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On and August
On August 3
, two massive headlands reared out of
the mists -- great gateways never before
, so far as Hudson knew
, seen by Europeans
.
On August 16
, 1837
, Lincoln wrote Mary a letter suggesting he would not blame her if she ended
the relationship
.
On August 6
, 1861
, Lincoln signed
the Confiscation Act that authorized judiciary proceedings
to confiscate
and free slaves who
were used
to support
the Confederate war effort
.
On August 12
, 2011
, a plaque was unveiled on
the Wolff building
at Third Ave
and La Mesa Bl commemorating Dwan
and the Flying A Studios origins
in La Mesa
, California
.
On publication of
the latter
, Poirot was
the only fictional character
to be given an obituary
in the New York Times ; 6
August 1975 " Hercule Poirot is Dead ; Famed Belgian Detective ".
On 31
August, in the great Charles Alcock-edited magazine Cricket: A Weekly Record of The Game
, there appeared a mock obituary:

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On the second Saturday
in August, people can wander through
the Night Market
in the balmy Summer evening
.
On 11 August 2009
, a magnitude 7 earthquake struck near
the Andaman Islands
, causing a tsunami warning
to go into effect
.
On 20
August 1233
, Andrew had a meeting with
the legate of Pope Gregory IX
in the woods of Bereg
, and they made an agreement which ensured
the privileges of
the clergy
.
On 19
August 1978 —
the anniversary of
the US backed pro-Shah coup d ' état which overthrew
the nationalists
and popular Iranian prime minister
, Dr
. Mohammed Mossadegh —
the Cinema Rex
, a movie theatre
in Abadan
, Iran
, was set ablaze by four Islamic Revolution sympathizers
in an attempt
to help
the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolution
.
On 3 September 1928
, Fleming returned
to his laboratory having spent
August on holiday with his family
.
On August 21
, 2009 it was announced that
the institution had changed its name
to Crandall University
in honour of Rev
.
On her return
to Haworth
, she met William Weightman
( 1814 – 1842 ), her father's new curate
, who started work
in the parish
in August 1839
.
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
.
On August 31
, the Diamondbacks acquired former World Series MVP David Eckstein
to fill
the hole
at second base which was opened after Orlando Hudson was placed on
the disabled list
.
On 17
August 2008 club chairman
and owner Franco Sensi died after a long illness ; his
place at the chairmanship of
the club was successively taken by his daughter Rosella
.
On August 22
, 2008, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group
.
On 7
August 1919
, Charles Godefroy successfully flew his biplane under
the Arc
.
On August 19
, 1727
, Bradley then embarked upon a further series of observations using a telescope of his own erected
at the Rectory
, Wanstead
.
On 3
August 2007
, Mexican archaeologists announced discovery of what is believed
to be
the tomb of Ahuizotl beneath a sculpture of Tlaltecuhtli near
the Zócalo
in Mexico City
.
On August 20
, 1902
, President Theodore Roosevelt established
the Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve
, which formed
the heart of
the Tongass National Forest that covers most of
the region
.
On August 28
, Nami
and Ahmed al-Haznawi reportedly bothered a Delray Beach resident
, Maria Siscar Simpson
, to let them through her apartment
to retrieve a towel that had fallen off their balcony onto hers
.
On August 11, 1973
, DJ Kool Herc was a D
. J
.
On and 11
On January
11 she paced a mile
in 2:43.1--:38 ; ;
On May
11, she reached Iceland
.
On March
11 the Louisiana legislature voted unanimously
to table
the petition
.
On the day's schedule are a flower show
, 4-H horsemanship contest
and clown shows
, the latter
at 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m.
.
On July
11 the head of
the mineral-rich province of Katanga
, Moise Tshombe
, announced that his province had seceded from
the country
.
On Nov.
11, 12
, racers will drive their flying shingles
in 5-mile laps over its 500-mile speedboat course
.
On September
11, 2008, a United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III successfully completed
the first landing
in Antarctica using night-vision goggles
at Pegasus Field
.
On December 1
, 2008, the Curb Exchange building
at 86 Trinity Place was closed
, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved
to the NYSE Trading floor
at 11 Wall Street
.
On Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered
( according
to the fullest version of
the oldest surviving account
, Odyssey
11. 409 –
11 ) by Aegisthus
, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra
.
On 11 October 1715
, Charlotte died
, after giving birth
to a son
, the grand-duke Peter
, future tsar Peter II
.
On 11 December 1885
, after a speech by Lord Aberdeen
, Lady Aberdeen unveiled a bronze statue
and plaque of Alexander Selkirk outside a house on
the site of Selkirk's original home on
the Main Street of Lower Largo
, Fife
, Scotland
.
On five sides of
the memorial along
the top are inscribed
the words " Victims of Terrorist Attack on
the Pentagon September
11, 2001 ".
On the third Wednesday
in March each year
( near
the spring equinox ), three quarters of Dutch schoolchildren aged 10 /
11 and Dutch celebrities plant trees
.
On September
11, 2001
, 19 al-Qaeda Islamic extremists hijacked American Airlines Flight
11, United Airlines Flight 175
, American Airlines Flight 77
, and United Airlines Flight 93
and crashed them into
the Twin Towers of
the World Trade Center
, the southwestern side of
the Pentagon building
, and Stonycreek Township near Shanksville
, Pennsylvania
in a terrorist attack
.
On 9 /
11, the sucicide hijackers did not make any attempt
to contact ground control
to inform anyone about their hijackings
, nor engage
in any dialogue or negotiations
at all
.
On December
11, 13 games into his first NFL season as head coach
, Bobby Petrino resigned without notice
to coach
at the University of Arkansas
, leaving
the beleaguered players only a note
in the locker room
.
On September
11, 2001
, Omari boarded American Airlines Flight
11 and assisted
in the hijacking of
the plane
, which was crashed into
the North Tower of
the World Trade Center
, as part of
the coordinated attacks
.
On October
11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary
.
On April
11, 1951
, the missing stone was found lying on
the site of
the Abbey's altar
.
On 11 September 1878 it was
the site of an underground explosion which killed 268 coal miners
.
0.088 seconds.