Month August 2012 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, 2012

• Day of Week 11th » At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes called a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• Day of Week 12th » The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic games were held at the Olympic Stadium (London) Olympic Stadium in London.
• Day of Week 19th » A 2012 Sudan Antonov An-26 crash called plane crash kills 32 people in Sudan.
• Day of Week 20th » A 2012 Caracas prison riot called prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
• Day of Week 25th » Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
• Day of Week 29th » At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster or Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.

Famous Deaths for August 2012

• 1st » Joan Bernard, English academic (b. 1918)
• 1st » Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
• 1st » Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
• 1st » Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
• 1st » Keiko Tsushima, Japanese actress (b. 1926)
• 2nd » Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2nd » Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
• 2nd » Jimmy Jones (singer) or Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2nd » John Keegan, English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
• 2nd » Bernd Meier, German footballer (b. 1972)
• 2nd » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1926)
• 2nd » Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
• 2nd » Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (b. 1931)
• 3rd » Marc Alfos, French voice actor (b. 1956)
• 3rd » John Berry (speedway promoter) named John Berry, English-Australian businessman (b. 1944)
• 3rd » Frank Evans (baseball) or Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 3rd » Paul McCracken (economist) e.g Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (b. 1915)
• 3rd » John Pritchard (basketball) known as John Pritchard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 4th » Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 4th » Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)
• 4th » Metin Erksan, Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 4th » Con Houlihan, Irish journalist (b. 1925)
• 4th » Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
• 5th » Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 5th » Sister Boom Boom, American drag queen performer (b. 1955)
• 5th » Michel Daerden, Belgian politician (b. 1949)
• 5th » Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 5th » Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
• 5th » Kirk Urso, American soccer player (b. 1990)
• 5th » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
• 5th » Roland Charles Wagner, French author (b. 1960)
• 6th » Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
• 6th » Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
• 6th » Robert Hughes (critic) e.g Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
• 6th » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
• 6th » Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
• 6th » Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
• 7th » Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (b. 1928)
• 7th » Judith Crist, American critic and academic (b. 1922)
• 7th » Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1959)
• 7th » Anna Piaggi, Italian author (b. 1931)
• 7th » Marvin Lee Wilson, American murderer (b. 1958)
• 7th » Mayer Zald, American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)
• 7th » Dušan Zbavitel, Czech indologist and author (b. 1925)
• 8th » Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
• 8th » Hans R. Camenzind, Swiss-American engineer (b. 1934)
• 8th » Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 8th » Sancho Gracia, Spanish actor (b. 1936)
• 8th » Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
• 8th » Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 9th » Carl Davis (record producer) e.g Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934)
• 9th » Gene F. Franklin, American theorist (b. 1927)
• 9th » Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934)
• 9th » Dale Olson, American publicist (b. 1934)
• 9th » David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964)
• 9th » Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1930)
• 9th » Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 10th » James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., American admiral (b. 1918)
• 10th » Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (b. 1963)
• 10th » Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (b. 1916)
• 10th » Irving Fein, American producer and manager (b. 1911)
• 10th » William W. Momyer, American general (b. 1916)
• 10th » Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (b. 1925)
• 11th » Red Bastien, American wrestler (b. 1931)
• 11th » Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
• 11th » Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 11th » Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
• 11th » Heidi Holland, South African journalist and author (b. 1947)
• 11th » Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Indian linguist and academic (b. 1928)
• 11th » Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (b. 1944)
• 12th » Jimmy Carr (American football) named Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 12th » Prabuddha Dasgupta, Indian photographer and author (b. 1956)
• 12th » Jerry Grant, American race car driver (b. 1935)
• 12th » Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (b. 1926)
• 12th » Frank Martin (mayor) or Frank Martin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 12th » Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician
• 12th » Alf Morris, English politician and activist (b. 1928)
• 13th » Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 13th » Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 13th » Salvador Escudero, Filipino politician (b. 1942)
• 13th » Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958)
• 13th » Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
• 13th » Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
• 13th » Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 14th » Maja Bošković-Stulli, Croatian historian and academic (b. 1922)
• 14th » Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1945)
• 14th » Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (b. 1923)
• 14th » Sergey Kapitsa, English-Russian physicist and demographer (b. 1928)
• 14th » Zhou Kehua, Chinese murderer (b. 1970)
• 14th » Ron Palillo, American actor (b. 1949)
• 14th » Rosemary Rice, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 14th » Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (b. 1919)
• 15th » Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
• 15th » Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
• 15th » Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
• 15th » Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
• 15th » Harry Harrison (writer) called Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
• 15th » Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
• 15th » Ray Whitney (politician) called Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
• 16th » Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
• 16th » Larry R. Brown, American politician (b. 1943)
• 16th » T. G. Kamala Devi, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 16th » Martine Franck, Belgian photographer (b. 1938)
• 16th » Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
• 16th » William Windom (actor) named William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)
• 17th » Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
• 17th » Pál Bogár, Hungarian basketball player (b. 1927)
• 17th » Joey Kovar, American model (b. 1983)
• 17th » Lou Martin, Irish-English pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1949)
• 17th » Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
• 17th » Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
• 17th » John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 17th » Amparo Cuevas, Spanish Catholic seer (b. 1931)
• 18th » Harrison Begay, American painter (b. 1917)
• 18th » John Kovatch, American football player (b. 1920)
• 18th » Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 18th » Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 18th » Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician (b. 1958)
• 19th » Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician
• 19th » Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (b. 1921)
• 19th » Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (b. 1914)
• 19th » Maïté Nahyr, Belgian actress (b. 1947)
• 19th » Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (b. 1944)
• 19th » Edmund Skellings, American poet (b. 1932)
• 20th » Phyllis Diller, American actress (b. 1917)
• 20th » Virginia Dwyer, American actress (b. 1919)
• 20th » Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
• 20th » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
• 20th » Len Quested, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 20th » Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
• 20th » Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
• 22nd » Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
• 22nd » Larry Carp, American lawyer (b. 1926)
• 22nd » Charles Flores, Cuban-American bassist (b. 1970)
• 22nd » Paulino Matip Nhial, South Sudanese military leader and politician
• 22nd » Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
• 22nd » Martin Shikuku, Kenyan politician (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Jeffrey Stone, American actor (b. 1926)
• 22nd » András József Szennay, Hungarian clergyman (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Col Campbell, New Zealand radio and television host (b. 1933)
• 23rd » Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (b. 1964)
• 23rd » Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1942)
• 23rd » Bob Myrick, American baseball player (b. 1952)
• 23rd » Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
• 23rd » Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
• 23rd » Steve Van Buren, American football player (b. 1920)
• 24th » Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban) e.g Dadullah, Pakistani Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan or Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 24th » Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 24th » Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 24th » Claire Malis, American actress (b. 1943)
• 24th » Dale Sommers, American radio host (b. 1943)
• 24th » Maureen Toal, Irish actress (b. 1930)
• 24th » Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 25th » Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
• 25th » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 25th » Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, Croatian archeologist and museologist (b. 1944)
• 25th » Roberto González Barrera, Mexican businessman (b. 1930)
• 25th » Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (b. 1933)
• 25th » Angkarn Kalayanapong, Thai poet and painter (b. 1926)
• 25th » Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (b. 1972)
• 26th » Russ Alben, American businessman (b. 1929)
• 26th » Reginald Bartholomew, American diplomat (b. 1936)
• 26th » Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (b. 1943)
• 26th » Alix de Lannoy, Belgian mother of Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1941)
• 26th » A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (b. 1917)
• 26th » Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist (b. 1940)
• 27th » Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)
• 27th » Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
• 27th » Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• 27th » Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 27th » Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
• 27th » Aboud Rogo, Kenyan cleric (b. 1968)
• 27th » Russell Scott, American clown (b. 1921)
• 28th » Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader (b. 1937)
• 28th » Rhodes Boyson, English educator and politician (b. 1925)
• 28th » Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
• 28th » Dick McBride (poet) known as Dick McBride, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
• 28th » Saul Merin, Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 28th » Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (b. 1938)
• 29th » Valyra (horse) named Valyra, English race horse (b. 2009)
• 29th » Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)
• 29th » Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)
• 29th » Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
• 29th » Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
• 29th » Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
• 29th » Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball) called Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
• 29th » Donald Edgar Tewes, American businessman and politician (b. 1916)
• 31st » Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 31st » Joe Lewis (martial artist) e.g Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)
• 31st » Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (b. 1927)
• 31st » Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 31st » John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (b. 1931)
• 31st » Sergey Sokolov (commander) e.g Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) known as Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (b. 1911)

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