ESPN. com's lead story on August 29 stated: ".... Then there are the Brewers.

Then the feast of Saint Joachim on 16 August was moved and the date became available for another celebration, so the feast of Saint Stephen of Hungary was moved to that date, the day immediately after his death.

Then, on August 15, 1971, United States President Richard Nixon announced that the United States dollar would no longer be convertible to gold, effectively ending the system.

Then, between 27 and 30 August 1865, he took up Parsifal again and made a prose draft of the work ; this contains a fairly brief outline of the plot and a considerable amount of detailed commentary on the characters and themes of the drama.

Then there is " Byzantine New Year's Eve " ( 31 August ) celebrating the beginning of the New Year according to the old civil calendar of the Byzantine Empire.

Then, other areas were destroyed between March and August 1944 just before and during the Battle of Normandy, that ended on the left Seine bank of Rouen with the destruction of several regiments, belonging to the German 7th Army.

Then, in August 1497, James laid siege to Norham Castle, using his father's bombard Mons Meg.

Then on August 5, 1797, John Brown of Providence, Rhode Island, was tried in federal court as the first American to be tried under the 1794 law.

Then a combination of pressures led El Salvador to agree to a withdrawal in the first days of August.

Then, in August, Henry VI suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown.

Then the inevitable happened, a traitor opened the gates to Alaric's troops and they sacked the city in August 410.

Then, in August 1997, Lord British had an unfortunate accident.

Then on 24 August 2005, the Minister for Employment, Education and Training announced that the government would be " revitalizing bi-lingual education " at 15 Community Education Centres: Alekerange, Angurugu, Borroloola, Gapuwiyak, Gunbalunya, Kalkaringi, Lajamanu, Maningrida, Milingimbi, Ramingining, Ngkurr, Shepherdson College, Numbulwar, Yirrkala and Yuendumu.

Then on August 30, 2012, Eddie Van Halen was diagnosed with diverticulitis and underwent surgery which will push the planned November shows in Japan back into 2013 at the earliest.

Then they carried out a landing near at Beitang ( also spelled " Pei Tang "), some from the Taku Forts on 3 August, which they captured after three weeks on 21 August.

Then in August 1966 The Bluesbreakers released the single " Lonely Years " with the b-side " Bernard Jenkins ", which was released by Purdah Records.

Then, on August 21, 1876, Awaji Island separated to join Hyogo Prefecture and the Awa region separated to form Kochi Prefecture.

Then, on 14 August, he led a surprise attack of 300 – 400 anti-treaty IRA men on Dundalk.

* And Then There's Bea in Johannesburg, South Africa ( August 12 – 24, 2003 )

* And Then There's Bea in Cape Town, South Africa ( August 26 – September 7, 2003 )

Then, in August, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb.

*" OK Then " by Garrett Kamps, SF Weekly, August 27, 2003.

Then in August 2001, Lillian died from lupus with complications.

Then in the winter of 1857 and 1858 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and over frozen swamps, measuring with chain and compass.

Then in the winter of 1857 and 1858 another crew marked all the section corners in the township, walking through the woods and over frozen swamps, measuring with chain and compass.

Then in 1858 he produced a miscellaneous collection called " Dry Sticks Fagoted by W. S. Landor ", which contained among other things some epigrammatic and satirical attacks which led to further libel actions.

`` Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Certainly, the meaning is clearer to one who is not familiar with Biblical teachings, in the New English Bible which reads: `` Then Jesus arrived at Jordan from Galilee, and he came to John to be baptized by him.

Then the king came to the Haye in Touraine and his men had passed the river of Loire, some at the bridge of Orléans and some at Meung, at Saumur, at Blois, and at Tours and whereas they might: they were in number a twenty thousand men of arms beside other ; there were a twenty-six dukes and earls ( Counts ) and more than sixscore banners, and the four sons of the king, who were but young, the duke Charles of Normandy, the lord Louis, that was from thenceforth duke of Anjou, and the lord John duke of Berry, and the lord Philip, who was after duke of Burgoyne ".

Then Monroe travelled to New York to appear at a birthday celebration for John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden, where she famously serenaded the President.

Then in 1202, disaffected patrons petitioned the French king to summon John to answer their charges in his capacity as John's feudal lord, and, when the English king refused to appear, Philip again took up the claims of Arthur, to whom he betrothed his six-year-old daughter, Marie.

: Then arose the famous murderer, Robert Hood, as well as Little John, together with their accomplices from among the disinherited, whom the foolish populace are so inordinately fond of celebrating both in tragedies and comedies, and about whom they are delighted to hear the jesters and minstrels sing above all other ballads.

Map of Saint John from 1894, including the lower west ( Then Carleton ), and uptown

Then on third down, wide receiver John Stallworth caught a 12-yard pass to the Cowboys ' 40-yard line.

Then in the seventeenth century John Ray ( England, 1627 – 1705 ) wrote many important taxonomic works.

Then there was the attempted arrest of John Wilkes for seditious libel against the King in the notorious issue No. 45 of his The North Briton in early 1763.

Then, in 1992, Justice John Toohey ran out of patience with Alan Skyring and Patrick Cusack's repeated attempts to obtain a re-hearing on their argument that the Commonwealth did not have the power to issue paper money.

Then, in February 1978, before the release of their second single, X-Ray Spex recorded the first of two sessions for John Peel at BBC Radio 1.

Then, through a smashed out 38th floor window, she told Goodwin, who was hanging from the building's side a floor below, that though she did not agree with his climbing of the John Hancock Center she certainly opposed the fire department knocking him to the ground below.

Then from Jop he took the horn and blew loudly, and warned John the Wright, who thereupon struck out the roller with skill ; when the pin was out, the rest of it fell down.

Then in 1958, he was offered the part of Jimmy Porter, " an angry young man " role, in the film version of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger, a gritty drama about middle-class life in the British Midlands, directed by Tony Richardson, and again with Claire Bloom as co-star.

Then, in 1960, Pope John XXIII issued the Code of Rubrics, completely ending the ranking of feast days by doubles etc., and replacing it by a ranking, applied not only to feast days but to all liturgical days, as I, II, III, and IV class days.

" Then follows the Collect prayer, and the reading or chanting of,,, and the Passion account from the Gospel of John, traditionally divided between three deacons, yet often divided between the celebrant and more than one singer or reader.

* John 6: 28-29: " Then they said unto him, ' What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison contributed to the album, with Nico, Reed and Cale co-writing one song, " It Was a Pleasure Then.

Then they learn that John intends to have himself crowned king by the Bishop of the Black Canons in Nottingham the next day.

Then Prime Minister John Howard was questioned at the time by British journalists about the future of the monarchy in Australia, and there was debate about playing God Save the Queen during the opening of the Commonwealth Games.

Then a strange story a few decades later came to start the rumor that the little King John was not dead.

Then in 1306, 30 Ethiopian ambassadors from Emperor Wedem Arad came to Europe, and Prester John was mentioned as the patriarch of their church in a record of their visit.

Then radio stations carried announcements inviting people to take part in ' a John Hughes movie '.