Only Pondicherry was able to resist Defending , and a siege was instigated Process_start on 1 August 1793 by Colonel John Braithwaite while Cornwallis imposed Action a naval blockade .

The siege continued through the summer , but in July and August Alfonso was leading forces Hostile_encounter in a place called Name_conferral `` Rocha Tallata '' or `` Rocathalada '' , possibly modern Peyrehorade .

The sinking Motion_directional of the nuclear-powered `` Kursk '' ( Russian : ) took place Process_start during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years , in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000 , killing Killing all 118 personnel on board .

A New York Police Department disciplinary hearing regarding Pantaleo 's treatment of Garner was held in the summer of 2019 ; on August 2 , 2019 , an administrative judge recommended Convincing that Pantaleo 's employment be terminated Process_end .

Pantaleo was fired Process_end on August 19 , 2019 , five years after Garner 's death Death .

On August 28 , 2009 , the Los Angeles County Coroner concluded Coming_to_believe that Jackson 's death Death was a homicide Committing_crime .

It was scheduled Arranging as the first edition of the new Twenty20 domestic cricket competition Competition in Sri Lanka , from 19 July to 4 August .

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter Renting flight which crashed Catastrophe in a mountainous region in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of Tuesday , 16 August 2005 , killing Killing all 160 passengers and crew on board .

In early August 1509 , Maximilian set out Departing from Trento with some 35,000 men and headed Self_motion south into Venetian territory ; there he was joined Becoming_a_member by French and Papal contingents .

In Vaughan 's case , this lifestyle would continue through further tours in the following four years , prior to his death in a helicopter accident in August 1990 .

It was launched Process_start on 29 August 1944 from Banská Bystrica in an attempt to resist Defending German troops that had occupied Slovak territory and to overthrow Change_of_leadership the collaborationist government of Jozef Tiso .

The Glina massacres Killing were killings Killing of Serb peasants in the town of Glina in the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) that occurred between May and August 1941 , during World War II .

Further killings Killing in Glina occurred between 30 July and 3 August of that same year , when 700–2,000 Serbs were massacred Killing by a group of Ustaše led by Vjekoslav Luburić .

On 16 March 1807 , 5000 British troops embarked Self_motion on the Alexandria expedition Traveling of 1807 and occupied Control Alexandria in August , although Khedive Muhammad Ali defeated Conquering them heavily and forced them to evacuate Removing five months later after a short siege Besieging ; however , the Ottoman Empire had a little military support Supporting from France in the war Hostile_encounter with Russia .

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe that made Creating landfall on Florida and Louisiana in August 2005 , causing Causation catastrophic damage Damaging , particularly in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding Surrounding areas .

The storm Catastrophe originated Coming_to_be over the Bahamas on August 23 , 2005 , from the merger of a tropical wave and the remnants of Tropical Depression Ten .

Early on the following day , the tropical depression then intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm Catastrophe as it headed Self_motion generally westward toward Florida , strengthening Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe only two hours before making Creating landfall at Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25 .

After very briefly weakening Cause_change_of_strength again to a tropical storm Catastrophe , Katrina emerged Coming_to_be into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and began Process_start to rapidly intensify Cause_change_of_strength .

The storm Catastrophe strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico but weakened Cause_change_of_strength before making Creating its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Catastrophe on August 29 , over southeast Louisiana and Mississippi .

On 5 August , Israel said Communication that it had arrested Arrest Hussam Qawasmeh , a cousin of Marwan Qawasmeh , on 11 July , who is suspected Suspicion of having organized Arranging the killing Killing of the three teenagers .

On 20 August 2014 , a Hamas official Salah al-Arouri , who had been publicly identified Check as the mastermind of the operation Military_operation several days after the kidnapping Kidnapping , on 19 June , said that the organization Arranging 's armed Bearing_arms wing , the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades , was behind the kidnapping Kidnapping and murder Killing .

After the Revolutions Change_of_leadership of 1989 , 23 August has become Becoming an official remembrance day both in the Baltic countries , in the European Union and in other countries , known as the Black Ribbon Day or as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism .

Jacques Clément , a fanatical Catholic monk , assassinated Killing King Henry III at Saint-Cloud in August 1589 .

This was the first major ground operation Military_operation in the Gaza Strip since Israel 's unilateral disengagement plan was implemented Action between August and September 2005 .

Egypt acted as a mediator over the issue of the officer 's release , and on August 15 a senior Hamas official said Statement it would not release Releasing Shalit except in exchange for the release of thousands of Palestinian detainees by Israel .

Coinciding with Sukarno announcing Expressing_publicly a 'year of dangerous living ' and the 1964 race riots in Singapore , Indonesia launched Motion an expanded Expansion campaign of operations into West Malaysia on 17 August 1964 , albeit without military success .

A new round of peace negotiations Communication between Indonesia and Malaysia began Process_start in May 1966 and a final peace agreement was signed on Sign_agreement 11 August 1966 with Indonesia formally recognising Know Malaysia .

After heavy fighting , Saipan was secured Preventing_or_letting in July and Guam and Tinian in August 1944 .

All three were defeated Conquering by Skanderbeg , however , in August 1462 making it Causation the first time that he would win Earnings_and_losses three battles Hostile_encounter against the Ottomans in one month .

Kijevo was captured Getting on 26 August , and subsequently looted Theft and burned Destroying .

The August 2012 Sinai attack Attack occurred Presence on 5 August 2012 , when armed men ambushed Attack an Egyptian military base in the Sinai Peninsula , killing Killing 16 soldiers and stealing Theft two armored cars , which they used Using to infiltrate Self_motion into Israel .

The August 2012 Sinai attack Attack occurred Presence on 5 August 2012 , when armed men ambushed Attack an Egyptian military base in the Sinai Peninsula , killing Killing 16 soldiers and stealing Theft two armored cars , which they used Using to infiltrate Self_motion into Israel .

The `` Pelikaan '' was initially registered Recording as PH-ALP and had been operated Being_in_operation by KLM since 25 August 1937 .

The 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack Attack was a combined vehicular assault Attack and stabbing Attack attack Attack carried out Attack at 01:40 ( GMT+2 ) 29 August 2011 in which a Palestinian attacker stole Theft an Israeli taxi cab and rammed Destroying it into a police checkpoint guarding the popular nightclub , Haoman 17 , in Tel Aviv which was filled Filling with 2,000 Israeli teenagers .

As the protests expanded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale during August 2011 , the demonstrations began Process_start to also focus Aiming on other related issues relating to the social order and power structure in Israel .

Following the first large-scale protests Protest in early August , the government announced Expressing_publicly that a series of measures would be taken Bringing to solve Resolve_problem the housing shortage , some of which were already under preparation and ratification , and some which were new measures proposed Statement in response Response to the demands Request of the protest movement leadership .

Hurricane Debby caused Causation minor damage Damaging in the Greater and Lesser Antilles in August 2000 .

The seventh tropical cyclone Catastrophe , fourth named storm Catastrophe , and second hurricane Catastrophe of the annual season , Debby developed Coming_to_be from a tropical wave Motion east of the Lesser Antilles on August 19 .

Sustained winds peaked Self_motion at 85 mph ( 140 km/h ) on August 21 .

Debby made three landfalls Arriving on August 22 , in Barbuda , Saint Barthélemy , and Virgin Gorda , before re-entering Arriving the Atlantic north of Puerto Rico .

As Debby moved Motion parallel to the north coast of Hispaniola late on August 23 , it weakened Cause_change_of_strength back to a tropical storm Catastrophe .

While south of eastern Cuba on August 24 , Debby was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical depression , six hours before completely dissipating Expend_resource .

The 2012 Pune bombings Terrorism was a series of four coordinated low-intensity bombing Terrorism attacks Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on 1 August 2012 across Pune , the ninth-largest metropolis in India .

On 23 August 2013 two mosques were bombed Attack in Tripoli , Lebanon .

It began Process_start on 22 August 1791 , and ended Process_end in 1804 with the former colony 's independence .

In August 2011 , a female American high-school student named Name_conferral Savannah Dietrich was sexually assaulted Committing_crime by Will Frey and Austin Zehnder , lacrosse players from Trinity High School ( Louisville ) , an exclusive Catholic high school in Louisville , Kentucky .

Eisenhower authorized Ratification the CIA to carry out Action Operation PBSUCCESS in August 1953 .

The conflict Hostile_encounter started Process_start on 12 July 2006 , and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect Resolve_problem in the morning on 14 August 2006 , though it formally ended Process_end on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade Besieging of Lebanon .

On 11 August 2006 , the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Agree_or_refuse_to_act United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 ( UNSCR 1701 ) in an effort to end Process_end the hostilities Hostile_encounter .

The Lebanese Army began Process_start deploying Arranging in Southern Lebanon on 17 August 2006 .