In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day.

August ends on the same day of the week as November every year.

* During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.

* During the first week of August in Sweden, the Medieval Week of Wisby in Gotland is held each year.

* During the first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week.

* The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.

* The middle week of August is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

* The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.

* The first week of August is " Indian Week " for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine.

In 1926, the Aga Khan gave a cup ( the Aga Khan Trophy ) to be awarded to the winners of an international team show jumping competition held at the annual horse show of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland every first week in August.

The yearly festival runs from the last week in July for a week, running into early August.

A month after Blériot's crossing of the English Channel the aviation week in Reims, France, August 1909, caught special worldwide attention.

Both Brooke and Alexander were astonished by the transformation in atmosphere when they visited on 19 August, less than a week after Montgomery had taken command.

Despite this, Chicago engaged St. Louis in a see-saw battle for first place into August, but the Cardinals played to a torrid 20 – 6 pace that month, designating their rivals to battle in the Wild Card race, from which they were eliminated in the season's final week.

NetAlert, the software made available free of charge by the Australian government, was allegedly cracked by a 16 year old student, Tom Wood, less than a week after its release in August 2007.

Jones debuted on the Hot 100 in the week of 14 August 1965, with the single " What Are We Going To Do?

February starts on the same day of the week as March and November in common years, and on the same day of the week as August in leap years.

February starts on the same day of the week as both March and November in common years, and August in leap years.

It entered the Billboard charts on August 24, 1958, and peaked at No. 81 a week later.

He scored his first goal for Liverpool in his league debut a week later on 20 August, against Middlesbrough.

During the final week of August, Lewis and Clark reached the edge of the Great Plains, a place abounding with elk, deer, bison, and beavers.

Twice a week in August there are firework displays.

In the third week of August each year a festival, Malmöfestivalen, fills the streets of Malmö with different kinds of cuisines and events.

The outgoing members, whose four-year terms will expire a week after the April 18 primary election, received carved wooden elephants, complete with ivory tusks, to remember the state committee by.

In 2003 he performed in Bob Balaban-directed Off-Broadway dramatic stage play The Exonerated in New York during its 18 – 23 March, week run.

Onstage in Oslo, Norway, on 18 June, Bowie was hit in the eye with a lollipop thrown by a fan ; a week later he suffered chest pain while performing at the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel, Germany.

Following an operation to cure deafness, an abscess formed in his ear and burst ; he endured intense pain for a week and died at 2am on 18 January 1873 just short of his 70th birthday.

Delegates voted to fill 18 seats on the 23-seat Central Committee of Fatah, and 81 seats of the 128-seat Revolutionary Council after a week of deliberations.

The Concordat of 1801 re-established the Roman Catholic Church in France with effect from Easter Sunday, 18 April 1802, restoring the names of the days of the week with the ones they had in the Gregorian Calendar, while keeping the rest of the Republican Calendar, and fixing Sunday as the official day of rest and religious celebration.

This 18 week period thus includes the time to arrange a first appointment, the time for any investigations or tests to determine the cause of the problem and how it should be treated.

Peter Schweizer points out several examples of insider trading by members of Congress, including action taken by Spencer Bachus following a private, behind-the-doors meeting on the evening of September 18, 2008 when Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke informed members of Congress about the imminent financial crisis, Bachus then shorted stocks the next morning and cashed in his profits within a week.

In 2008, the Seahawks held the first three weeks of camp in Kirkland, then moved to the new Virginia Mason Athletic Center ( VMAC ) on August 18 for the final week of training camp.

With Tesla's salary of $ 18 per week, the payment would have amounted to over 53 years ' pay and the amount was equal to the initial capital of the company.

A 10-day week, called décade, was used in France for nine and a half years from October 1793 to April 1802 ; furthermore, the Paris Commune adopted the Revolutionary Calendar for 18 days in 1871.

Some modern Church uses also preserve the idea of an eight-day period, starting and finishing on the same day of the week, and retain the name " octave " for them ; for example, many churches observe an annual " Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity " on 18 – 25 January or in the week that begins with Pentecost Sunday.

Despite this, only 18 % of the population, of any religion, attend a place of worship once a week or more.

Students are required to attend from ages 13 to 18, scheduling between 32 and 36 hours of class a week.

He kicked six goals in round 14 against Melbourne, and the next week, against West Coast, Carey kicked five goals and had a season high 18 disposals in his final game in North Melbourne colours matched up against long time adversary Glen Jakovich.

She moved to Los Angeles, where she supported herself working in a shoe store, receiving $ 18 per week ( 2009: $).

The system is in operation 18 hours a day, seven days a week serving the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.

At Fort Knox, he was a platoon guide and graduated from United States Army Basic Training January 18, 1964, one week before his marriage to Karolyn.

Combining rock with an orchestra and choir, the concert was recorded and released on 18 May, where it topped the UK album charts on entry for one week.

The 18 week maximum waiting period target thus includes all the times taken for the patient to attend the first appointment with the specialist, any tests called for by the specialist to determine precisely the root of the patient's problem and the best way to treat it.

* Guardian. co. uk-' No more Mr. Scrupulous Guy: How one of the two brains behind the Iran-Contra scandal this week became one of America's most powerful men ', John Sutherland, The Guardian ( February 18, 2002 )

However, just one week later at the Lipton International Players Championships in Miami, Sampras defeated two top-40 players before losing to world number 18 Emilio Sánchez.

One week in 18, it's a " Puns and Anagrams " puzzle, a relic of a 1940s attempt to introduce cryptic puzzles to the US.

The film had its premiere on March 18, 1931, a week after Murnau died, at New York's Central Part Theater.