Calendar

August 18

In 1587, the first non-native child was born in the US. She was called Virginia Dare.

August 18

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) and Courtney Love became parents to daughter Frances Bean in 1992. Not a graduate from the school of good parenting, Cobain shot himself two years later.

August 19

Fancy a cigar? Make sure you don't inhale. William "Bill" Clinton was born in 1946.

August 19

Happy Birthday to a Natcha Sawasrakkiet (Ploy).

August 19

The final episode of the TV version of Charlie's Angels was aired in 1981.

August 20

Catch Armchair, The Peach Band, Scrubb and Perfect Rock Star at Yonok University, Lampang, for a campus concert. Call 02 658 6230 ext. 708.

August 20

The spacecraft Voyager 2 was launched by the US in 1977. The craft carried a record containing greetings, samples of music and sounds of nature meant to attract aliens. The aliens sniggered and carried on plotting to take over the planet.

August 21

NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft in 1993. The mission cost $980 million � that's $980 million dollars that could have been spent on something that worked properly.

Until August 21

Asia Books' Fiction Festival will be showcasing the best in fiction from around the world at all its branches.

August 22

Armchair, The Peach Band, Scrubb and Perfect Rock Star head northwards to Chiang Mai University. Call 02 658 6230 ext. 708.

August 22-23

Moderndog is playing at Hot Track (Bangkok) and at Yes Indeed (Bangkok) on August 23.

August 22-24

Catch Lumsing Singer: I'm the Officer, a play by the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University. Ticket prices are 120, and 150 baht. Call 02 218 2148 or visit www.nitadechula.net.

August 23

In 1839 Hong Kong was taken by the British in a war with China. Why? Because Britain wanted to sell opium to the Chinese and the Chinese didn't want to be a nation of drug addicts.

August 23-24

Grammy is inviting singers aged 17-30 and who live in the Northeast to participate in its "Star Khon Fa Khwa Dao" contest at the Charuen Thani Princess, Kon Kaen. Call 02 669 8239-41.

August 24

In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy killing approximately 20,000 people. The cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum were buried in volcanic ash.

August 24

Happy Birthday to sexy singer, Marcha Wattanapanich.

August 24

Microsoft's "Windows 95" went on sale. Some time later, the first of a zillion updates and security patches were issued.