Events in History
- Aug 1 Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office
- Aug 1 An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia
- Aug 1 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
- Aug 3 The Real IRA detonate a car bomb in Ealing, London, injuring 7 people
Event of Interest
Aug 3 US President George W. Bush signs into law the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) Extension Act of 2001
- Aug 9 US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
Event of Interest
Aug 10 US and UK reject a proposal by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to permit the Iraqi government to use $1 billion per year to fund infrastructure improvements and to increase oil production capacity
- Aug 21 NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Aug 21 The Red Cross announces that a famine is striking Tajikistan, and calls for international financial aid for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
- Aug 24 Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
- Aug 24 Microsoft releases to manufacturing software for Windows XP
Weddings in History
- Aug 25 Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (28), eldest son of King Harald V weds commoner Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby (28) at Oslo Cathedral in Norway
Deaths in History
- Aug 2 Edward Gardner, British barrister and Conservative Party politician (British Nationality Act 1981), dies at 89
- Aug 5 Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
- Aug 6 Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval), dies at 88
- Aug 6 Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (b. 1911)
- Aug 13 Jimmy Knapp, British trade unionist (National Union of Railwaymen), dies at 60
- Aug 14 Earl Anthony, American professional bowler (PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3), dies at 63
- Aug 16 Floyd Spence, American attorney and politician (Rep-R-SC, 1971-2001), dies at 73
- Aug 18 David Peakall, British scientist (b. 1931)
- Aug 19 Donald Woods, South African journalist, anti-apartheid activist and author (Biko, Asking for Trouble), dies at 67
- Aug 20 Fred Hoyle, English astronomer (Steady State Theory, coined phrase 'Big Bang') and sci-fi writer, dies at 86
- Aug 23 Peter Maas, American novelist (b. 1929)
- Aug 25 Madge Adam, English solar astronomer (1st solar physicist at Oxford university's observatory), dies at 89
- Aug 26 Louis Muhlstock, Canadian painter, dies at 97
- Aug 27 Abu Ali Mustafa, leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (assassinated) (b. 1938)
- Aug 27 Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (b. 1936)
- Aug 30 Govan Mbeki, South African leader (Head of the ANC, imprisoned with Mandela, father of Thabo Mbeki), dies at 91
- Aug 30 Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, dies at 94
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