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Auditor independence
Auditor independence is the requirement that an auditor be free of interests and relationships that could bias the audit, in fact and in the eyes of a reasonable observer.
Auditor's report
An auditor's report, also known as an audit report, is an independent auditor's formal written opinion on whether financial statements fairly present an entity's financial position and results.
Audrey G. Fleissig
Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, born 1955, is a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, nominated by President Obama in 2010 and confirmed 90 to 0.
Audrey Marie Hilley
Audrey Marie Hilley (born Frazier, 1933), Alabama's "Black Widow," poisoned her husband Frank with arsenic in 1975 and her daughter Carol in 1979, fled under false identities, was convicted in 1983, and died after a 1987 prison furlough.
Audrey Wood
Audrey Wood, born 1927, is a British businesswoman who co-founded Oxford Instruments in Oxford in 1959 with her husband Sir Martin Wood, running its administration and finance.
Augmenta
Augmenta (Augmenta Agriculture Technologies) was a Greek agritech startup founded in Athens in 2016 that built a retrofit camera-and-AI device for variable-rate crop application, acquired by CNH Industrial in 2023 for $110 million.
Augmented Dickey–Fuller test
The augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) test is a statistical test in time-series econometrics of whether a series contains a unit root, extending the Dickey–Fuller test with lagged difference terms for serial correlation.
Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc.
Augmented Reality Concepts, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business as Impel, is a Syracuse, New York automotive AI and SaaS company that raised $104 million in December 2022.
Augsburg Confession
The Augsburg Confession (Confessio Augustana) is the Lutheran confession of faith written mainly by Philipp Melanchthon, presented to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530.
August 1
August 1, the 213th day of the Gregorian year, is Swiss National Day tied to the Federal Charter of 1291 and Emancipation Day in several countries; it also marks Germany's 1914 declaration of war on Russia and MTV's 1981 launch.
August 10
August 10, the 222nd day of the Gregorian year, marks Cleopatra's death (30 BC), the 1792 Tuileries storming, the Louvre's 1793 museum opening, Ecuador's 1809 independence uprising, Missouri statehood (1821), Japan's 1945 surrender offer, and Magellan's 1990 Venus orbit arrival.
August 11
August 11 is a calendar date spanning events from the Battle of Maldon in 991 to DJ Kool Herc's 1973 Bronx party credited as hip-hop's birth.
August 12
August 12, the 224th day of the year, hosts International Youth Day (UN, 1999), Thailand's Mother's Day (Queen Sirikit's birthday), World Elephant Day (2012), the Glorious Twelfth, and IBM PC Day marking the 1981 model 5150 launch.
August 13
August 13, the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years), hosts Tunisia's Women's Day (Code of Personal Status, 1956), Central African Republic Independence Day, International Lefthanders Day, and commemorates the 1961 Berlin border sealing.
August 14
August 14, the 226th day of the Gregorian year, is Pakistan Independence Day, Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (India), Oued Ed-Dahab Day (Morocco), and World Lizard Day; historically it saw the Social Security Act signed in 1935 and Truman's announcement of Japan's 1945 surrender.
August 15
August 15 is the 227th day of the Gregorian year. It is the Feast of the Assumption, India's Independence Day (1947), and Liechtenstein's National Day; notable events include the Panama Canal opening (1914), Woodstock (1969), and the fall of Kabul (2021).
August 16
August 16, the 228th day of the year: Battle of Bennington (1777), first transatlantic telegraph message (1858), Cyprus and Gabon independence (1960), deaths of Elvis Presley (1977) and Aretha Franklin (2018), and Usain Bolt's 9.58-second 100 m record (2009).
August 17
August 17, the 229th day of the Gregorian year, is Indonesia's Independence Day (1945 proclamation) and Gabon's national day; notable events include the 986 Battle of Trajan's Gates, Fulton's 1807 steamboat voyage, the 1978 Double Eagle II transatlantic balloon crossing, and the first commercial CDs in 1982.
August 18
August 18, the 230th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1920 ratification of the US 19th Amendment by Tennessee, the 1590 discovery of the deserted Roanoke Colony, the 1877 discovery of Phobos, and the 1868 discovery of helium.
August 19
August 19 is the 231st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, marking Afghanistan's independence in 1919 and observed as World Humanitarian Day and National Aviation Day.
August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year, the 215th in leap years, marked by the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence and Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
August 20
August 20, the 232nd day of the Gregorian year (233rd in leap years), is a calendar date marked by the Battle of Yarmouk (636), the 1619 arrival of Africans in Virginia, Fallen Timbers (1794), Trotsky's 1940 assassination, the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, Viking 1 (1975), Voyager 2 (1977), and Hungary's St. Stephen's Day.
August 2025 Indonesian protests
The August 2025 Indonesian protests were nationwide demonstrations against a 50 million rupiah monthly housing allowance for all 580 members of parliament, escalating after police killed a driver.
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership election
August 2026 New Zealand National Party leadership challenge: backbencher Chris Penk challenged PM Christopher Luxon, who survived a secret caucus confidence vote on 12 August 2026, sacked Penk from Cabinet, and led National into the November election.
August 21
August 21, the 233rd day of the year, is the UN day for victims of violence based on religion or belief; notable events include Nat Turner's 1831 rebellion, the 1911 Mona Lisa theft, and the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
August 22
August 22 is a day of major historical turning points, including the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. It also marks the start of the Haitian Revolution.
August 23
August 23, the 235th day of a common Gregorian year, is known for the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939), Romania's switch to the Allies (1944), Armenia's independence declaration (1990), UNESCO's Slave Trade Remembrance Day, and India's National Space Day after Chandrayaan-3's 2023 lunar landing.
August 24
August 24, the 236th day of the Gregorian year, marked by the sack of Rome (410), burning of Washington (1814), NATO's treaty taking effect (1949), Ukraine's Independence Day (1991), and Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet (2006).
August 25
August 25, the 237th day of the year, marks Galileo's 1609 telescope demonstration, the 1916 founding of the U.S. National Park Service, the 1944 liberation of Paris, Voyager 1's 2012 entry into interstellar space, Uruguay's Independence Day, and births including Ivan the Terrible and Leonard Bernstein.
August 26
August 26, the 238th day of the Gregorian year, is Women's Equality Day in the US (19th Amendment certified 1920), Heroes' Day in Namibia, and the date of the 1346 Battle of Crécy and the 1791 steamboat patents.