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- Aug 1 Fitch downgrades credit rating for the U.S. government from AAA to AA+, citing an “erosion of governance" [1]
Trump Indicted for Election Conspiracy
Aug 1 Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the country and prevent the peaceful transfer of power by special counsel Jack Smith [1]
45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump
- Aug 1 South America experiences a winter heatwave, with Vicuña in Chilean Andres reaching 100 degrees F, the warmest day in northern Chile for 72 years [1]
- Aug 2 Beijing records its heaviest rainfall in 140 years registering 744.8 millimeters (29.3 inches) 29th July-2nd Aug as Typhoon Doksuri passes through [1]
- Aug 2 Fossils from Ica desert, Peru, may be the heaviest creature that ever lived (beating the Blue Whale), named Perucetus colossus heavier bones mean it could have weighed 85 to 340 tonnes [1]
- Aug 3 Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard's musical "Back to the Future: The Musical", based on the 1985 Robert Zemeckis film, and starring Roger Bart and Casey Likes, opens at Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
- Aug 3 Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to criminal conspiracy charges aimed at subverting the 2020 presidential election at an arraignment in Washington D.C. [1]
- Aug 3 Forty-one migrants form Ivory Coast and Guinea drown and just four survive after their boat capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa [1]
First WNBA Player to Reach 10,000 Points
Aug 3 Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream at Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Basketball Player Diana Taurasi
Lizzo Denies Allegations
Aug 3 Singer Lizzo denies allegations made in a lawsuit by three of her former dancers of creating a hostile work environment [1]
Rapper Lizzo
- Aug 4 Mudslide in Chinese city of Xi’an kills at least 21 people, in the wake of Typhoon Khanun [1]
- Aug 5 Slovenia facing "biggest natural disaster in its history" according to PM Robert Golob after record rainfall and flooding affects two-thirds of the country, and kills three [1]
- Aug 5 Waterfront brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, begun when black riverboat captain attacked by white boaters reaches national attention, raising issues about racial solidarity [1]
Barbie Passes $1 Billion
Aug 6 "Barbie" film passes $1 billion at the global box office - its director Greta Gerwig is the first solo female filmmaker to do so [1]
Actress and Film Director Greta Gerwig
Imran Khan Convicted
Aug 6 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is convicted of illegally selling state gifts and sentenced to three years [1]
Cricketer and Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan
- Aug 6 Train derailment in Nawabshah, Sindh province, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people with more than 60 injured [1]
Tory Lanez Sentenced
Aug 8 Canadian rapper Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot several times during an argument [1]
Rapper and Singer-Songwriter Megan Thee Stallion
- Aug 8 Colombian drug dealer Dairo Antonio Úsuga (Otoniel) named 'the most dangerous drug trafficker in the world' sentenced to 45 years in prison in the US [1]
- Aug 8 Storm Hans brings widespread destruction to Scandinavia with Norway warning of its highest rainfall for 25 years [1]
- Aug 9 Ecuador opposition presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito [1]
- Aug 9 MLB Phillies pitcher Michael Lorenzen throws a no-hitter in his first career complete game, a 7-0 win over Washington Nationals, and outfielder Weston Wilson makes his MLB debut, hitting a home run in his first at bat, at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia
Biden Bans Tech Investments in China
Aug 9 US President Joe Biden bans American investments in key technology industries, that could be used to enhance Chinese military capabilities [1]
46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden
- Aug 9 Wildfires on Hawaiian Island of Maui kill at least 97 and destroy historic town of Lahaina
- Aug 10 17 Rohingya refugees drown and 30 remain missing after a boat capsizes in the Bay of Bengal, bound for Malaysia [1]
- Aug 10 24-hour approval granted to two rival robotaxi services in San Francisco - Cruise (General Motors) and Waymo (Google) [1]
- Aug 10 Russia launches its first lunar mission in 47 years (Lunar 25) - an uncrewed spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole from Vostochny Cosmodrome [1]
- Aug 10 Virgin Galactic flies its first space tourists to the edge of space from Spaceport America, New Mexico [1]
Sports History
Aug 12 Ai Mori wins a gold medal in lead climbing at the IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland
Rock Climber Ai Mori
- Aug 13 British Open Women's Golf, Walton Heath GC: American Lilia Vu wins her second major title of the year with a 6 stroke win from local favourite Charley Hull
- Aug 13 Suspected air strike on Finote Selam in Ethiopia's Amhara region kills at least 26 people as government forces fight Fante paramilitary force [1]
- Aug 14 Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn 2020 election in Georgia [1]
- Aug 14 July 2023 was the warmest month in 174 years "by a long shot" according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 2.02 degrees F above 20th century average [1]
- Aug 15 Young activists win landmark case, Held v. Montana, judge ruling state of Montana must consider climate change when deciding to approve or renew fossil fuel projects [1]
- Aug 16 British Museum reveals a staff member has been sacked for stealing about 2,000 objects including jewellery and semi-precious stones [1]
- Aug 16 Canada's North West territory declares a state of emergency due to wildfires and orders an evacuation of the city of Yellowknife, affecting 22,000 people [1]
- Aug 16 Longest survival of a pig's kidney transplant - survives a month (so far) in body of a brain dead man in research at NYU Langone Health [1]
- Aug 16 Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,300 years old mummy, had dark skin, dark eyes and was descended from early Anatolian farmers in results from updated DNA study [1]
- Aug 17 First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit begins in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India [1]
- Aug 17 US 30-year fixed mortgage rate rises above 7% for the first time in 21 years [1]
- Aug 18 Canadian province of British Columbia declares state of emergency as two major wildfires combine near Adams Lake, forcing the evacuation of 30,000 people [1]
- Aug 18 English neonatal nurse Lucy Letby found guilty of the murder of seven babies and attempted murder of six more, between June 2015 and June 2016, at a Manchester court [1]
- Aug 19 MLB Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner hits two solo home runs in same inning in 12-3 win over the Nationals in Washington
- Aug 20 Ecuador votes, in a referendum, against drilling for oil in Yasuni National Park, a world biosphere reserve inhabited by indigenous groups in the Amazon [1]
- Aug 20 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Stadium Australia, Sydney: Spanish captain Olga Carmona scores the only goal of the game as La Furia Roja score a 1-0 win over England
- Aug 20 Guatemala presidential elections won by anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres [1]
- Aug 20 Russia's Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon according to Roscosmos, the country's space agency [1]
- Aug 20 Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall on Mexico's Baja peninsula, the first tropical storm to hit the region for 84 years [1]
- Aug 21 Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario in Nintendo's video games, retires after 27 years [1]
- Aug 21 Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants, shooting them as they tried to cross into the country from Yemen in report by Human Rights Watch [1]
Sports History
Aug 21 Thierry Henry is named as the new manager of the France national under-21 team
Footballer and Manager Thierry Henry
- Aug 22 Eight people dramatically rescued from a cable car after 14 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest Pakistan [1]
- Aug 22 Thailand's parliament picks real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as Prime Minister after a three-month delay [1]
- Aug 23 At least 26 people killed after a railway bridge under construction collapses near Indian town of Sairang, Mizoram state [1]
- Aug 23 Greek wildfires claim 20 lives, including 18 migrants try to cross the border from Turkey [1]
- Aug 23 India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission is the first to land at the Moon's southern pole successfully, and the fourth country to ever land on the Moon [1]
Wagner Group Plane Crash
Aug 23 Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, reported killed along with 9 others in a plane crash northwest of Moscow, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency
Oligarch and Mercenary Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin
- Aug 24 BRICS meeting of emerging nations in South Africa agrees to invite six new nations to join, in attempt to balance global power of the US and Europe [1]
- Aug 24 FIFA opens disciplinary case against Luis Rubiales, head of Spanish football, for kissing a player on the lips during celebrations for the Spanish women's World Cup win [1]
- Aug 24 Former US President Donald Trump surrenders at Fulton County Jail, to be arrested on charges stemming from his attempts to alter 2020 Georgia election, and gets a mug shot [1]
Chess World Cup
Aug 24 Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeats Indian teenager Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak to win his first Chess World Cup championship [1]
Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
- Aug 26 Longest alligator ever recorded in Mississippi at 14ft, 3in (4.3m), captured in Sunflower River, weighing 802.5 pounds (364 kilograms) [1]
Mnangagwa Re-Elected
Aug 26 Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa "The Crocodile" elected to a second term amid claims of vote-rigging [1]
President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa
Biles Wins 8th Championship
Aug 27 Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th US Championship in San Jose, California
Gymnast Simone Biles
- Aug 28 "Barbie" becomes Warner Bros' highest-grossing global release, overtaking "Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 2" taking $1.34 billion [1]
- Aug 29 Greek wildfire north of city of Alexandroupoli declared EU's largest ever recorded, having burnt 310 sq miles (810 sq km) and killed 20 people [1]
- Aug 29 Parasite worm, alive and wriggling, found in a woman's brain for the first time in Canberra, Australia [1]
- Aug 30 Gabon military leaders seize power in a coup, placing President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest in Libreville [1]
- Aug 30 Hurricane Idalia makes landfall as a category 3 storm in Florida's Big Bend, killing at least two people
- Aug 30 Largest bombardment of Ukrainian capital Kyiv for months by Russia leaves two dead, as Ukraine also bombards Russian territories with drones [1]
- Aug 30 More than 100 UK school buildings at risk of collapse told to close, because of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete - days before the new school year [1]
- Aug 31 At least 74 die in a fire in a office building housing migrants and vulnerable people in Johannesburg, South Africa [1]
- Aug 31 New computer model study suggests humanity was almost wiped out 900,000 years ago with just 1,280 reproducing individuals left [1]
- Aug 31 Two leaders of right wing group the Proud Boys given lengthy sentences for sedition for their assault on the US Capitol - Joseph Biggs 17 years and Zachary Rehl 15 years [1]
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