August 2009 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 2009 Two people were killed in a shooting attack on the Tel-Aviv Gay and Lesbian Association building, Israel.
• 02 Aug 2009 After an outdoor stage collapsed at the Big Valley Jamboree country festival in Alberta, Canada, one person was killed and 75 were injured.
• 03 Aug 2009 Bolivia is the first country in South America's history to recognize the rights of its indigenous people to self-government.
• 04 Aug 2009 Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader, pardons two American journalists who were imprisoned and arrested for illegal entry earlier this year. This was after Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, met with Kim.
• 05 Aug 2009 Opening of the 40th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting in Cairns (Australia)
• 06 Aug 2009 Rosa Gumataotao Rios swears in as the 43rd US Treasurer.
• 07 Aug 2009 The leaders of three South African opposition parties urge President Jacob Zuma to withdraw his statement on the nomination of Sandile Ngcobo to replace outgoing Chief Justice Pius Langa, calling it ampquotunconstitutionalampquot.
• 08 Aug 2009 Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan and nearly the entire southern region is inundated by record-breaking rains.
• 09 Aug 2009 South African opposition parties demand that President Jacob Zuma withdraw Sandile Ngcobo's appointment as Chief Justice, because he did not consult the opposition or Judicial Service Committee.
• 10 Aug 2009 In the worst mining accident in Slovakia's history, twenty people are killed in Handlova in Trencin Region.
• 11 Aug 2009 Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F Kennedy, and founder of Special Olympics, has died at age 88 in Massachusetts.
• 12 Aug 2009 Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President, and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, sign agreements to expand trade between their countries at a Caracas meeting.
• 13 Aug 2009 Les Paul, a country and jazz musician and electric guitar innovator, has died at the age of just 94 due to complications from pneumonia in New York, USA. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame 1978, and the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame 1988.
• 14 Aug 2009 Pakistan launches its first international freight train service between Islamabad and Istanbul.
• 15 Aug 2009 Hamas police claim that they have shot and killed Abdel-Latif Moussa, the head of Jund Ansar Allah Islamic Group, in a shootout.
• 16 Aug 2009 At 14:38 local, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes near Siberut Island in Sumatra, Indonesia. It causes at least seven injuries.
• 17 Aug 2009 Reader's Digest Association of New York announced it would file Chapter 11 bankruptcy for U.S.-based businesses in a plan to reduce debt by 75 percent.
• 18 Aug 2009 Robert Novak, a veteran columnist for the US newspaper, has died at age 78 following a long battle with brain cancer.
• 19 Aug 2009 Baghdad, Iraq: A string of bombings kills 101 people and injures 565 more.
• 20 Aug 2009 The 2009 James Polk Presidential Dollar is now in circulation by the US Mint
• 21 Aug 2009 Argentina's association football champion kicks off after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner places it on the state payroll in order to avoid a financial crisis.
• 22 Aug 2009 Cardinal Sean Brady, Archbishop and Primate in All Ireland, has criticised Ireland's Civil Partnership Bill which grants statutory partnership rights for same-sex couples.
• 23 Aug 2009 Tens of thousands of people from the Baltic countries mark the 20th anniversary of the "Baltic Way", when two million people joined a human chain to protest against Soviet Union control. (Aljazeera), (Guardian), (Baltic Times).
• 24 Aug 2009 The US government has ended its month-long "cash-for-clunkers" program. It spent $2.9 billion on rebates for 690,000 low efficiency vehicles. Top trade-in was the Ford Explorer four-wheel drive; Toyota Corolla was top new purchase.
• 25 Aug 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke to his second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
• 26 Aug 2009 U.S. U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts, is the last Kennedy brother to die at age 77 after beating brain cancer.
• 27 Aug 2009 Michael Perham, a 17-year-old English youth, is the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo by sailboat. He broke the previous record by two month.
• 28 Aug 2009 In his Jeddah office, Prince Muhammad bin Nayef was lightly wounded by a suicide bomber.
• 29 Aug 2009 Chandrayaan-1 loses touch with ground control
• 30 Aug 2009 Japanese voters vote.
• 31 Aug 2009 Florida Governor Charlie Crist signs a Gambling Pact with the Seminole Tribe, which lasts 20 years. It stipulates payment of US$12.5 Million per month for the first thirty months to allow them to operate legal slots machines and blackjack in their seven casinos.

Famous Birthday

• Isaiah Hasselbeck

  American child born to noted parents, television show host Elizabeth Hasselbeck and football player Tim Hasselbeck.

• Chanelle Standifer

  Reality Star.

• Clara Lukasiak

  Reality Star.

Famous Deaths

• Corazon Aquino

  Filipino aristocracy, from a wealthy family background.

• Les Paul

  American musician, a jazz guitarist and electric guitar's designer.

• Adam Goldstein

  American keyboard player DJ and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM) (d. 2009).

• Dominick Dunne

  American writer who had a late start, age 40 when he began his literary career.

• Robert Novak

  American journalist and commentator (Born 1931).

• Mike Seeger

  American folk musician (Born 1933).

• Klaus-Peter Hanisch

  German footballer (Born 1952).

• Erano Manalo

  Filipino religious figure (Born 1925).

• Elmer Kelton

  American journalist and writer, known particularly for his Western novels.

• Wayne Tippit

  American television and stage character actor, best known to television audiences for playing Ted Adamson on the 1970s and 1980s CBS soap...

• Riccardo Cassin

  Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009).

• Sergey Mikhalkov

  Russian author and playwright (d. 2009).

• Blake Snyder

  American screenwriter (Born 1957).

• Willy DeVille

  American singer and songwriter (Born 1950).

• Rex Shelley

  Singaporean engineer and author (d. 2009).

• Kim Dae-jung

  South Korean lieutenant and politician 8th President of South Korea Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009).

• Don Hewitt

  television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes (Born 1922).

• Budd Schulberg

  American author screenwriter and producer (d. 2009).

• Larry Knechtel

  American bass player and pianist (Bread and The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2009).

• W S Rendra

  Indonesian poet and playwright (Born 1935).

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