During the week of riots from 23 to 29 August , 133 Jews were killed Killing and between 198–241 others were injured Bodily_harm , a large majority of whom were unarmed and were murdered Killing in their homes by Arabs , while at least 116 Arabs were killed Killing and at least 232 were injured Bodily_harm , mostly by the British police while trying to suppress the riots , although around 20 were killed Killing by Jewish attacks Attack or indiscriminate British gunfire .

The 2010 Bratislava shooting Use_firearm , or Devínska Nová Ves shooting Use_firearm , occurred Coming_to_be on 30 August 2010 , when seven people were killed Killing and at least 17 were injured Bodily_harm by a lone gunman who opened Process_start fire in Devínska Nová Ves district in a suburb of the Slovak capital , Bratislava .

The third named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe and second hurricane Catastrophe of the season , Caroline developed Coming_to_be on August 24 north of the Dominican Republic .

Caroline was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress to a tropical storm Catastrophe on August 29 in the central Gulf of Mexico before rapid intensification began Process_start .

Early on August 31 , Caroline reached Arriving its peak intensity with winds of 115 mph ( 185 km/h ) , before landfall south of Brownsville , Texas with winds of 105 mph ( 165 km/h ) shortly thereafter .

The Action of August 1702 was a naval battle Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start from 19–25 August 1702 O.S .

The Action of August 1702 was a naval battle Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start from 19–25 August 1702 O.S .

The tour culminated Coming_to_be in a show at Roseland Ballroom in New York City , August 30 , 2000 .

Rafael Nadal was the defending Defending champion in the men 's event ; however , on 18 August , the Spaniard announced Expressing_publicly his withdrawal Removing from the event after failing Earnings_and_losses to recover Recovering from a wrist injury Bodily_harm , while Serena Williams was the two-time defending Defending champion in the women 's event .

The tournament Competition was hosted Social_event by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria , Australia between 27 August and 6 September , with a single match Competition additionally played Competition in Geelong .

The 2000 Americas Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament Competition held Hold in Canada between 7 and 12 August 2000 .

Typhoon Maria was a minimal typhoon Catastrophe which brushed Motion the southeastern coast of Japan during early August 2006 .

The storm Catastrophe quickly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength into a typhoon the next day , reaching Arriving its peak intensity with winds of 130 km/h ( 80 mph ) early on August 6 .

On August 9 , Maria weakened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical depression and later into an extratropical cyclone before dissipating Dispersal on August 15 .

On August 9 , Maria weakened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical depression and later into an extratropical cyclone before dissipating Dispersal on August 15 .

Balliol had seized Arrest the Scottish crown after the Battle Hostile_encounter of Dupplin Moor ( 10–11 August 1332 ) .

The Watts riots , sometimes referred Name_conferral to as the Watts Rebellion , took place Process_start in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16 , 1965 .

On August 11 , 1965 , Marquette Frye , an African-American motorist on parole for robbery , was pulled Motion over for reckless driving Self_motion .

Betsy began Process_start as a tropical depression north of French Guiana on August 27 , and strengthened Cause_change_of_strength as it moved Motion in a general northwesterly direction .

The seventh tropical cyclone and third named storm Catastrophe of the annual hurricane season , Chris developed Cause_to_make_progress from a tropical wave while roughly midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles on August 21 .

Six hours later , Chris was absorbed by a cold front while over North Carolina , though the remnants of the system tracked Self_motion across the Eastern United States and Atlantic Canada before dissipating Dispersal on August 30 .

Typhoon Etau , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Kabayan , produced Creating near-record winds and rainfall in Japan in August 2003 .

The tenth named storm and fifth typhoon of the 2003 Pacific typhoon season , Etau developed Coming_to_be on August 2 , and gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength while moving Motion to the northwest .

Etau formed Coming_to_be an eye and became Becoming a large storm by the time it approached Arriving Okinawa on August 7 .

Etau made landfall Self_motion on the Japanese island of Shikoku on August 8 , and later moved Motion across portions of Honshu and Hokkaido .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength to tropical storm status , the cyclone became Becoming extratropical on August 9 and dissipated Dispersal three days later .

The 2008 Men 's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds Competition took place Process_start over 13 to 31 August 2008 in three different host nations .

The cycling competitions Competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held Hold at four venues scheduled Arranging to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August .

The cycling competitions Competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held Hold at four venues scheduled Arranging to host Eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August .

In February 2013 , the International Cycling Union ( UCI ) announced Expressing_publicly its intention to petition the IOC to extend Expansion the cycling Competition programme by three events for both men and women : the return of the points races ( track event ) , a BMX freestyle event and a mountain bike eliminator but in August 2013 the IOC stated Statement that the cycling programme will be the same as in 2012 .

The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August , expanded Expansion rapidly and raged out of control until 27 August , until they were put out Removing in early September .

The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August , expanded Expansion rapidly and raged out of control until 27 August , until they were put out Removing in early September .

The death Death toll in August alone stood Placing at 67 people .

The event is held on the closest weekend to 2 August , in commemoration of the death of Michael Causer , the young gay man who was murdered in the city in 2008 , and has grown Expansion to become one of the largest free Gay Pride festivals in Europe with 2013 's audience numbers reaching up to 75,000 people .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Deep Bottom , also known as Fussell 's Mill ( particularly in the South ) , New Market Road , Bailey 's Creek , Charles City Road , or White 's Tavern was fought Hostile_encounter August 14–20 , 1864 , at Deep Bottom in Henrico County , Virginia , during the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign ( Siege of Petersburg ) of the American Civil War .

During the night of August 13–14 , a force under the command Control of Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock crossed Motion_directional the James River at Deep Bottom to threaten Warning Richmond and attract Confederate forces away from the Petersburg , Virginia , trenches and the Shenandoah Valley .

On August 14 , the X Corps closed on New Market Heights while the II Corps extended Expansion the Federal line to the right along Bailey 's Creek .

On August 16 , Union assaults near the mill were initially successful , but Confederate counterattacks drove Motion the Federals back .

After days of indecisive skirmishing , the Federals returned Arriving to the south side of the James on the night of August 20 .

The ninth tropical storm of the 2003 Pacific hurricane Catastrophe season , Ignacio developed Coming_to_be out of a tropical wave on August 22 a short distance off the coast of Mexico .

It was initially predicted Statement to track out to sea and remain Presence a weak tropical storm , though it unexpectedly organized Arranging rapidly to attain Getting peak winds of 105 mph ( 165 km/h ) on August 24 while located a short distance southeast of southern Baja California .

Land interaction weakened Cause_change_of_strength Ignacio to an 80 mph ( 130 km/h ) hurricane Catastrophe by the time it made landfall near La Paz , and it dissipated Removing on August 27 in the central region of the Baja California peninsula .

The Action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Anglo-Spanish War , in which a Spanish fleet , led Conquering by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova , along with a squadron of French ships Sending , encountered Hostile_encounter a large British convoy .

On 9 August , they encountered Hostile_encounter the Spanish fleet .

On 10 August , Ian Botham scored Getting 175 not out off 122 balls for Somerset vs Northamptonshire at Wellingborough .

First observed east of the Lesser Antilles on 17 August , the hurricane Catastrophe arrived at Arriving the Bahamas by 19 August .

First observed east of the Lesser Antilles on 17 August , the hurricane Catastrophe arrived at Arriving the Bahamas by 19 August .

The storm Catastrophe soon moved Motion out to sea as a Category 2-equivalent hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale , persisting Presence off of New England before dissipating Departing south of Nova Scotia on 25 August as a markedly weaker storm .

The match Competition took place Hold on 13 August 2014 at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund .

It took place Process_start at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center , and ran Process_start from August 26 to September 9 .