Month August 2010 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

• August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
  
  August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 2010

• Day of Week 3rd » 2010 Karachi riots or Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (United States dollar known as US$200 million) in damage.
• Day of Week 5th » The 2010 Copiapó mining accident Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately convert 2,300 ft m abbr=on below the ground.
• 5th » Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team 2010 Badakhshan massacre known as are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
• Day of Week 8th » 2010 China floods: 2010 Gansu mudslide known as A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
• Day of Week 13th » The MV Sun Sea incident e.g MV 'Sun Sea' docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamil people named Sri Lankan Tamils.
• Day of Week 14th » The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.
• Day of Week 19th » Iraq War known as Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
• Day of Week 23rd » Manila hostage crisis, in which eight hostages were killed.
• Day of Week 24th » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are 2010 San Fernando massacre called killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Famous Deaths for August 2010

• 1st » Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1919)
• 1st » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
• 3rd » Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 7th » Roberto Cantoral, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
• 7th » John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
• 8th » Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
• 9th » Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (The Legendary Blues Band) (b. 1926)
• 9th » Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)
• 10th » Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
• 10th » Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
• 10th » David L. Wolper, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 11th » Bruno Schleinstein, German actor (b. 1932)
• 12th » Isaac Bonewits, American author and activist, founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949)
• 12th » Guido de Marco, Maltese politician, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)
• 12th » Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man) (b. 1946)
• 12th » André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
• 13th » Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
• 13th » Lance Cade, American wrestler (b. 1981)
• 13th » Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 14th » Rallis Kopsidis, Greek painter (b. 1929)
• 14th » Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 14th » Tahar Ouettar, Algerian author (b. 1936)
• 15th » Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 16th » Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)
• 16th » Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 17th » Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
• 18th » Hal Connolly, American hammer thrower (b. 1931)
• 18th » Scott Davis (announcer) called Scott Davis, American sportscaster (b. 1943)
• 18th » Benjamin Kaplan, American jurist and scholar (b. 1911)
• 19th » Skandor Akbar, American wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
• 20th » Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (b. 1937)
• 22nd » Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 24th » Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 25th » Esther Earl, American blogger and activist (b. 1994)
• 26th » Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918)
• 27th » Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)
• 27th » Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
• 28th » William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
• 31st » Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960)

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