2013 Event A plan to improve the technical functionality of U.S. stock exchanges in announced following the NASDAQ halt in trading in August, 2013 2013 Event The U.S. issues a global travel alert, claiming Al Qaeda and terrorist organizations may be planning an attack between now and the end of August 2013 Event The U.S. postal service announces that after August 5, 2013, it will no longer deliver first-class mail on Saturdays 2012 Event Egypt's state news organization states that their President, Mohammed Morsi is going to Iran at the end of August to attend the Non-Aligned Movement meeting 2012 Event U.S. Presidential candidate Ron Paul announces he will end his campaign, but that he will still try to obtain delegates before the Republican National Convention in August 2011 Event Australia's unemployment rate for August 2011 has risen to 5.3% 2010 Event A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 2010 Event The U.S. unemployment rate for August 2010 rises to 9.6% 2010 Event NATO airstrikes on August 5 resulted in the deaths of at least 32 Afghan civilians 1992 Death Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1991 Event British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1991 Death August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92 1989 Event August A Busch III becomes CEO of St. Louis Cardinals 1988 Event August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston 1987 Event August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama 1987 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences" 1987 Event August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in New York City 1986 Death August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90 1984 Event August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City 1984 Death August "Guus" Oster, actor and director (Carrie), dies at 68 1983 Event August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups 1983 Event NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1983 Death August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 1982 Event 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1979 Death August Maes, Flemish actor and director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85 1974 Event Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975 1970 Death Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 1969 Event Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1968 Birthday Gianna Amore, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, playmate, August, 1989 1967 Birthday Sharry Konopski, Longview Wash, playmate, August, 1987 1966 Death August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi-suite), dies at 71 1965 Event Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August 1964 Death August Sander, German Photographer 1964 Birthday Cher Butler, born in Garland, Texas, playmate August, 1985 1963 Birthday Don August, born in Inglewood, California, Donald Glenn August, baseball player, pitcher, batted right-handed, pitched right-handed, played for Milwaukee Brewers 1988 - 1991, related to Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali 1963 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August) 1961 Birthday Suzi Schott, born in Springfield, Illinois, playmate, August, 1984 1961 Death August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67 1960 Death August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69 1960 Birthday Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate, August, 1979, Galixina 1958 Birthday Carina Persson, born in Stockholm, Sweden, playmate, August, 1983 1957 Birthday Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August 1955 Birthday Julia Lyndon, born in Buffalo, New York, playmate, August, 1977 1954 Event Indians beat Yankees 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's) 1954 Event 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win 1953 Event August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million 1952 Death August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58 1950 Birthday Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1948 Birthday Bille August, director, Best Intentions, Twist and Shout 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1946 Death Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Death August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 1945 Birthday August Wilson, U.S., playwright, Fences, Pulitzer 1987 1941 Death Johann Christian August Sinding, composer, dies at 85 1938 Death August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84 1937 Death August de Boeck, composer, dies at 72 1937 Event Det's rookie Rudy York sets record for home runs of 18 home runs in August 1937 Birthday August Busch III, CEO, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis Cardinals 1937 Death John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72 1936 Birthday August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator 1935 Death August Reusner, composer, dies at 64 1935 Birthday Judith Rossner, U.S., writer, August 1932 Event William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August" 1931 Death Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 1931 Birthday Eileen Diss, theatrical designer, August, Secret Places, Betrayal 1929 Death August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59 1927 Death Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies 1927 Death August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88 1926 Death August Sauer, Austria literature historian, dies at 70 1924 Death August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62 1922 Death George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 1919 Death Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77 1918 Birthday Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje 1915 Birthday Guus [August] Oster, Dutch actor and director, Carre 1915 Death August Stramm, writer, dies at 41 1914 Birthday Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic 1914 Death Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1913 Death F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies 1913 Death August Bebel, German Politician 1912 Death August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83 1912 Death August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 1912 Birthday Barbara Tuchman, U.S., historian/author, Pulitzer, Guns of August 1909 Event August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm 1909 Birthday August William Derleth, Sauk City Wisconsin, writer, Judge Peck Mysteries 1908 Event August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten," premieres in Stockholm 1907 Death August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1903 Birthday Karl August Andersen, composer 1903 Death August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70 1903 Birthday August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 1903 Death August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77 1902 Death August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54 1899 Birthday [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Australia/British economist, Road to Serfdom 1899 Birthday Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist 1898 Birthday August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder, CVP 1895 Birthday August De Boodt, Belgian politician 1895 Birthday August Baeyens, Flemish composer, Coriolanus 1894 Death August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54 1893 Birthday August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director, Uninhabited Island 1893 Birthday August Balthazar, Belgian politician 1893 Birthday August Maes, Flemish actor and director, Shylock-Hamlet 1891 Birthday August Gailit, Estonia, writer, Ekke Moor 1889 Birthday August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist 1889 Event August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen 1889 Event August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen 1887 Death August F Pott, German philological (That Personennamen), dies 1887 Death August W. Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47 1886 Death Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 1883 Event August Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres 1883 Death August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76 1883 Death August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 1883 Birthday Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, Sulamith 1881 Death August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 1880 Death Karl August Krebs, composer, dies at 76 1879 Death Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 1878 Death Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1876 Birthday August Sander, German Photographer 1876 Death August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 1876 Death August Rockel, composer, dies at 61 1876 Death Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43 1874 Birthday Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress, Dumb August, wife of Henri Dons 1874 Birthday Schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist, Nobel-1920 1874 Birthday August Stramm, writer 1873 Death August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 1871 Birthday August Reusner, composer 1869 Birthday August Otto Halm, composer 1867 Birthday August W. Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist 1865 Birthday August de Boeck, composer 1864 Birthday John Felix August Korling, composer 1862 Birthday August Cuppens, Flemish author/pastor 1861 Death Heinrich August Marschner, composer, dies at 66 1861 Death Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67 1859 Birthday Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist, Nobel 1903 1859 Birthday Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland 1856 Birthday Christian August Sinding, Kongsberg Norway, composer 1855 Birthday August Sauer, Austria literature historian, Euphorion 1855 Death August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 1854 Birthday August T C Kiehl, Dutch actor, Pearl of Zaandam 1853 Birthday August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1853 Death August Kopisch, German writer (Mauseturm), dies at 53 1852 Death August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69 1851 Death Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80 1849 Birthday Jacob August Riis, Danish Journalist 1849 Birthday August Strindberg, Sweden, dramatist and novelist, 'Apologia' 1847 Birthday August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer 1845 Death Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer, dies at 78 1845 Death August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77 1845 Death August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet 1845 Death August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 1844 Death August Ferdinand Haeser, composer, dies at 45 1843 Birthday George August Lumbye, composer 1842 Birthday Sven August Korling, composer 1840 Birthday F August Bebel, German social-democrat 1840 Birthday August Bebel, German Politician 1839 Death Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 1839 Birthday August A Kundt, German physicist, sound vibration, test of Kundt 1839 Birthday August W. Eichler, German botanist 1838 Birthday August Senoa, Croatian author, Zlatarevo zlato 1838 Birthday August Allebe, Dutch painter/lithographer 1835 Death August vs. Platen, writer, dies at 39 1833 Death Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 1832 Birthday August Labitzky, composer 1832 Birthday Johan August Soderman, composer 1831 Death August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70 1829 Birthday August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring 1829 Birthday August Beernaert, Belgian premier, 1884-94, Nobel-1909 1828 Birthday August Valentine Kautz, Major General Union Army 1825 Birthday August Reissmann, composer 1824 Birthday Per August Olander, composer 1822 Birthday Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr, Brigadier General, Union 1822 Birthday August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter 1821 Birthday August Conradi, composer 1819 Death August vs. Kotzebue, writer, dies 1816 Birthday August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music 1814 Birthday August Rockel, composer 1813 Death Friedrich August Baumbach, composer, dies at 60 1813 Death August Harder, composer, dies at 38 1811 Death August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 1811 Death August Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75 1810 Birthday August Willich, Major General Union volunteers 1807 Death August G Meissner, German estheticus/literary, dies at 53 1806 Birthday August Friedrich Pott, composer 1804 Birthday Karl August Krebs, composer 1803 Birthday August Freyer, composer 1802 Birthday August F Pott, German philologist, Etymology Forschungen 1799 Birthday August Ferdinand Haeser, composer 1799 Birthday August Kopisch, German writer, Die Heinzelmannchen von Koln 1797 Birthday Friedrich August Kummer, composer 1796 Birthday August vs. Platen, writer 1796 Birthday August Pauly, German classicus, Real Encyclopedia 1795 Birthday Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age 1795 Birthday Heinrich August Marschner, composer 1794 Event Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) 1793 Birthday Heinrich August Neithardt, composer 1792 Death Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies 1790 Death Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 1790 Birthday August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician, inventor, Mobius strip 1786 Death August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies 1785 Death Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 1783 Birthday August Alexander Klengel, composer 1780 Birthday August L Crelle, German inventor/mathematician, 1st Prussian Railway 1778 Birthday Friedrich August Kanne, composer 1775 Birthday August Harder, composer 1771 Birthday Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover, 1837-51 1770 Birthday Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer 1767 Birthday Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer 1767 Birthday August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German Poet 1767 Birthday August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic 1766 Death August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 1765 Death William August duke of Cumberland, English supreme commander, dies at 44 1763 Death Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 1763 Death August III, king of Poland, dies at 66 1760 Birthday August W. A. Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal 1760 Death George II (August), king of Great Britain (1727-60), dies at 76 1753 Birthday August G Meissner, German author 1753 Birthday Friedrich August Baumbach, composer 1752 Birthday Ludwig August Lebrun, composer 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland 1743 Birthday August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist 1735 Birthday August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier 1735 Birthday August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer 1733 Death August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 1732 Birthday Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Poland, 1764-95 1721 Birthday William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader 1716 Event Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1714 Birthday Gottfried August Homilius, composer 1707 Birthday Carl August Thielo, composer 1706 Event Treaty of Altranstadt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen 1704 Birthday August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America 1697 Event Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king 1697 Event Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic 1696 Birthday August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen 1694 Event Frederik August I "the Strong" becomes monarch of Saksen 1692 Event Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king 1688 Birthday Christian August Jacobi, composer 1683 Birthday George II [August], King of Great Britain, 1727-60 1670 Birthday August II, the Strong One, King of Poland, 355 children 1645 Birthday August Kuhnel, composer 1572 Death Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51 1572 Death August I [Sigismund II August], king of Poland (1548-72), dies at 42 1561 Event Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland 476 Event West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
