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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 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:

*
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 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 6
On June
6, 1958
, General Motors submitted its objections
to the Government's proposal
.
On Sept.
6, the Kretchmer rescued
the crew of a trawler they found drifting on a life raft after they had abandoned a sinking ship
.
On November
6, 1860
, Lincoln was elected
the 16th president of
the United States
, beating Democrat Stephen A
. Douglas
, John C
. Breckinridge of
the Southern Democrats
, and John Bell of
the new Constitutional Union Party
.
On February
6, 1862
, Union Navy gunboats quickly reduced
the defenses of ill-sited Fort Henry
, inflicting 21 casualties on
the small remaining
Confederate force
.

*
On Saint Nicholas Day (
6 December ),
the Niklasmarkt ( Nicholas Market ) commemorates
the Niklasspende
, a medieval foundation for
the poor
.
On November
6, 1827
, Alcott started teaching in Bristol
, Connecticut
, still using
the same methods he
used in Cheshire
, but opposition from
the community surfaced quickly ; he was unemployed by March 1828
.
On June
6, 2008
, a bi-partisan
, non-binding resolution was approved by
the Japanese Diet calling upon
the government
to recognize
the Ainu people as indigenous
to Japan
, and urging an end
to discrimination against
the group
.
On 6 April 1129
, Afonso Henriques dictated
the writ in which he proclaimed himself Prince of Portugal
.
On 30 March 2010
, a magnitude
6. 9 earthquake struck near
the Andaman Islands
.
On 6 June 1224 Andrew made a peace with Duke Leopold VI of Austria
.
On July
6, the arrival of a force of 300 Pinkerton agents from New York City
and Chicago resulted in a fight in which 10 men — seven strikers
and three Pinkertons —
were killed
and hundreds
were injured
.
On December
6, 2001
, Arthur M
. Blank
, the co-founder
and retired co-chairman of Atlanta-based Home Depot
, reached a preliminary agreement with
the Falcons ’ Taylor Smith
to purchase
the team
.
On occasions a battery of
6 guns has been
6 fire units
.
On 6 February 1890
, an underground explosion at Llanerch Colliery killed 176
.
On 6 November
, both parties of
the dispute met with Constantine I in Constantinople
.
On April
6, 2006
, in a case arising from a game involving community college baseball teams
, the Supreme Court of California ruled
that baseball players in California assume
the risk of being hit by baseballs even if
the balls
were intentionally thrown so as
to cause injury
.
On May
6, 2009
, the company announced it was
to be acquired by Micro Focus for $ 75 million
.
On 6 June he arrived at Wiesloch
, south of Heidelberg
.
On the other hand
, Mac OS X has since version 10
. 6 shown hard drive size using decimal prefixes ( thus matching
the drive makers ' packaging ).
On 2 September
, Skippon
, having been told
that his infantry
were unable
to break out as
the cavalry had done
, and having been offered generous terms by
the King
, surrendered
6, 000 infantry
and all his army's guns
and train
.
On 6 January 1681
, the first recorded boxing match took place in Britain when Christopher Monck
, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (
and later Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica ) engineered a bout between his butler
and his butcher with
the latter winning
the prize
.
On July 10
, 2006
, a concrete ceiling panel weighing 3 tons ( 2722 kg )
and measuring 20 by 40 ft (
6. 1 by 12
. 2 m ) fell on a car traveling on
the two-lane ramp connecting northbound I-93
to eastbound I-90 in South Boston
, killing Milena Del Valle
, who was a passenger
, and injuring her husband
, Angel Del Valle
, who was driving
.
0.103 seconds.