August 1, 2013, American National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been granted a one-year temporary political asylum in Russia and has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. (RT)
August 1, 2013, American Ariel Castro is sentenced to life plus a thousand years for kidnapping three women and holding them hostage for a decade in Cleveland, Ohio. (ABC News Australia)
August 1, 2013, The government of Uruguay legalizes the medical usage of marijuana, restricting legal purchases to Uruguayans in that country. (NY Times)
August 1, 2013, The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit record highs. (Marketwatch)
August 1, 2013, The U.S. states of Minnesota and Rhode Island begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (MSNBC)
August 1, 2013, Italy's top court confirms that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will serve a prison sentence for a tax fraud conviction. (Al-Jazeera via Yahoo!)
August 2, 2013, Release of 2 Guns
August 2, 2013, Release of Europa Report
August 2, 2013, Release of The Spectacular Now
August 2, 2013,
August 2, 2013, Release of The Spectacular Now
August 2, 2013,
August 2, 2013, The United States Department of State announces a worldwide travel alert for U.S. citizens and some embassies throughout Southwest Asia and North Africa will be closed following an al-Qaeda threat. (CNN)
August 3, 2013,
August 3, 2013, A man crashes his car into a crowd of pedestrians in Venice Beach, California, U.S., injuring 11 people and killing 1. The driver fled the scene and is being sought by authorities. (CNN)
August 4, 2013, Worldwide embassy closings: The United States closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to intelligence of an Al-Qaeda attack. (CNN)
-Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh amid terror threats. (Toronto Sun)
-Britain, France and Germany close their embassy in Yemen amid terror threats. (BBC)
August 4, 2013, Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is announced to portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor on the long-running British science fiction show Doctor Who. (The Guardian)
August 5, 2013,
-Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh amid terror threats. (Toronto Sun)
-Britain, France and Germany close their embassy in Yemen amid terror threats. (BBC)
August 4, 2013, Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is announced to portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor on the long-running British science fiction show Doctor Who. (The Guardian)
August 5, 2013,
August 5, 2013, In Major League Baseball, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees is banned for 211 games for his role in the Biogenesis baseball scandal with 12 other players given bans of 50 games. (Reuters via the Sydney Morning Herald)
August 5, 2013,
August 5, 2013,
August 5, 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purchases The Washington Post for $250 million.
August 5, 2013, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purchases The Washington Post for $250 million.
August 5, 2013, The world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference in London. (BBC)
August 6, 2013,
August 6, 2013, The trial of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a former United States Army Medical Corps officer and the Gunman during the Fort Hood shooting, begins. (Washington Post)
August 6, 2013, 2013 embassy closures: The United States Department of State evacuates staff from the United States Embassy in Yemen due to an al-Qaida threat. (AP via NPR)
August 6, 2013, A hot Air Balloon carrying an American family crashes killing one person and injures four in the Swiss Town of Montbovon. (Huffington Post)
August 6, 2013, The trial of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a former United States Army Medical Corps officer and the Gunman during the Fort Hood shooting, begins. (Washington Post)
August 6, 2013, 2013 embassy closures: The United States Department of State evacuates staff from the United States Embassy in Yemen due to an al-Qaida threat. (AP via NPR)
August 6, 2013, A hot Air Balloon carrying an American family crashes killing one person and injures four in the Swiss Town of Montbovon. (Huffington Post)
August 7, 2013, Release of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
August 7, 2013, Release of Were The Miller's
August 7, 2013,
August 7, 2013, Release of Were The Miller's
August 7, 2013,
August 8, 2013,
August 9, 2013, Release of Elysium
August 9, 2013, Release of Planes
August 9, 2013,
August 9, 2013, Release of Elysium
August 9, 2013, Release of Planes
August 9, 2013,
August 9, 2013,
August 9, 2013, A 31-year-old Florida man kills his wife and posts a picture with a confession onto Facebook. The picture goes viral and is taken down. (CNN)
August 10, 2013, Season 3 Premiere of Hell on Wheels
August 10, 2013,
August 11, 2013, Series Premiere of Low Winter Sun
August 11, 2013, Season 5.1 Premiere of Breaking Bad
August 11, 2013, Season 5.1 Premiere of Breaking Bad
August 12, 2013, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in a major policy shift in the War on Drugs,
announces that the federal government, following some states' stances,
will direct its prosecutors to no longer insist on automatic mandatory minimum
prison sentences for non-violent, low-level, non-repeat offender drug
offenses where the defendant is not involved with gangs and/or cartels. (MSN)
August 12, 2013, American mob boss Whitey Bulger is convicted of racketeering. (Boston.com)
August 12, 2013,
August 12, 2013,
August 12, 2013, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, dies aged 44 following complications from a skiing accident in 2012 which left him comatose for a year and a half. (CNN)
August 12, 2013, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirms that it will punish athletes who support Russian LGBT rights at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games (instinct)
August 12, 2013, American mob boss Whitey Bulger is convicted of racketeering. (Boston.com)
August 12, 2013,
August 12, 2013,
August 12, 2013, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, dies aged 44 following complications from a skiing accident in 2012 which left him comatose for a year and a half. (CNN)
August 12, 2013, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirms that it will punish athletes who support Russian LGBT rights at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games (instinct)
August 13, 2013, Release of videogame PayDay 2
August 13, 2013, Footage of the isolated and previously unseen Kawahiva tribe is recorded for the first time in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil. (GloboNews)
August 13, 2013, American politician and former House Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is sentenced to 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items, and will serve his sentence first before his wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, who was given a one year term for tax fraud. (NBC)
August 14, 2013, Release of Kick Ass 2
August 13, 2013, Footage of the isolated and previously unseen Kawahiva tribe is recorded for the first time in the Amazon rainforest, in Brazil. (GloboNews)
August 13, 2013, American politician and former House Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is sentenced to 30 months in prison for spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items, and will serve his sentence first before his wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, who was given a one year term for tax fraud. (NBC)
August 14, 2013, Release of Kick Ass 2
August 14, 2013, Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Hundreds are reported dead - including 43 police - across Egypt as Morsi supporters clash with security forces in response to a crackdown on protests. (Al Jazeera)
-Egypt declares a one month state of emergency. (BBC)
-Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei resigns to protest the killing of protesters by security forces. (Associated Press)
August 14, 2013,
August 14, 2013,
August 14, 2013, A UPS cargo plane crashes at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama, killing both the pilot and co-pilot. (Alabama 13)
-Egypt declares a one month state of emergency. (BBC)
-Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei resigns to protest the killing of protesters by security forces. (Associated Press)
August 14, 2013,
August 14, 2013,
August 14, 2013, A UPS cargo plane crashes at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama, killing both the pilot and co-pilot. (Alabama 13)
August 15, 2013, Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: The death toll from the previous day's clashes climbs to 638. (Washington Post).
-A government building is stormed and set on fire by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. (Sky News)
August 15, 2013,
August 15, 2013,
August 16, 2013, Release of Jobs
August 16, 2013, Release of Paranoia
August 16, 2013, Release of The Butler
August 16, 2013, Release of Aint Them Bodies Saints
August 16, 2013, The infamous Area 51 is officially acknowledged by the United States. (CNN)
-A government building is stormed and set on fire by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. (Sky News)
August 15, 2013,
August 15, 2013,
August 16, 2013, Release of Jobs
August 16, 2013, Release of Paranoia
August 16, 2013, Release of The Butler
August 16, 2013, Release of Aint Them Bodies Saints
August 16, 2013, The infamous Area 51 is officially acknowledged by the United States. (CNN)
August 16, 2013, Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état: Security in Cairo tightened amid Friday prayers and protest marches called by the Muslim Brotherhood nationwide. (AlJazeera)
August 16, 2013,
August 17, 2013, While they are not yet ready to say they are reopening the case
after the 2008 inquiry jury's final verdict and report (faulty driving
and unlawful killing), the Metropolitan Police Authority Specialist Crime and Operations Command in London
is investigating the credibility and accuracy of supposedly new
information from an unspecified source regarding the August 1997 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales . (NBC)
August 18, 2013, Release of videoame Disney Infinity
August 19, 2013,
August 18, 2013, Release of videoame Disney Infinity
August 19, 2013,
August 20, 2013, Release of Saints Row IV
August 20, 2013, Release of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
August 20, 2013, Release of Tom Clancy: Blacklist
August 20, 2013, Release of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
August 20, 2013, Release of Tom Clancy: Blacklist
August 20, 2013, Three male youths are implicated in the murder of Australian baseball player Chris Lane in Duncan, Oklahoma. (news.com.au)
August 20, 2013, Six gunshots are fired from an AK-47 at an elementary school in Decatur, Georgia, U.S. No one was injured, and premises were evacuated. Suspected gunman, a 20 year old man arrested. (CNN)
August 20, 2013, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, reveals that the British authorities forced the newspaper to destroy computer hard disk drives containing material leaked by Edward Snowden. (BBC)
August 21, 2013, Release of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
August 21, 2013, Series Premiere of Modern Dads
August 21, 2013, Release of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
August 21, 2013, Series Premiere of Modern Dads
August 21, 2013, United States v Bradley Manning: United States Army private Chelsea Manning (legally Bradley Manning) is sentenced to 35 years in jail for providing classified material to WikiLeaks. (ABC News America)
August 21, 2013, Japan upgrades the recent leak of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to Level 3, a "serious incident," on the International Nuclear Event Scale. (Reuters India)
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013, David Miranda, journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner in covering United States and British mass surveillance programmes, arrives in Brazil, after being released from detainment at Heathrow airport, London. (GloboNews)
August 21, 2013, Japan upgrades the recent leak of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to Level 3, a "serious incident," on the International Nuclear Event Scale. (Reuters India)
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013,
August 21, 2013, David Miranda, journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner in covering United States and British mass surveillance programmes, arrives in Brazil, after being released from detainment at Heathrow airport, London. (GloboNews)
August 22, 2013,
August 22, 2013, Former Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak is released from Tora prison and transferred to a military hospital. (Los Angeles Times)
August 22, 2013, The American electronic stock exchange NASDAQ shuts down for 3 hours due to a computer problem. (FOXBusiness)
August 22, 2013, The Rim Fire, in Yosemite National Park forces evacuations. (NBC)
August 22, 2013, Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is indicted for the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd. (ESPN)
August 23, 2013, Release of Drinking Buddies
August 23, 2013, Release of Scenic Route
August 23, 2013, Release of Your Next
August 23, 2013, Release of Short Term 12
August 23, 2013, Release of Drinking Buddies
August 23, 2013, Release of Scenic Route
August 23, 2013, Release of Your Next
August 23, 2013, Release of Short Term 12
August 23, 2013, Former U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan is convicted of multiple murder and attempted murder counts in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. (CNN)
August 23, 2013,
August 23, 2013,
August 23, 2013, Syrian civil war: The United Nations reports that there are a million child refugees. (AP via Fox News)
August 23, 2013, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that he will retire within the next 12 months. (Wall Street Journal)
August 23, 2013, Former U.S. Army Sergeant Robert Bales is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012. (NBC News)
August 24, 2013, The United States commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. (CNN)
August 23, 2013,
August 23, 2013,
August 23, 2013, Syrian civil war: The United Nations reports that there are a million child refugees. (AP via Fox News)
August 23, 2013, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces that he will retire within the next 12 months. (Wall Street Journal)
August 23, 2013, Former U.S. Army Sergeant Robert Bales is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012. (NBC News)
August 24, 2013, The United States commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. (CNN)
August 24, 2013,
August 24, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park is reported as having grown to nearly 200 square miles (~520 square kilometers). (Los Angeles Times)
August 25, 2013, Syrian civil war: The Syrian government allows UN inspectors to visit the site of suspect chemical weapons attack outside the outskirt of Damascus. (BBC)
August 25, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park is now estimated to have grown to the size of Chicago. (CBS News)
August 24, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park is reported as having grown to nearly 200 square miles (~520 square kilometers). (Los Angeles Times)
August 25, 2013, Syrian civil war: The Syrian government allows UN inspectors to visit the site of suspect chemical weapons attack outside the outskirt of Damascus. (BBC)
August 25, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park is now estimated to have grown to the size of Chicago. (CBS News)
August 26, 2013, Syrian civil war: The U.N team in charge of the investigation on the alleged recent chemical attacks in Syria comes under fire from snipers; none of the U.N. delegates are injured and the team reaches one of the alleged hit sites. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry describes the attack as "a shame and an offense to the world and humanity that deserves the proper punishment". (CNN)
-Khalaf Muftah, a former Syrian assistant information minister, warns that if Syria was attacked, his country would retaliate against Israel. (Times Of Israel)
-The Guardian newspaper raises the 1999 NATO Kosovo intervention as a precedent for humanitarian intervention into Syria, given the absence of a UN Mandate. (The Guardian)
-Khalaf Muftah, a former Syrian assistant information minister, warns that if Syria was attacked, his country would retaliate against Israel. (Times Of Israel)
-The Guardian newspaper raises the 1999 NATO Kosovo intervention as a precedent for humanitarian intervention into Syria, given the absence of a UN Mandate. (The Guardian)
August 26, 2013, All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their entrance exams. (BBC News)
August 27, 2013, Release of Madden 25
August 27, 2013, Release of Lost Planet 3
August 27, 2013, Release of Killer is Dead
August 27, 2013, Release of Madden 25
August 27, 2013, Release of Lost Planet 3
August 27, 2013, Release of Killer is Dead
August 27, 2013, Syrian civil war: The Russian foreign ministry warned that an attack on the Syrian government could be "catastrophic" and told Western countries to show "prudence" over the crisis happening there. (France 24)
-Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said he rejects "utterly and completely" that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons, while the U.S. and its allies prepare their forces for an alleged imminent attack, which is said to be "well defined in time and space", limited to targeting command and control, airfields and artillery. (BBC)
-French President François Hollande says France is "ready to punish" those responsible for the chemical attacks. (Fox News)
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013, Iran pursues the 1953 Iranian coup d'état case, which was orchestrated by US and Britain, in the international courts at The Hague. CIA officially admitted role in the coup in 20 August 2013. (Fars News)
August 28, 2013, Release of Closed Circuit
August 28, 2013,
August 28, 2013,
August 28, 2013, Former U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan is sentenced to death for the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre that killed 13 and wounded 32 others. He will be granted an automatic appeal; the Army general (convening authority) who will review the case can grant him life without parole; any eventual military execution would need presidential approval. (CNN)
August 29, 2013, The Parliament of the United Kingdom defeats a government motion supporting intervention in the war by 13 votes, effectively ruling out British military involvement in an international response to the chemical attacks. (BBC)
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013, 8.6 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills to catch some sleep, according to the first federal health study to focus on actual use. (NBC)
August 29, 2013, Scientists at Vienna's Institute of Molecular Biotechnology and Edinburgh University's Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland, clone a human mini-brain (a cerebral organoid), using stem cells; the first time brain tissue development has been replicated in three dimensions – which could help with schizophrenia and autism neurological research. (MSN)
August 29, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, now 30% contained, has grown to about 300 square miles. (NBC Bay Area)
August 30, 2013, Release of Getaway
August 30, 2013, Release of The Lifeguard
August 30, 2013, Release of Arcania Gothic 4
-Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said he rejects "utterly and completely" that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons, while the U.S. and its allies prepare their forces for an alleged imminent attack, which is said to be "well defined in time and space", limited to targeting command and control, airfields and artillery. (BBC)
-French President François Hollande says France is "ready to punish" those responsible for the chemical attacks. (Fox News)
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013,
August 27, 2013, Iran pursues the 1953 Iranian coup d'état case, which was orchestrated by US and Britain, in the international courts at The Hague. CIA officially admitted role in the coup in 20 August 2013. (Fars News)
August 28, 2013, Release of Closed Circuit
August 28, 2013,
August 28, 2013,
August 28, 2013, Former U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan is sentenced to death for the November 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre that killed 13 and wounded 32 others. He will be granted an automatic appeal; the Army general (convening authority) who will review the case can grant him life without parole; any eventual military execution would need presidential approval. (CNN)
August 29, 2013, The Parliament of the United Kingdom defeats a government motion supporting intervention in the war by 13 votes, effectively ruling out British military involvement in an international response to the chemical attacks. (BBC)
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013,
August 29, 2013, 8.6 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills to catch some sleep, according to the first federal health study to focus on actual use. (NBC)
August 29, 2013, Scientists at Vienna's Institute of Molecular Biotechnology and Edinburgh University's Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland, clone a human mini-brain (a cerebral organoid), using stem cells; the first time brain tissue development has been replicated in three dimensions – which could help with schizophrenia and autism neurological research. (MSN)
August 29, 2013, The Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, now 30% contained, has grown to about 300 square miles. (NBC Bay Area)
August 30, 2013, Release of Getaway
August 30, 2013, Release of The Lifeguard
August 30, 2013, Release of Arcania Gothic 4
August 30, 2013, Syrian civil war: American President Barack Obama says that he is ready to order a limited strike, but will seek approval from Congress. (CNN)
August 30, 2013,
August 30, 2013,
August 30, 2013,
August 30, 2013,
August 31, 2013, Veteran British broadcaster Sir David Frost – who famously interviewed former U.S. President Richard Nixon – dies on board the MS Queen Elizabeth of a heart attack, aged 74. (BBC)
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