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Today in the World Countries
- August Thursday is being celebrated in Anguilla
- International Biodiesel Day is being celebrated in International
- National Day is being celebrated in Ecuador
Today in Astrology
- People born on this day are Leo as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- Former US President Donald Trump invokes the fifth amendment against self-incrimination at a disposition into his organization's business by NY attorney's office.
- DEATHS
- Abdul Wadud {Ronald DeVaughn], American jazz, avant-garde, and classical cellist (Camille; By Myself), who died at 75.
- Vesa-Matti Loiri, Movie Actor.
- Yi-Fu Tuan, Teacher.
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- Forest fires kill 65 people, including 25 soldiers, in Algeria in the Kabylie region during heatwave conditions.
- Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo resigns amid a sexual harassment scandal.
- " I am Legend" screenwriter Akiva Goldsman tweets "It's a movie. I made that up. It's. Not. Real." amid rumors COVID-19 pandemic vaccines could turn people into zombies, as in the film.
- DEATHS
- Tony Esposito, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (6 x NHL All Star; Vezina Trophy 1970,72,74; Chicago Blackhawks), who died from pancreatic cancer at 78.
- Tony Esposito, Hockey Player.
- TV SERIES
- Fantasy Island: Season 1 is released.
Guests' fantasies come true at a luxury resort run by Elena Roarke (Roselyn Sanchez) with help from Ruby Okoro (Kiara Barnes), and pilot Javier (John Gabriel Rodriquez) in this new version of the 1970s series of the same name.
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- Global COVID-19 pandemic cases pass 20 million and is accelerating,1st 10 million took almost 6 months,2nd 10 million took just 43 days (Reuters).
- Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai is the most high-profile figure arrested in Hong Kong under its new security laws.
- Rare wind storm (derecho) hits the US Midwest flattening cornfields, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity, killing two people.
- Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announces his government is resigning, less than a week after massive industrial explosions devastated Beirut.
- DEATHS
- Lorna Beal (née Larter), Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests; 16 dismissals), who died at 96.
- Vladimir Popovic, Serbian soccer midfielder (20 caps, Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Intercontinental Cup, Red Star Belgrade 1991), who died at 85.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- Monsoon flooding in southern and western India kills at least 150 with 40 dead in Kerala state and 100,000 in emergency relief camps.
- 71 people die trying to siphon gas from an overturned tanker that explodes in Morogoro region, Tanzania.
- Rebel forces for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council take control of the key port of Aden in Yemen's civil war.
- Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang province, China, killing at least 32 with one million evacuated.
- Financier Jeffrey Epstein found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in New York, while awaiting trail for sex trafficking charges.
- DEATHS
- Piero Tosi, Fashion Designer.
On this day in 2018
- EVENTS
- Omarosa Manigault Newman, former aide to US President Donald Trump, releases taped recordings of her firing from The White House.
- Landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer.
- Turkish lira falls dramatically after US President Donald Trump announces tariff increases on Turkish steel and aluminum.
- Anti-government protests begin in Bucharest, Romania, with over 400 injured in clashes with police.
- Evidence of one million Uighurs being held in "counter-extremism centers" in China presented to UN Committee on Human Rights.
- US ground crew member steals an Alaskan Air plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, flies for over an hour chased by military jets before fatally crashing on Ketron Island.
- BIRTHS
- Eliza Adalynn Moore, TikTok Star, born in Columbus, OH.
- Hey Eliza, TikTok Star, born in Columbus, OH.
- ALBUMS
- Move Through the Dawn was released by The Coral.
The ninth full-length studio release for the British indie rock band was produced with Rich Turvey. - Nearer My God was released by Foxing.
The third full-length release for the St. Louis indie rock band was produced by Matt Bayles. - Queen was released by Nicki Minaj.
The fourth full-length release for the rapper features guest appearances from Eminem, Foxy Brown, Future, Ariana Grande, Labrinth, Lil Wayne, Swae Lee, and The Weeknd. - Coup de Grace was released by Miles Kane.
The third full-length solo release for the former frontman of The Rascals features songs co-written with fellow The Last Shadow Puppets member Zach Dawes, Jamie T, Lana Del Raye, and Mini Mansions' Tyler Parkford. - Devotion was released by Tirzah.
The debut full-length release for the British alternative R&B artist was written/produced with Mica Levi. - At Weddings was released by Tomberlin.
The debut full-length release for Kentucky-based singer-songwriter Sarah Beth Tomberlin was produced and mixed by Owen Pallett. - Future Me Hates Me was released by The Beths.
The debut full-length release for the indie pop/rock quartet formed at the University of Auckland was produced by the band's guitarist Jonathan Pearce. - Jake Shears was released by Jake Shears.
The debut full-length solo release for the Scissor Sisters frontman was produced by Kevin Ratterman and features members from My Morning Jacket and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. - MOVIES
- BlacKkKlansman - R is released.
It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. - BuyBust - Not Rated is released.
After surviving the slaughter of her entire squad in a drug raid compromised by dirty cops, anti-narcotics special operative Nina Manigan (Anne Curtis), is eager to go head-to-head with the drug cartels that hold a bloody grip on Manila. But when her new mission in the city’s most dangerous slum goes south, the angry civilians turn on her squad. Trapped between a brutal drug gang and hordes of bloodthirsty citizens, their only option is to fight their way out, turning one claustrophobic street at a time into a symphony of apocalyptic violence. - A Prayer Before Dawn - R is released.
A Prayer Before Dawn is the remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying world of drugs and gang violence, but when the prison authorities allow him to take part in the Muay Thai boxing tournaments, he realizes this might be his chance to get out. Billy embarks on a relentless, action-packed journey from one savage fight to the next, stopping at nothing to do whatever he must to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Shot in a an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A Prayer Before Dawn is a visceral, thrilling journey through an unforgettable hell on earth. - Elizabeth Harvest - R is released.
Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), a beautiful young newlywed, arrives at the palatial estate of her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciaran Hinds). Ensconced in modernist luxury with an obedient—if slightly unsettling—house staff (Carla Gugino & Matthew Beard), she has seemingly everything she could want. But one mystery tantalizes her: what is behind the locked door to Henry’s laboratory that he has forbidden her to enter? When an inquisitive Elizabeth dares to find out, everything she thought she knew about her husband—and about herself—will change. [IFC Films] - Summer of 84 - Not Rated is released.
Summer,1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and care free. But when neighborhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous. - Skate Kitchen - Not Rated is released.
Camille, an introverted teenage skateboarder (Rachelle Vinberg) from Long Island, meets and befriends an all-girl, New York City-based skateboarding crew called Skate Kitchen. She falls in with the in-crowd, has a falling-out with her mother, and falls for a mysterious skateboarder guy (Jaden Smith), but a relationship with him proves to be trickier to navigate than a kickflip. - Slender Man - PG-13 is released.
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of Slender Man. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, his latest victim. - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - TV-14 is released.
A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war. - The Meg - PG-13 is released.
A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature. Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below. - The Swan - Not Rated is released.
A wayward nine-year-old girl is sent to the countryside to work and mature, but finds herself instead deeply entangled in a drama she can hardly grasp. - Madeline's Madeline - Not Rated is released.
Madeline (Helena Howard) has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director (Molly Parker) pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother (Miranda July) into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women’s lives. [Oscilloscope] - TV SERIES
- Insatiable: Season 1 is released.
Disgraced-lawyer-turned-beauty-pageant-coach Bob Armstrong (Dallas Roberts) helps the bullied (and full of hidden rage) Patty (Debby Ryan) become a pageant queen in the dark comedy that was originally developed for The CW.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- Taylor Swift testifies, in Denver, Colorado court, that DJ David Mueller groped her.
- Taylor Swift testifies that DJ David Mueller groped her in court in Denver, Colorado.
- US President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency.
- Scientists study identifying nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency major cause of miscarriages and multiple birth defects published in "New England Journal of Medicine".
- 100 year-old fruit cake by Huntley & Palmers deemed "almost eatable" after being discovered in hut used by Captain Scott's expedition in Antarctica.
- BIRTHS
- Prince Jheyden, Instagram Star, born in Belgium.
- DEATHS
- Kim Wall, Journalist.
- Kim Wall, Swedish journalist killed investigating Danish inventor Peter Madsen, who died at 30 [or 11th Aug].
On this day in 2016
- EVENTS
- Ed Sheeran was being sued in America over claims that his track 'Thinking Out Loud' rips off a Marvin Gaye song. The family of the man who co-wrote 'Let's Get It On' says it copies key parts of the track. Ed Townsend's relatives were asking for a jury to decide if they're owed damages..
- South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh recovers from 7th place during the final to record an Olympic record 193.7 and win gold in men's 50m pistol at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; first shooter to win 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event.
- Weightlifter Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan sets a world record 214kg in the clean & jerk, and finishes with 379kg overall, to win the gold medal in the men's 77kg at the Ro de Janeiro Olympics.
- 18 year old Australian Kyle Chalmers creates huge upset when he swims a junior world record 47.58 to win the blue ribband men's 100m freestyle gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
- BIRTHS
- Ryatt Talbott, YouTube Star, born in Monterey, CA.
- DEATHS
- John Saunders, Sportscaster.
On this day in 2015
- EVENTS
- Google announces its restructure as Alphabet, a holding company with Google, YouTube, Android and Chrome as subsidiaries.
- 110°F (43°C), Apalachicola, Florida (breaking state record of 109°F, set in 1931).
- DEATHS
- Elzie "Buddy" Baker, American NASCAR driver, who died at 74.
- Buddy Baker, Race Car Driver.
On this day in 2014
- EVENTS
- Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to another 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Egypt.
- Unrest breaks out in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of African American Michael Brown by a policeman..
- PGA Championship Men's Golf, Valhalla GC: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins his second PGA C'ship by 1 shot from Phil Mickelson.
- DEATHS
- Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests 1964), who died at 85.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- American singer Eydie Gorme remembered for her 1963, No.7 Billboard hit, 'Blame It On The Bossa Nova', died at the age of 84. She also reached the Hot 100 six other times between 1956 and 1964 and earned numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Emmy..
- 6 people are killed after Paluweh volcano erupts in Indonesia.
- 16 Royal Guardsmen are killed in a bus accident in Al Hoceima, Morocco.
- 14th Athletics World Championships open at Moscow, Russia.
- WEDDINGS
- Rapper Kevin Federline at the age of 35 weds Victoria Price at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Rapper Kevin Federline at the age of 35 weds Victoria Prince at the age of 30 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- DEATHS
- Lloyd Gillie, Race Car Driver.
- Eydie Gorme, American singer, who died at 84.
- Eydie Gormé [Edithe Gormezano], American Grammy and Emmy Award winning pop singer (" Blame It On The Bossa Nova"), American singer, who died at 84.
- Eydie Gormé [Edithe Gormezano], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer (" Blame It On The Bossa Nova"), American singer, who died at 84.
- Gil Michaels, Race Car Driver.
- TV SERIES
- Clear History is released.
Nathan Flomm (Larry David) lost out on millions of dollars and made the laughing stock when he sold his shares to a start-up that is now worth billions. Ten years later, living incognito, he is forced to face his past in this comedy written by Larry David.