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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 11
, 2008
, Dallas Buck
, RHP Micah Owings
, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded
to the Reds ( in last place in
the NL Central
at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn
.
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 31
On October
31, 1859
, John Brown
was found guilty of treason against
the state of Virginia
, inciting slave rebellion
, and murder
.
On January
31, 1837
, he became senior brigadier general in command of
the Texas Army
On 31 December 1809
, a decree of King Maximilian of Bavaria granted
the city a new coat of arms
, as a recognition of their ( mainly humanitarian and logistic ) services in
the Battle of Abensberg
the same year
.
On 31 January 1718
, the tsarevich reached Moscow
.
On the good side
, the TV income
was increased from € 75
, 150
, 744
to € 78
, 041
, 642 as well as gate income increased
, from € 23
, 821
, 218
to €
31, 017
, 179
.
On 31 October 1958
, the Union of Soviet Writers held a trial behind closed doors
.
On 31 December 2010
the general FSCS limit for retail deposits
was increased
to £ 85
, 000 for banks and building societies and
the transitional arrangements in respect of building society mergers came
to an end
.
On December
31, 2007
, the NES version of Bubble Bobble
was released
on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for
the Wii
.
On 6 November 2004
, at least one Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25 bomber attacked a French peacekeeping position in
the rebel town of Bouaké
at 1 pm
, killing nine French soldiers and wounding
31.
On Easter Sunday
, 31 March 1991
, the first fatal clashes occurred when Croatian police from
the Croatian Ministry of
the Interior ( MUP ) entered
the Plitvice Lakes national park
to expel rebel Serb forces
.
On January
31, 1912
, Hearst introduced
the nation's first full daily comic page in his New York Evening Journal
.
On March
31, 1854
, the or
was concluded between Commodore Matthew C
. Perry of
the U
. S
. Navy and
the Tokugawa shogunate
.
On May
31, 2012
, a responsum
was passed permitting same-sex marriage
.

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On December
31, 1994
, the New Year's Eve celebrations featured a Rod Stewart concert
, which featured 3
. 5 million
, making it
the largest concert crowd ever
.
On January
31, 1918
, Sovnarkom ordered
to relieve VCheKa of
the investigative functions
, leaving for
the commission only
the functions of detection
, suppression
, and prevention of so-called crimes
.
On August 31, Senator Kenneth Keating ( R-New York ), who probably received his information from Cuban exiles in Florida
, warned
on the Senate floor that
the Soviet Union may be constructing a missile
base in Cuba
.
On 31 May 2010
, the Coronation Street opening sequence
was given a revamp
.
On 31 January 1510
, Catherine gave birth prematurely
to a stillborn daughter
.
On 31 December 1600
, the English monarchy granted
the company a 15-year monopoly
on trade
to and from
the East Indies and Africa
.
On 31 May 2009
the United States sent
the Nereus hybrid remotely operated vehicle ( HROV )
to the Challenger Deep
.
On March 20
, 2012
, Nissan announced a plan
to revive Datsun as a low-cost marque
, 31 years
after removing it from its line-up
.
On December
31 of 1967
the Packers hosted
the Cowboys in
the league championship game in cold so brutal
the game
was nicknamed The Ice Bowl ; Packers quarterback Bart Starr's last-second quarterback sneak
was the final touchdown in a 21-17 Packers win
.
On March
31, Eisenhower's body
was returned
to the National Cathedral
, where he
was given an Episcopal Church funeral service
.
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