Portal:Politics/Selected anniversaries/August


 * August 3, 2005 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad takes office as the 6th President of Iran.
 * August 3, 2006 – Tuvalu holds parliamentary elections.
 * August 19, 1953 – Cold War: The CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran, and retain Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on the throne (see Operation Ajax).
 * August 29, 2008 – Sarah Palin becomes the first female Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States.