August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. 682 – …

August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, ... 2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the ...

The August 1978 papal conclave, the first of the two conclaves held that year, was convoked after the death of Pope Paul VI on 6 August 1978 at Castel Gandolfo.After the cardinal electors assembled in Rome, they elected Cardinal Albino Luciani, Patriarch of Venice, as the new pope on the fourth ballot.He accepted the election and took the name of John Paul I.

August 9 is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 144 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to …

August 5 – George Duke, American keyboardist (b. 1946) August 8 – Karen Black, American actress (b. 1939) August 10. László Csatáry, Hungarian war criminal (b. 1915) Eydie Gormé, American singer (b. 1928) August 12 – Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (b. 1968) August 14. Gia Allemand, American actress (b. 1983) Allen Lanier, American ...

History. At 6:00pm SGT on 15 February 1963, Channel 5 was launched as its first pilot television service as "TV Singapura". The channel operated 1-hour and 40-minutes monochrome service on black and white during its daily test transmissions from 6:00pm to 7:40pm SGT. After the image of the state flag and the playing of the national anthem, Majulah Singapura, Minister for Culture, …

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably …

Leben. August von Goethe war das einzige unter den fünf Kindern von Christiane und Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, das das Erwachsenenalter erreichte.Er studierte 1808/09 drei Semester Rechtswissenschaft an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Dabei schloss er sich dem Corps Guestphalia (I) an. Es folgten drei weitere Semester an der Universität Jena.

In the run-up to the next Finnish parliamentary election, various organisations will carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in Finland.Results of such polls are displayed in this list. The date range for these opinion polls are from the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election, held on 14 April, to the present day.The next election will be held in or by April 2023, depending on ...

A 5 ⁄ 16 inch star (9.7mm) is a miniature gold or silver five-pointed star that is authorized by the United States Armed Forces as a ribbon device to denote subsequent awards for specific decorations of the Department of the Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A gold star indicates a second or subsequent …