Rio 2016: Heat to build into early week. After rain caused several rounds of delays and postponements during the first week of the Summer Games, building heat could make for uncomfortable conditions into early this week. August is known for several notable, destructive hurricanes in the United States.
Jean-Thomas Ungerer, aka Tomi, is born in Strasbourg on November 28, the son of Alice (nee Essler) and artist, historian, engineer and astronomical clock manufacturer Theodore.aschen publishes Erotoscope, a large collection of his erotic work to commemorate his 70th birthday. He has an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Strasbourg entitled Tomi Ungerer et New York. Le Nuage Bleue is made into an animated film.
Reuters. Born April 9, 1963 in New York City, New York, U.S. Marc Jacobs is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as a diffusion line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. Jacobs is also the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton. He surely is leading the cutting edge of fashion. Marc Jacobs was included on Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world compiled by Time in April 2010. Reuters. Born May 11, 1932 in Voghera, Lombardy, Italy Valentino Clemente, best known as Valentino, is an Italian fashion designer.