* 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor ( d. 1971 )

* The Nazi occupation of Poland and the Allied bombing of Peenemünde are depicted in the British feature film Battle of the V-1 ( 1958 ) ( called Missiles From Hell in the United States and some other countries ), which starred the actor Michael Rennie.

In the 1950s producer Ted Banborough announced plans to make a film about Chapman starring Michael Rennie or Stanley Baker but this did not eventuate.

** Michael Rennie, English actor ( b. 1909 )

* Michael Rennie, 1952 Adaptation

The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe.

An extraterrestrial flying saucer is tracked flying around the Earth until it lands on the President's Park Ellipse in Washington, D. C .. Klaatu ( Michael Rennie ) emerges, announcing that he has come from outer space on a goodwill mission.

* Michael Rennie as Klaatu

They named themselves after the extraterrestrial Klaatu portrayed by Michael Rennie in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Retaining his surname but adopting the professional name Michael Rennie, the 6 ' 4 " tall show business hopeful, with chiseled facial features, first appeared onscreen in an uncredited bit part in the 1936 premiere of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's film Secret Agent.

The 1937 screen test, which exists in the British Film Institute archives under the title " Marguerite Allan and Michael Rennie Screen Test ," did not lead to a film career for either performer.

Six films later, however, Michael Rennie also had his first film lead.

Michael Rennie enlisted in the RAF Volunteer Reserve on May 27, 1941 ( Serial No 1391153 ).

We had to admit that he was right however when a film came to the camp cinema called " Ships with Wings " starring Michael Rennie.

The final film that cast Michael Rennie with Jean Simmons was 1954's Desiree.

Michael Rennie, along with Jean Simmons and The Wicked Lady leading man James Mason, was one of a number of British actors offered Hollywood contracts in 1949 – 50 by 20th Century-Fox's studio head, Darryl F. Zanuck.

Seven years later, on 3 March 1962, when The Day the Earth Stood Still had its television premiere on NBC's NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, Michael Rennie appeared before the start of the film to give a two-minute introduction.

Buoyed by the strong critical reception and profitability of the film, Fox assigned much of the credit to the central performance by Michael Rennie.

In 1953, Michael Rennie starred in Dangerous Crossing under contract with 20th Century Fox.

At the start of the 1960s, Michael Rennie made his only Broadway appearance in Mary, Mary playing Dirk Winsten, a jaded film star.

Rennie stayed with the production less than five months, to be replaced by Michael Wilding in July 1961.

Michael Rennie was also briefly engaged to the ex-wife of Hollywood director Otto Preminger.

After completing what amounted to guest roles in two 1968 films, The Power and The Devil's Brigade, as well as top guest-starring roles in two episodes of the ABC / Quinn Martin Productions series The F. B. I., Michael Rennie moved from Los Angeles to Switzerland in the latter part of that year.

The opening song of The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, " Science Fiction Double Feature ", begins with the words " Michael Rennie was ill The Day the Earth Stood Still, but he told us where we stand ..." (" and Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear, Claude Rains was The Invisible Man ..." etc.

Alexander Jagellon never felt at home in Poland, and bestowed his favor principally upon his fellow Lithuanians, the most notable of whom was the wealthy Lithuanian magnate Michael Glinski, who justified his master's confidence by his great victory over the Tatars at Kleck ( 5 August 1506 ), news of which was brought to Alexander on his deathbed in Vilnius.

The Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois presented a staged concert on August 26 and 27, 2005, with Audra McDonald ( Fay ), Michael Cerveris ( Hapgood ) and Patti LuPone ( Cora ).

* Powell, Michael, " Boston's Big Dig Awash in Troubles ", Washington Post, 2004-11-19, Retrieved on August 9, 2006.

In August 1987, the criminal trial was submitted to the jury with the two remaining defendants: Jello Biafra and Michael Bonanno ( former Alternative Tentacles label manager ).

In August, Blair moved into a flat in Kentish Town, which he shared with Michael Sayers and Rayner Heppenstall.

The turning point in Calvin's fortunes occurred when Michael Servetus, a fugitive from ecclesiastical authorities, appeared in Geneva on 13 August 1553.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( born as Maria Ludwig Michael Mies ; March 27, 1886, Aachen – August 17, 1969, Chicago ) was a German-American architect.

Smith returned to the theatre stage after some 20 years in August 2006, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Allegiance, Irish journalist and author Mary Kenny's play about Churchill's encounter with the Irish nationalist leader Michael Collins in 1921.

On August 13, 2009 the Eagles signed quarterback Michael Vick.

In the list of more important bulls issued by him the famous bull " In Coena Domini " ( 1568 ) takes a leading place ; but amongst others throwing light on Pope Pius V's character and policy there may be mentioned his prohibition of quaestuary ( February 1567 and January 1570 ); the condemnation of Michael Baius, the heretical Professor of Leuven ( 1567 ); the reform of the breviary ( July 1568 ); the denunciation of the " dirum nefas " ( August 1568 ); the banishment of the Jews from the ecclesiastical dominions except Rome and Ancona ( 1569 ); the injunction of the use of the reformed missal ( July 1570 ); the confirmation of the privileges of the Society of Crusaders for the protection of the Inquisition ( October 1570 ); the dogmatic certainty of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary ( November 1570 ); the suppression of the Fratres Humiliati for profligacy ( February 1571 ); the approbation of the new office of the Blessed Virgin ( March 1571 ); the enforcement of the daily recitation of the Canonical Hours ( September 1571 ); and the purchase of assistance against the Turks by offers of plenary pardon ( March 1572 ).

On 23 August 1944 Antonescu was toppled and arrested by King Michael I of Romania who joined the Allies and declared war on Germany.

* Cavanaugh, Michael A., and William Marvel, The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater: " The Horrid Pit ", June 25 – August 6, 1864 ( 1989 )

* Luo, Michael, An Orthodox Jewish Woman, and Soon, a Spiritual Leader, http :// www. hods. org / pdf / press / An % 20Orthodox % 20Jewish % 20Woman ,% 20and % 20Soon ,% 20a % 20Spiritual % 20Leader. htm, New York Times, August 21, 2006.

Although Ibsen died in 2008, her son Michael gave a mouth-swab sample to the research team on 24 August 2012.

Authors connected to Stockholm include the poet and songwriter Carl Michael Bellman ( 1740 – 1795 ), novelist and dramatist August Strindberg ( 1849 – 1912 ), and novelist Hjalmar Söderberg ( 1869 – 1941 ), all of whom made Stockholm part of their works.

Michael Powell made The Edge of the World in 1937, a dramatisation based on the true story of the evacuation of the last 36 inhabitants of the remote island of St Kilda on 29 August 1930.

Star Michael Biehn signing a copy of the film's DVD cover during an August 23, 2012 appearance at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

* August 13 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer

* August 21 – Australian Denis Michael Rohan sets the Al-Aqsa Mosque on fire.

* August 19 – Michael M. Wartella, American underground cartoonist

* August 9 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer ( d. 1694 )

* August 12 – Michael Kidd, American choreographer ( d. 2007 )

* August 2 – Michael Hughes, Northern Irish footballer

* August 4 – Michael Marsh, American athlete

* August 30 – Michael Dunn, American actor ( b. 1934 )