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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States Secretary of Defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [ 1]
National Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an ...
Canada Day. Civic Holiday. Labour Day. Truth and Reconciliation Day. Thanksgiving Day. Remembrance Day. Christmas Day. Boxing Day. Public holidays in Canada ( French: Jours fériés au Canada ), known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats ( French: jours fériés ), consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious ...
5 August. Canada reported 1,434 new cases, bringing the total number to 1,436,188, and 19 new deaths, bringing the death toll to 26,637. [1] Fiji has confirmed 1,187 new cases yesterday. 11 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 272. [29] Malaysia has reported 20,596, bringing the total number to 1,203,706.
Lundi de Pentecôte. Monday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter), observed only in some businesses, see notes. 14 July. National Day. Fête Nationale Française. French National Day, commemorates the Feast of the Federation. 15 August. Assumption Day. Assomption.
27 August. Canada has reported 401 new cases, bringing the total number to 126,818. [183] Malaysia has reported five new cases, bringing the total to 9,296. 16 have recovered, bringing the total number of recovered to 8,994. There are 177 active cases, eight in intensive care and 6 needing respiratory assistance.
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of ...
In June 2015, Asia became the first continent where mobile overtook desktop [225] (followed by Africa in August; [226] while Nigeria had mobile majority in October 2011, [227] [228] because of Symbian – that later had 51% share, then Series 40 dominating, followed by Android as dominating operating system [229]) and as far back as October ...