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August 18In 1958, Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States for the first time. In 2005, a massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people. |
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August 19Until September 21 at Ardel Gallery of Modern Art on Boromrachonanee Road, see Plant, Delicacy, Delight, an exhibition inspired by the beauty of nature by local artists Boonmee Sangkhum and Vipabhon Nilubon. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 1960, the Soviet Union launches the Korabl-Sputnik 2 satellite into space with two dogs, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants on board. All of the animals were returned safely to Earth the following day. |
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August 20Birthday wishes go out to English singer-songwriter and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant (1948). In 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace publish their first papers on the theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. |
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August 21In 1965, American rock group The Lovin’ Spoonful release their debut single, “Do You Believe in Magic.” The song is later included on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1911, in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee. It is recovered two years later. |
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August 22In 1902, Cadillac Motor Company is founded. In 2004, versions of paintings The Scream and Madonna by Edvard Munch are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. |
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August 23Fan of pop and jazz shouldn’t miss veteran guitarist Eddie Autobahn at his special Eddie Autobahn My inner Secret Concert. The concert starts at 7 pm at Siam Pavalai, Siam Paragon. Tickets are 1,000 to 2,500 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1990, West Germany and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3. |
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August 24In 1981, Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering singer-songwriter John Lennon. In 1891, American inventor Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. |
