale to Clapton's set ; Clapton introduced them as " the best guitar players in the entire world ".

A combined local side was assembled in August 1945 and the next month a mixed group of players from Hannover 96 and Arminia Hannover played their first post-war match against a British military team.

He was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees in August 2000, which caught many, including Yankees manager Joe Torre off guard, as the Yankees had four other players who fulfilled a similar role to Canseco.

On August 1, 2011, Blizzard Entertainment announced that their forthcoming MMORPG, Diablo III, will include a currency-based auction house, wherein players will be able to buy and sell in-game items for real money.

As the payroll for Canton players became too expensive, the team lost about $ 13, 000 in 1923 and the Canton Athletic Company sold the franchise in August for $ 2, 500 to Cleveland promoter Samuel Deutsch, owner of the NFL's Cleveland Indians.

Beginning in August 1973, she won 125 consecutive matches on the surface, with a loss of only 8 sets ; a run which continues to stand as the benchmark among both men and women players.

10 – by 12 major league players, most recently Garret Anderson ( August 21, 2007 )

On 31 July it was announced that club president Valeri Belokon was setting up a new transfer fund, into which he was adding a " considerable amount " on 5 August in order to invest in new players identified by Holloway.

In August 1997, psychic Uri Geller said that Blackpool's new all-blue away strip would prove to be unsuccessful due to the lack of " psychic energy " that the players would get.

By August the team had no money to meet its payroll, and Sunday was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for two players and $ 1, 000 in cash.

In August 2008, Mays was named as one of the ten former players that began their careers before 1943 to be considered by the Veterans Committee for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.