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.
Julie Mehretu (born 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an artist, best known for her densely layered abstract paintings and prints. She lives and works in New York City. Mehretu shares her New York studio with her partner, the artist Jessica Rankin. Mehretu was born in Ethiopia, in 1970, the first child of an Ethiopian college professor and an American teacher.