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Aug-Radisch

Aug-Radisch is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.


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21 Winners: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers

21 Winners: The Best Of Bob Marley and the Wailers is an album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, released on Aug 14, 1997 under the Madacy Entertainment record label.

3rd Tank Battalion

The two headquarters for the 27th Marines and the 7th MAB received Navy Meritorious Unit Citations for the period May 1980 - Aug 1983.

43d Air Refueling Squadron

Activated on 17 Aug 1942, the 43d Ferrying Squadron did not become operational at Accra Airport, British Gold Coast (now Ghana), Africa, until 4 December.

50th Airlift Squadron

: Attached to: 313th Tactical Airlift Group, 5 December 1980 – 12 February 1981, 5 June-14 Aug 1982, 4 October-14 Dec 1983, 2 June-14 Aug 1985, 3 August-16 Oct 1986, 5 October-16 Dec 1987, 3 December 1988 – 15 February 1989, 4 August-15 Oct 1991

514th Air Mobility Wing

514th Troop Carrier (later, 514th Operations) Group: 26 Jun 1949-1 Feb 1953; 1 Apr 1953-14 Apr 1959; 1 Aug 1992–Present

Caus Castle

On 10 Aug. 1443, at Caus Castle Sir Gruffudd Vychan pierced with a lance the heart of his master, Sir Christopher Talbot (1419–1443), son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and the champion tilter of England.

Charles Nicholas

As Charles Nicholas, Wojtkoski variously penciled and inked stories for Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, where his credits include the character The Defender in USA Comics #1 (Aug. 1941), and stories in Young Allies Comics #1 (Summer 1941), Tough Kid Squad Comics #1 (March 1942), and Comedy Comics (during 1942).

Christian Lobeck

See the article by L Friedländer in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie; Conrad Bursian's Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883); Lehrs, Populäre Aufsätze aus dem Altertum (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1875); Lüdwich, Ausgewählte Briefe von und an Chr. Aug. Lobeck und K. Lehrs (1894); also JE Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship (1st ed. 1908).

Darrin Jackson

Became the third player in Cubs history (joining Dale Long and Carmen Fanzone) to homer in consecutive pinch-hit at-bats, going deep against St. Louis' Ken Dayley Aug. 14 and Cincinnati's Tom Browning Aug. 16 ...

DC Implosion

Aquaman #63 (Aug./Sept.) — Aquaman story from #64 published in Adventure Comics #460

DC Special

With DC Specials cancellation following issue #29 (Aug./Sept. 1977), DC immediately begin publishing the umbrella one-shot title DC Special Series, which lasted until Fall 1981.

Día Mundial de Ponce

Friday (Aug 31): The “Ednita Nazario Romantic Music Festival”, featuring “Bohemia Caribeña”, a medley of over 30 musical artists interpreting musical selections, with drinks and Hors d'oeuvres, at Plaza del Mercado Isabel II.

Thursday (Aug 30, 7pm): The “Rosario Ferré Book Fair”, featuring the presentation of the book “Los Rostros Rayados”, by Dr. Fernando Picó, regarding the life in Ponce from 1800 to 1830, the years that helped turn the city into Puerto Rico's “Capital Alterna” (Alternative Capital), at Escuela de Bellas Artes de Ponce.

Dick Briefer

For Timely Comics, the precursor of Marvel Comics during the 1930s to 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books, Briefer created or co-created (writer credit unknown) the single-appearance superhero the Human Top in Red Raven #1 (Aug. 1940).

Donald G. Bloesch

Donald G. Bloesch (b. 1928, Bremen, Indiana, d. Aug. 24, 2010) was a noted American evangelical theologian.

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

Emich married on 10 Aug 1950 in Rastede to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 2 February 1928), fourth child and second daughter of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

F.H. Buckley

F.H. Buckley (born Aug. 4, 1948) is a Foundation Professor at George Mason University School of Law, where he has taught since 1989.

Firearm

Swiss Arms of Switzerland produces the SIG SG 550 assault rifle used by France, Chile, and Spain among others, and Steyr Mannlicher produces the AUG, a bullpup rifle in use in Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Saudi Arabia among other nations.

Fragment Factory

FRAG20 John Duncan / Michael Esposito / Z'EV - There Must Be A Way Across This River / The Abject LP (Aug 2011)

Francis Sabie

The British Museum copies of The Fisher-mans Tale and Flora's Fortune, which are in fine condition, were acquired from Sir Charles Isham's collection in 1894 (Times, 31 Aug. 1895; Bibliographica, iii. 418–29).

Hans Heinrich Brüning

Hans Heinrich (Enrique) Brüning (Aug. 20, 1848, Hoffeld - July 2, 1928, Bordesholm) was a German-born Peruvian ethnologist and collector of antiquities.

Harry Bliss

The May 12, 2008 edition of The New Yorker magazine published in its weekly caption-writing contest a cartoon by that closely resembled Jack Kirby's cover of Tales to Astonish #34 (Aug. 1962).

Hercules Robert Pakenham

He was promoted to a majority in the 7th West India regiment 30 Aug. 1810, remained with the Peninsular army, and was assistant adjutant-general of Picton's division up to the fall of Badajos, where he was severely wounded and received the Gold Cross for Busaco, Fuentes d'Onoro and Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badajos).

Intas Biopharmaceuticals

Erythropoietin injection, under the brand name of Erykine, for anemia due to critical illness like chemotherapy, was introduced in Aug 2005 and Interferon α2b, under the brand name of Intalfa, was launched in April 2007.

Jacqueline Schubert

Jacqueline Durano Schubert is a Filipino/German beauty pageant titleholder from Wildeshausen, Germany who won the Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism 2009 title at the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 pageant held on Aug. 9th, 2009 in Baler, Aurora representing the Filipino community of Northern Germany.

Janak Singh

Major General Janak Singh (surname Katoch) CIE, OBI, ( 7 Aug 1872- 15 Mar 1972) hailed from Village Khaira,District Kangra in the present day State of Himachal Pradesh in India.He was Army Minister and later Revenue minister in the government of Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir State.

Jim McCrary

Jim McCrary (Aug. 31, 1939 – April 29, 2012) was a photographer known for his 1970s album covers, most notably Carole King's Tapestry, The Carpenters' Ticket to Ride, and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

John Andreassen

On Aug. 10, 2013, Andreassen was awarded the King's Medal of Merit for his significance to the development of Norwegian television and TV-entertainment.

John Shebbeare

When attacked on the subject in a letter in the Public Advertiser of 10 Aug. 1774 he excused himself chiefly on the ground of debts incurred in consequence of a lawsuit against Francis Gwyn, who had been concerned with him in the publication of an edition of Clarendon's History of the Reign of Charles II.

La Trinité-sur-Mer

The 2010 European Championship Soling took place in La Trinité-sur-Mer from 28- AUG till 3 SEP.

Mike Argento

Mike Argento (b. Aug. 17, 1958) is a columnist and reporter from York, Pennsylvania.

Miss Resorts World Manila 2011

Miss Resorts World Manila 2011, is the 2nd pageant edition of Resorts World Manila held on Aug. 27, 2011 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Newport City, Metro Manila.

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball

The late opening posed little challenge for Nebraska as one week later, on Aug. 8, 2006, Kenneth 'Doc' Sadler was introduced as the 26th head coach in program history.

Pace of the Century

On Aug. 26, 1966, the largest crowd in the history of Batavia Downs — 15,118 — turned out for what was billed as The Pace of the Century. The race was won by Cardigan Bay.

Railway electrification in Malaysia

On January 26, 2010, Chief Minister of the state of Malacca, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the work on the dual-track railway was 32.81% completed and it was expected to be operational by Aug 2012.

Raymond R. Schumacher

He played in the 2 Aug 1947 College Football All-America Team vs Chicago Bears which set the record attendance (105,840) for American football.

Richard B. Handler

On Sunday Aug. 5 the company raised capital of $400 million from investors led by Jefferies.

Robert Hacomblen

He served the office of proctor in 1483, and succeeded Richard Lincoln as vicar of Prescot in Lancashire on 7 Aug. 1492.

San Manuel, Pangasinan

On September 12, 2012, gun-for-hire suspect Marcelino Cardinas Jr. (alias Jun Fabro, Barangay Botobot Norte, Balaoan, La Union) was arrested on the Case Unclosed twin murders of San Manuel’s Vice-Mayor Bonifacio Apilado (in Urdaneta City on June 20, 2007,)and Christopher Alfonso (an engineer, on Aug. 21, 2011).

Smartship Friday

It first appeared in Power Pack #1 (Aug 1984) and was created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman.

Standard Tibetan

Cassian di Macerata sent home materials which were used by the Augustine friar Aug.

The Gabe Dixon Band

The band toured the United States from Aug 2008 through Nov 2008 with native New Yorker turned Canadian resident, newcomer Justin Nozuka.

The Overloaded Ark

It is the chronicle of a six months collecting trip to the West African colony of British Cameroon - now Cameroon - (Dec 1947 - Aug 1948) - that Durrell made with the highly regarded aviculturist and ornithologist John Yealland.

Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre

Circa 1488, Dacre eloped with Elizabeth Greystoke, 6th Baroness Greystoke (10 Jul 1471-14 Aug 1516), daughter of Sir Robert de Greystoke by Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Katherine Percy.


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