Milestones

DIED

George Devol, 99, inventor of the mechanical arm used as a prototype for assembly-line robots; he also developed a hot-dog cooker called the Speedy Weeny.

BORN

A girl, named Penelope Athena, to 30 Rock star Tina Fey and her husband Jeffrey Richmond, on Aug. 10.

RECOVERED

The Judgment, a 350-year-old Rembrandt sketch worth $250,000, on Aug. 15; the artwork, which had been stolen from a Los Angeles hotel two days earlier, was found in the public area of an Episcopal church.

Resigned

Jhalanath Khanal, as Prime Minister of Nepal, after six months in office; Khanal failed to unite groups to write a new constitution following a 10-year civil war.

DIED

Jani Lane, 47, front man for the metal band Warrant; Lane penned some of the band's biggest hits, including "Cherry Pie."

ENDED

A six-month sit-in at Glasgow University; its participants had been protesting proposed cuts designed to save £20 million ($32.8 million) by 2014.