In August 1940, 11-year-old Beatrix Thompson is among a shipload of youthful British refugees whose parents have sent them to safety in New England.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/books/review/new-historical-fiction-novels.html

In August 1950, Mr Mahajan headed a Bench of the Supreme Court of Hyderabad to dispose of a number of cases pending before the privy council which stood transferred to the Supreme Court.

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/tribute-to-a-legal-luminary-3/

In August 1963, the area was drenched by historic rainstorms, with 22 million people affected by flooding that killed 5,030 people and forced millions from their homes.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/why-are-china-floods-so-severe-hai-river-basis-urbanisation-3687701?cid=cna_flip_070214

In August 1974, Arizona’s conservative icon U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater led fellow Republicans to the White House to affirm their law-and-order beliefs by telling President Richard Nixon he faced certain impeachment and conviction.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/29/opinion/opinion-contributor/trump-mugshot-republican-primary-debate-america-decline/

In August 1978, a 28-year-old Diana Nyad tried and failed to become the first woman to swim from Havana to Key West, a media spectacle the movie relives in its opening scenes using archival news footage.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/nyad-review-netflix

In August 1998, she had tied the knot with Alonso Guerrero Perez, a writer and high school literature teacher in a civil ceremony after ten years together.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12460501/The-COMMONER-denominator-princes-princesses-queen-two-proving-monarchies-change-times.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In August 2006, they took out a $30,000 loan.

Source: https://talamua.com/2023/03/29/court-orders-anz-bank-to-pay-600000-to-sogi-couple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-orders-anz-bank-to-pay-600000-to-sogi-couple

In August 2008, Russia – then under the leadership of Dmitry Medvedev – invaded Georgia and occupied the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/why-ukraine-is-wary-of-the-russian-opposition/

In August 2013, Sithe Global announced that it was pulling out of the project, which it said was too large to continue without national consensus and had cited the lack of consensus in Parliament.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/amaila-falls-project-proposals-govt-increases-maximum-joint-venture-partners-to-4-instead-of-3/

In August 2013, two of Atwater’s neighbors, one an 85-year-old woman who had seen the CNN documentary, asked him if he had ever considered medical marijuana.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/7/27/23643379/parents-legalize-cbd-cannabis-marijuana-help-epileptic-children-utah

In August 2014, Stainiger’s mother, Jean, was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer, requiring multiple transfusions.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/436653/usu-students-dedication-leads-mission-critical-lifesaving-blood-drives

In August 2014, the US Navy announced that it had integrated the X-47B into carrier operations alongside manned aircraft, and by May 2015 the aircraft’s primary test program was declared complete.

Source: https://www.aerotechnews.com/blog/2023/02/04/on-this-date-148/

In August 2015, Diddy allegedly picked up her friend 'like a child' and dangled her over a 17th-floor balcony while intoxicated at Cassie's surprise dinner for her 29th birthday.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12764501/Diddy-SETTLES-lawsuit-singer-Cassie-just-one-day-filed-lawsuit-accusing-raping-forcing-sex-male-prostitutes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In August 2016, Google plans to lower the rankings of pages “where content is not easily accessible to a user on the transition from the mobile search results” – and that crackdown would begin on Jan.

Source: https://searchengineland.com/search-marketing-history-january-11-391222

In August 2017, the bodies of the two teenagers were found in different areas — Arnaiz at a funeral in Caloocan City, and de Guzman, in a creek in Nueva Ecija.

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1743369/conviction-of-arnaiz-kulot-killers-only-2nd-win-shows-need-for-icc-probe-bayan-muna

In August 2018, a group of women activists who first congregated through a WhatsApp group began holding meetings at their respective homes to discuss the need to work together to mobilize for women's rights.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202304140033.html

In August 2018, Ms. Broadhead took her sons to a mentoring event hosted by John Burris, the civil rights lawyer.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/style/tracey-broadhead-darin-white-wedding.html

In August 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new draft of the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s paragraph regarding capital punishment.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/oklahoma-bill-expanding-religious-freedom-to-government-contracts-heads-to-governor-s-desk

In August 2018, UMR began accepting claims for some urine tests if they were done in an emergency room or urgent care center, according to the complaint.

Source: https://medcitynews.com/2023/08/unitedhealth-insurance-claims-denails-lawsuit/

In August 2019, a notice was published in the Cayman Islands Gazette under the Roads Act on the recommendation of the National Roads Authority to create a new public road at West Bay North West, Block 4B, Boundary Plan 626.

Source: https://caymannewsservice.com/2023/04/acquisition-lacked-transparency-in-road-dispute/