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Anthropology

17 Aug 2008 - 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Tropical Storm Fay killed at least 4 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before heading for the Florida Keys where tourists were being evacuated. About 50 people died as a bus was swept away by flood waters near the town of Bomont in Grand-Anse province in Haiti.

25 Aug 2008 - Tropical Storm Gustav formed in the Atlantic Ocean and heads for the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

26 Aug 2008 - Hurricane Gustav Tropical Storm Gustav became Hurricane Gustav as it approached Haiti. A Haitian man died in a landslide caused by Hurricane Gustav.

27 Aug 2008 - 22 were killed after Hurricane Gustav makes landfall over Haiti. (AP via Yahoo! News)

28 Aug 2008 2008 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Gustav made landfall on the island of Jamaica. The storm was reponsible for at least 51 deaths in Haiti and 8 more in the Dominican Republic. Tropical Storm Hanna formed northeast of the Leeward Islands.

29 Aug 2008 - Hurricane Gustav reached hurricane strength en route to the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico.

30 Aug 2008 - Hurricane Gustav: The National Hurricane Center advised that Hurricane Gustav had strengthened to Category 4 strength. Cuba evacuated 60,000 people from the west of the island as Gustav approached the island at Category 3 strength. New Orleans residents started evacuating the city as it was expected to make landfall in the United States west of the city. A hurricane watch was issued from High Island, Texas, east to the border of Alabama and Florida.

Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, group types, and group behavior can be connected. Demography including births, deaths, migration, population size and structure, and population change can be connected. Physical anthropology including human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion can be connected. Human ecology including effects of the environment on people, relations with other life, and effects of people on the environment can be considered. Human geography including European geography, Asian geography, AFrican geography, North American geography, South American geography, and Oceanic geography can be connected. Particular groups can possibly be connected.

Culture

17 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Russian troops continue to withdraw from the Georgian city of Gori, where the major Georgian army base was dismantled by Russian troops soon after the conflict ended. Two Russian APCs still remain at a checkpoint near the city, Reuters reports. The BBC's Richard Galpin, who has spent the past two days travelling from the Black Sea port of Poti to Tbilisi, says Georgian forces seem to be surrendering control of the highway to the Russians. Russia has denied claims its forces have begun withdrawing from the breakaway republic of South Ossetia.

17 Aug 2008 - 2008 Summer Olympics: China, having won 8 gold medals in one day, overtook its record (32 gold medals) at Athens and led the medal table with 35 gold medals. Jamaica dominated the Athletics Women's 100 metres event with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart taking the silver. Officially, no bronze medal was awarded as Simpson and Stewart finish with an equal time of 10.98 seconds in second place. Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian was stripped of his bronze medal in the Men's 84kg Greco-Roman category after throwing the medal to the mat and leaving the medal ceremony in protest at the officiating of his semifinal match. Constantina Di?a-Tomescu of Romania won the Women's Marathon with a time of 2:26:44. At 38, she was the oldest woman to win the Olympic Marathon. American swimmer Michael Phelps won gold as the butterfly leg of the winning Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team. With the relay victory, Phelps earned his eighth gold medal (5 individual, 3 relay), setting a record for most golds at an Olympic games, beating Mark Spitz's previous record of 7 set in 1972. The Australian Women's 4 x 100 metre swimming relay team of Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper and Libby Trickett won the gold medal in world record time.

18 Aug 2008 - 2008 Summer Olympics: Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world record of 5.05 m outdoors in the womens pole vault at the Summer Olympics Games in Beijing.

20 Aug 2008 - Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 200-metre race in the 2008 Summer Olympics setting a new world record.

22 Aug 2008 - Usain Bolt led Jamaica to a victory in world-record time in the men's 400-meter relay in the Olympics.

24 Aug 2008 - 2008 Summer Olympics: Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics setting a new Olympic record of 2:06:32. The United States win the gold medal in men's basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

24 Aug 2008 - The Summer Olympics concluded after 16 days with the closing ceremony.

27 Aug 2008 - A flaw in the internet's Border Gateway Protocol that was described ten years ago now "can be used to invisibly eavesdrop on all traffic originating from a particular set of IP blocks."

27 Aug 2008 - As many as 71 illegal immigrants were feared drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Malta.

August 26 – September 1 - Hurricane Gustav made landfall on Louisiana as Category 2 and kills 7 in the United States, after making landfall on western Cuba as Category 4, and killing 66 in Haiti, 8 in the Dominican Republic, and 11 in Jamaica.

August 28 – September 7 - Hurricane Hanna caused 7 deaths in the United States, and 529 in Haiti mostly due to floods and mudslides.

Material culture including industrial technology, building technology, foodstuffs, clothing, transportation technology, communication technology, and other artifacts can be connected. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy can be considered. Behavioral culture including customs, occupations, recreation and entertainmen, and cultural events can be considered.

Institutions

18 Aug 2008 - A US-Poland agreement to deploy a missile defense shield prompted unnamed Russian officials to declare Poland "a legitimate military target" and the deputy of the Russian general staff states that Poland "opens itself to a nuclear strike".

19 Aug 2008 - The 39th annual Pacific Islands Leaders Forum opens in Niue, but was boycotted by Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama.

20 Aug 2008 - The United States and Poland signed an agreement to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory with Russia warning that its response will go beyond diplomacy.

27 Aug 2008 - The Dalai Lama canceled two international trips (Mexico & Dominican Republic) to undergo medical tests due to "exhaustion".

29 Aug 2008 - Italian airline Alitalia filed for bankruptcy protection.

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be connected. Education including teaching, research, and cultural institutions can be connected. Educational organization including course material, students, faculty, and asministration can be connected. Schools including primary education, secondary education, and higher education can be connected. Economics can be connected. Economic activities including production, distribution and exchange, and consumption can be connected. Industries with companies, agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building, social and medical services, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial services can be connected. Economic systems including firms, networks, types of systems, and economic system behavior can be connected. Government can be connected. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be connected. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial systems, legislative systems, executive systems, heads of state, and forms of government can be connected. Government activity including administration, succession, and state relations can be considered. Particular governments including local, national, and regional governments can be connected. Religion including religious beliefs, religious practice and religious organization can be connected. Particular religious traditions including Abrahamic religion, Asiatic religion, pagan religion, and secularism can be connected.

Sociology

Social structure and change

Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, class structure, and community and regional structure can be connected. Social types including hunting and gathering societies, horticultural societies, agrarian societies, and industrial societies can be connected. Social change including social change factors, social change processes, and particular social changes can be considered.

Communities such as Manila, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Osaka, and Calcutta can be connected.

Peoples

Nations such as Thailand, France, Congo, UK, Italy, and South Korea can be connected.

Western Civilization can be connected. I do not yet have events for Germany. I do not yet have events for Sao Paulo

29 Aug 2008 - Energy group E.ON cut 1,800 jobs as it closed two-thirds of its domestic service centres in Germany. (BBC News)

August 20 - Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skidded off the runway and crashed at Barajas Airport with 172 on board. 153 of them were killed and only 18 survived.

August 24 - An aircraft crashed in Guatemala, killing 10, including 4 Americans on a humanitarian mission.

Among Anglic peoples, I do not yet have events for New York City.

In the United States

August 17 - Michael Phelps surpassed Mark Spitz in Olympic Gold Medals won at a single Olympics, with 8 gold medals.

On Aug 26-Sept 1, Hurricane Gustav struck Louisiana, and on Aug 28-Sept 7, Hurricane Hanna struck Texas.

21 Aug 2008 - US District Judge Jeremy Fogel of the Northern District of California denied a motion by Universal Studios to dismiss a lawsuit against it alleging that Universal sent a DMCA takedown notice in bad faith.

21 Aug 2008 -The United States Food and Drug Administration approved irradiation of lettuce and spinach to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs.

21 Aug 2008 - One student was killed in a shooting at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee.

23 Aug 2008 - The death toll from Tropical Storm Fay in Florida roses to 11.

23 Aug 2008 - A King Air A-100 crashed near Moab, Utah, USA, resulting in the death of the pilot and nine passengers.

23 Aug 2008 - The United States Department of Health and Human Services announces plans to implement a rule that would protect healthcare workers from being fired or otherwise penalized for refusing to provide services they find morally objectionable, such as performing abortions or dispensing contraception.

23 Aug 2008 - U.S. presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama picks Senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate.

24 Aug 2008 - United States warned that Russia is establishing permanent facilities in Georgia.

24 Aug 2008 - The United States Navy's destroyer, the USS McFaul, arrives at the Black Sea port of Batumi to deliver aid for Georgia.

25 Aug 2008 - The 2008 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party began in Denver, Colorado.

26 Aug 2008 - Flight delays hit more than two dozen United States airports because of a communication network problem in a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

27 Aug 2008 - U.S. presidential election: Democratic National Convention Senator Barack Obama was formally selected by acclamation as the nominee of the Democratic Party. Senator Joe Biden was formally selected as the vice presidential Democratic nominee in the same manner by acclamation.

28 Aug 2008 U.S. presidential election: Democratic National Convention Illinois Senator Barack Obama accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party at the INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, becoming the first African American to be nominated by a major party for election as President of the United States.

29 Aug 2008 - John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. presidential election.

31 Aug 2008 Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin ordered the mandatory evacuation of the city ahead of Gustav.

31 Aug 2008 President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney canceled visits to the 2008 Republican National Convention due to Gustav.

Among Latin peoples, for Mexico I have few events recorded. I do not have much information on Mexico City

17 Aug 2008 - Gunmen massacred 14 people at a quinceañera celebration in Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico.

28 Aug 2008 Mexico's Supreme Court resolved by an 8–3 vote to uphold the constitutionality of the Federal District's 2007 Abortion Law.

30 Aug 2008 - Mass marches were held in more than 70 cities across Mexico, demanding stronger action against violent crime.

For Lusitanic peoples including Brazil I do not yet have events listed.

Among Northeast European peoples, in Russia

August 7 - The 2008 South Ossetia war began as Georgia and Russia launched a major offensive inside the separatist region of South Ossetia after days of border skirmishes between the two sides.

August 26 - Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

18 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: According to general staff in Moscow, Russia had begun troop withdrawals from Georgia, following a pledge by President Dmitry Medvedev. However, Moscow said it has the right to keep some troops as peacekeepers in a buffer zone around South Ossetia'. Secretary General of the OSCE Marc Perrin de Brichambaut stated on a press-conference in Vladikavkaz, capital of Northern Ossetia, that 'the will of all the people of the region' need to be 'taken into the consideration' when deciding the future of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia. He then added: 'I made it very clear that the people who live in South Ossetia will have a say in what happens in the country.' South Ossetia had held the referendum on independence from Georgia on November, 12th, 2006 with 99% voted in favor of the independence (with reportedly 95% turnout). Both NATO and the US opposed the referendum and did not recognise its results saying it served no purpose other than to 'exacerbate tensions' in the region. Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt canceled all exercises and military ties between Sweden and Russia, saying that "[the] Russian invasion of Georgia is unacceptable and a crime against international law. The Russian action has changed [our view] of Russia as an international partner." NATO convened an emergency foreign ministers meeting on the crisis.

19 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners of war. Russia began to withdraw troops from Georgia proper according to eyewitness accounts. Russia temporarily closed its borders with Georgia and Azerbaijan to prevent terrorist groups from crossing into Russia. A United Nations aid convoy which entered Gori on Sunday reported evidence of large-scale looting. "While the buildings did not appear to be very damaged, there are clear signs of massive looting of both shops and private accommodations," the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said. Alexander Stubb, the current Chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said that Russia has agreed to a beefed-up monitoring mission for Georgia's disputed region of South Ossetia. NATO cooled relations with Russia. NATO said Russia was not honoring cease-fire terms.

20 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Human Rights Watch claims both Georgia and Russia violated rights of the civilian population during the conflict. Georgian ground offensive in South Ossetia included shelling of Tskhinvali, capital of South Ossetia, with Grad rocket systems and 'indiscriminate' use of tanks in the city, which caused 'numerous' civilian casualties and 'extensive' destruction. HRW says 'a hospital, apartment buildings, houses, schools, kindergartens, shops, administrative buildings, and the university' in Tskhinvali were 'severely damaged' during Georgian night-long 'uninterrupted' shelling of South Ossetian capital on August 7-8. Russian airforce, HRW reports, carried out bombardments of the two buildings in Georgian village in South Ossetia, 'that could be housing the Georgian military', and attacked presumably civilian convoy of several dozen cars. HRW also confirmed the Russian military's use of cluster bombs in two towns in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians. An Amnesty International worldwide movement for human rights reported on August, 14, that the assault of the Georgian Army on Tskhinvali included '14 hours of bombardment' of the city. Amnesty International is still gathering information on the reported heavy civilian casualties, as well as reported bombings of non-military targets leading to deaths of civilians and the destruction of civilian buildings. Russia has rejected a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia as it did not include the full text of the EU-brokered ceasefire plan. Russia then introduced its own draft resolution based on the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan. Medvedev: Russian troops will pull out from Georgia by Friday. Russia moves closer to recognizing full independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as both regions are to hold pro-independence rallies within days. The 56 member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreed Tuesday to send up to 100 additional monitors to Georgia at a special meeting of its Permanent Council in Vienna. Russian soldiers released the Georgian governor of Shida Kartli Region, Lado Vardzelashvili after 2-hour long detention.

22 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Human Rights Watch confirmed the use of cluster bombs by Russia during Georgia bombing, urges Russia to keep within the international norms and warned Georgia to take urgent measures to protect the civilian population in Georgian villages from unexploded ordnance left by Russian attacks. Ten Georgian servicemen, who were detained by the Russian forces in Poti few days ago were released on August 22, the Georgian media sources reported. Twelve others, however, are still held by the Russian troops. Russian troops have begun the process of pullout by abolishing the checkpoint arranged in the Igoeti sector of the central highway. Russian troops have abolished several checkpoints in the Shida Kartli region, Georgia, and moved towards the conflict zone. Russian troops say they are leaving Georgia. US says Russian pullback in Georgia is "far too slow". Russia informs Lithuania that Russia is stopping military co-operation with Lithuania. Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas has called for amendments to national defense legislation, which he says must be thoroughly revised and updated in the face of a potential Russia threat.

23 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Russia announced that its military has pulled out of Georgia, although reports indicated that it had not complied with the cease-fire agreement.

24 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia War: A train carrying oil products hit a landmine and caught fire. A Georgian Interior Ministry spokesman blamed Russia for the blast.

25 Aug 2008 - Russia was considering arming its Baltic Fleet with nuclear warheads for the first time since the Cold War.

25 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: The Federation Council of Russia, the upper house of the Federal Assembly, urges the President to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Traffic began to return to Georgia's main east-west highway after the departure of Russian troops who had closed the road. France called a summit of European Union leaders for next week to discuss the conflict in Georgia. There is evidence that the Russian army took part in looting in Poti, Georgia.

26 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: Russia recognised the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. U.S. President George W. Bush says Russia's president should not recognize two breakaway regions of Georgia as independent countries, despite pleas from Russian lawmakers White House spokesman Tony Fratto says shortly after Russia's recognition that Russia is making a number of "irrational" decisions that puts its place in the world at risk. Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt condemned Russia's "deliberate violation of international law", saying that "the Russian government leadership now has chosen this route means they have chosen a policy of confrontation, not only with the rest of Europe, but also with the international community in general".

27 Aug 2008 - 2008 South Ossetia war: David Cameron threw his weight behind international condemnation of Russia with a call for the suspension of European negotiations with the superpower. A Russian armoured personnel carrier raced down the road to where Georgian policemen were manning their checkpoint at the village of Mosabruni, just inside South Ossetia. Georgia PM: War damage was estimated at $1 billion. Georgia was minimizing the level of diplomatic co-operation with Russia, recalling all but two diplomats from Moscow. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was expressing concern that Russia, riding high after its victories in Georgia, may target other neighbors, such as Moldova and Ukraine. Russia's MICEX Index fell to its lowest level since September 2006 on Tuesday after President Dmitry Medvedev's recognized South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's independence, and the ruble tumbled to a seven-month low against the U.S. dollar. Russia was to be looking for unambiguous support from Asian nations, including China, in its standoff with the West over South Ossetia and Abkhazia when the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was to meet Thursday in Dushanbe. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko condemned Russia's 'unacceptable' decision to recognise the Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned Russia against starting a new Cold War. U.S. aid arrived in tense Georgia. The United States condemned the decision by the Russian President to recognize as independent states the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said on August 27 Beijing was "concerned of the latest development in South Ossetia and Abkhazia."

28 Aug 2008 2008 South Ossetia war: Russia's PM Vladimir Putin accuses unnamed individuals in the U.S. of orchestrating Georgia's military actions preceding the conflict with Russia. Putin said the US provoked Georgia conflict. Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili announced he would propose a Georgian 'Patriot Act' to Georgian Parliament. Nika Gvaramia, the Justice Minister, stated before that Georgia needs 'a legislature similar to the one which is in the United States, I mean the Patriot Act [...] which will be directed against treacherous statements against the motherland'. Mikhail Saakashvili also added: 'We should finance the political parties and impose strict control to prevent any funding coming from the foreign countries'. Earlier in July, the Parliament of Georgia passed a 'highly controversial' act, depriving 6 oppositional political parties of funding, which was seen as a 'punishment' for boycotting the Parliament after the national elections these parties said 'were rigged'. The EU considered sanctions for Russia over the Georgian crisis. 12 Georgian soldiers were exchanged for Georgian General Roman Dumbadze, claimed to be a traitor by Georgians and a political prisoner by Russia. The Shanghai Co-operation Organization refused to back Russia in Russia-Georgia crisis. A mass funeral was planned near Tbilisi for 43 unidentified corpses handed over to Georgian authorities, all of them seriously damaged. Georgia buried 26 Unknown soldiers 85 Georgian military captives were exchanged for 13 Ossetian hostages. Eka Tkeshelashvili, the foreign minister of Georgia, claimed that ethnic cleansing is underway in South Ossetia and would be completed shortly.

29 Aug 2008 - Georgia cut diplomatic ties with Russia following Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

30 Aug 2008 -2008 South Ossetia war: Russia announced that South Ossetia would join 'one united Russian state' (The Times).

31 Aug 2008 Journalist Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the non-government news agency Ingushetiya.ru, was shot dead in police custody in Ingushetia.

Asiatic peoles can be connected. I do not yet have events for Bombay.

I have few events for Iran

17 Aug 2008 - Iran announced it has launched a satellite launch-capable Safir rocket.

24 Aug 2008 - Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, a Boeing 737, crashed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan shortly after takeoff, killing 71 people.

August 1 - King George Tupou V was crowned as the new king of Tonga, an event that had been delayed for over two years following the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots.

August 19 - The Taliban insurgents killed 10 and injured 21 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan.

August 19 - A suicide bomber rammed a car into an Algerian military academy and the resulting explosion killed 43 and injured 45.

August 24 - Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashed upon takeoff near Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, killing 68

Among Middle Eastern peoples, I do not have events for Turkey.

In Egypt

19 Aug 2008 - Egypt's upper house of Parliament was destroyed in a huge fire.

Among South Asian peoples; At present I have no events for Delhi.

August 15 - Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as Prachanda) was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal after the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May.

In India,

August 3 - A stampede at a Hindu temple at Naina Devi in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India killed 162 and injured 400.

21 Aug 2008 - At least 74 people died in northern India as a result of heavy monsoon rains.

22 Aug 2008 - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Kashmiris demonstrate in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir demanding independence from India.

24 Aug 2008 - Protesters in the Indian state of West Bengal "laid siege" to the factory producing the Tata Nano, in a dispute over land expropriation.

26 Aug 2008 - The Koshi River broke embankment to pick up the course abandoned over 200 years ago causing floods in the Indian state of Bihar and killing 42 people.

30 Aug 2008 - An overcrowded Indian Army boat carrying dozens of victims of the 2008 Indian floods capsized killing at least 25 people and taking the death toll to 85.

In Pakistan

18 Aug 2008 - Pakistan Presidential Impeachment Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who was facing impeachment, announced his resignation as President. Indirect presidential elections will be held within 30 days.

August 18 - Pervez Musharraf resigned from the post of President of Pakistan under impeachment pressure from the coalition government.

21 Aug 2008 - 2008 Wah bombing: Two suicide bombings occur in the cantonment city of Wah Cantt in Pakistan killing at least 76 people and injuring 110.

August 21 - At least 60 died following twin suicide bombings outside the Pakistan Ordnance Factories in Wah, Pakistan.

22 Aug 2008 - Pakistan will indirectly elect a new President of Pakistan on September 6 to replace Pervez Musharraf.

23 Aug 2008 - War in North-West Pakistan: A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Swat, NWFP, killing at least six officers and injuring several more.

25 Aug 2008 - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that he was withdrawing his Pakistan Muslim League (N) party from Pakistan's governing coalition.

30 Aug 2008 - The Pakistan Army claimed that 30 militants had been killed in Swat, NWFP, in heavy fighting in recent days.

Bangladesh has no events connected.

Among Oriental peoples, I have no events for Seoul.

At present I have no events for Japan.

31 Aug 2008 Heavy rains in central Japan caused flooding in Okazaki city forcing evacuation of thousands of people.

I have no events for Tokyo.

In China

August 4 - Two members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which had threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics, killed 16 and injure another 16 officers at a police station in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.

August 8–24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics took place in Beijing, China.

30 Aug 2008 - The 2008 Panzhihua Earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed at least 15 people and injurds dozens more.

31 Aug 2008 The death toll of the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake rose to 32, with 467 others injured. More than 250,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed. (BBC)

Among Southeast Asian peoples, for Indonesia I have no events at present. I also have no events for the Philippines at present. For Vietnam I have few events.

29 Aug 2008 - At least 11 people died this week and five were missing as a result of floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Hà Giang province in northern Vietnam.

African peoples can be connected. For Ethiopia I have no events at present. For West African peoples such as those of Nigeria I have no events at present.

American Indians seem to be less directly significant. For Mexico I have no events recorded. For South American Indian peoples such as those of For Brazil I have no events recorded. For North American Indian peoples found in the United States I have no events recorded at present.

Other History

Earlier periods of history through classical and medieval times are weakly connected. This is also somewhat weakly connected to most of modern history through the 19th century. It it is alslo weakly connected to most of the 20th century through the late 20th century. It is part of the early 21st century. Connections to the early 2000s are weak. This is part of the late 2000s, Connections to 2007 are not strong. Within 2008, this is weakly connected to the first second quarter. Within the third quarter, this is preceded by July 2008.

It is followed by Sept 2008. It has some connections to the future. The near future including next month, next quarter, and next year can be connected somewhat. The middle future and far future can be connected.