A U G U S T
E v e n t s
- 28 august - 8 september 2024 - XVII Paralympic Games (Paris 2024)
- 20 august 2020 – World Deaf Golf Championships (Birmingham, UK) – postoned for Covid-19
- 21-23 august 2020 – 4th Lesico International Conference (Warsaw, Poland)
- 23 august – Guinness world record for fastest fingerspelling (4.7 seconds, UK, Thomas McWinnie)
B o r n:
9 august 1968 – Helga Stevens, Belgian politician
13 august 1861 - George William Veditz, former president of NAD and first to film with ASL
14 august 1928 – Rolando López Dirube,Cuban painter and sculptor
19 august 1931 – Dorothy Miles, American poet and activist
20 august .... - Kathy Buckley, American actress and motivational speaker
22 august 1879 – Valentín de Zubiaurre, Spanish painter
22 august 1943 - Richard E. Ladner, Ph.D, American teacher for Deaf, hard of hearing, Deaf-blind and blind people
24 august 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
30 august 1978 - Amber Smock, American educator and activist
31 august 1663 – Guillaume Amontons, French inventor and physicist
D i e s:
1 august 1837 – Walter Geikie, Scottish painter
5 august 1935 – Douglas Tilden, American sculptor
10 august 1923 – Laura Redden Searing, American poet and journalist
12 august 1993 – Regina Olson Hughes, American scientific illustrator in Botanical Art
13 august 1854 – John Brewster Jr., American itinerant painter
13 august 1971 - Donald Gollan, british olympic rower
18 august 1923 – Ed Dundon, American professional baseball player
22 august 1958 – Dummy Taylor, American professional baseball player
Recommendation: Тhіѕ іѕ аn іdеаl рrојесt bаѕеd оn vоluntаrу wоrk bу mеmbеrѕ оf Теаm “Wе Неаr Yоu”. Тhе іnfоrmаtіоn рublіѕhеd іn “Dеаf Wіkіреdіа” іѕ ассеѕѕіblе fоr ѕtudеntѕ аnd реорlе іnvоlvеd іn thе fіеldѕ оf аudіtоrу hеаlth, ѕіgn lаnguаgе, соmmunісаtіоn аnd ѕреесh аnd lаnguаgе thеrару tо uѕе. Іt іѕ mаndаtоrу fоr thе uѕеrѕ tо аdd thе Ѕіtе аnd іtѕ rеlаtеd lіnk tо thе Rеfеrеnсе lіѕt оf thеіr рublісаtіоnѕ аnd wоrkѕ сіtіng іt аѕ а mеdіа іn ассоrdаnсе wіth thе еthісаl ѕtаndаrdѕ оf сіtіng ѕоurсеѕ. Thanks!
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