Pete Sampras. Erwin Schrödinger. Jacinto Benavente. Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922. Born in Madrid, the son of a celebrated pediatrician, he returned drama to reality by way of social criticism: declamatory verse giving way to prose, melodrama to comedy, formula to experience, impulsive action to dialogue and the play of minds. Benavente showed a preoccupation with aesthetics and later with ethics.
Principal works[edit] Jacinto Benavente wrote 172 works. Helena Blavatsky. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Блава́тская, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Блаватська), born as Helena von Hahn (Russian: Елена Петровна Ган, Ukrainian: Олена Петрівна Ган; 12 August [O.S. 31 July] 1831 – 8 May 1891), was a Russian occultist.[1] In 1875, Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, and William Quan Judge established a research and publishing institute called the Theosophical Society.
Blavatsky defined Theosophy as "the archaic Wisdom-Religion, the esoteric doctrine once known in every ancient country having claims to civilization. Pope Innocent XI. Pope Blessed Innocent XI (Latin: Innocentius XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 21 September 1676 to his death in 1689.
He is known as the "Savior of Hungary". Much of his reign was concerned with tension with Louis XIV of France. A conservative, he lowered taxes in the Papal States during his pontificate and he also produced a surplus in the papal budget. Because of this surplus he repudiated excessive nepotism within the church. Innocent XI was frugal in matters of governing the Papal States, from dress to leading a life with Christian values.
After a difficult cause for canonization which attracted considerable controversy over the years, he was beatified with no opposition in 1956. Glorious Twelfth. Red Grouse Since British law says that the start of the season cannot fall on a Sunday, it is sometimes postponed to 13 August, as in 2001[2] and 2007.[3] Because grouse are not and never have been reared to any extent for shooting, their numbers fluctuate naturally from year to year.
In recent years, the Glorious Twelfth has also been hit by hunt saboteurs, the 2001 foot and mouth crisis (which further postponed the date in affected areas)[4] and the effect of sheep tick, heather beetle, the gut parasite Trichostrongylus tenuis[5] and severe flooding and bad weather. International Youth Day. International Youth Day (IYD) is an awareness day designated by the United Nations.
The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August, 2000. Background[edit] International Youth Day is observed annually on 12 August. It is meant as an opportunity for governments and others to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. François Hollande. Early life and education[edit] Hollande was born in Rouen to a middle-class family.
His mother, Nicole Frédérique Marguerite Tribert (1927–2009), was a social worker, and his father, Georges Gustave Hollande, an ear, nose, and throat doctor who "had once run for the far right in local politics. Benjamin Sheares. Benjamin Henry Sheares, GCB, (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981), was the second President of Singapore.
Early life[edit] Benjamin Sheares was born the second of six children in Singapore to a Eurasian family with an English lineage. His father Edwin H. Dale Bumpers. Dale Leon Bumpers (born August 12, 1925) is an American politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas from 1971 to 1975; and then in the United States Senate from 1975 until his retirement in January 1999.
He is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Bumpers is currently counsel at the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Arent Fox LLP, where his clients include Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Biography[edit] Governor of Arkansas[edit] In the 1972 Democratic primary, Bumpers easily defeated two opponents, including the highly regarded State Senator Q. U.S. Bumpers was elected to the United States Senate in 1974. In the 1974 Senate race, Jones accused Bumpers of excessive spending as governor, citing the construction of a $186 million state office complex.
In 1980, Bumpers comfortably survived the Ronald W. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Yusof bin Ishak. Tun Yusof bin Ishak (Jawi: يوسف بن اسحاق ;/ˈjʊsɒf bɪn ˈɪs.hɑːk/ YUUSS-off bin ISS-hahk; 12 August 1910 – 23 November 1970) was the first President of Singapore, serving from 1965 to 1970.
His portrait appears on the Singapore Portrait Series currency notes introduced in 1999. Early life[edit] Born on 12 August 1910 in Trong, Taiping, Perak Darul Ridzuan, which was then part of the Federated Malay States (present day Malaysia), Yusof was the descendant of prominent Sumatran Malay Datuk Jannatun who migrated to Penang in 1759. He received his primary education at Victoria Bridge School (now known as Victoria School),[2] and secondary education at Raffles Institution. Career[edit] Yusof was well known both as a journalist and the founder of the Malay newspaper Utusan Melayu prior to becoming head of state of Singapore.
Yusof is buried at Kranji State Cemetery. Awards and Honours[edit] Alexis of Russia. Early life and reign[edit] Born in Moscow on 29 March 1629, the son of Tsar Michael and Eudoxia Streshneva, Alexei acceded to the throne at the age of sixteen after his father's death on 12 July 1645.
He was committed to the care of the boyar Boris Morozov, a shrewd and sensible guardian sufficiently enlightened to recognize the needs of his country, and by no means inaccessible to Western ideas. Morozov's foreign policy was pacificatory. Tokugawa Iemitsu. Christian III of Denmark. Cleopatra VII. August 12.