Historical Events In August - 08

1980  On August - 08 aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63   

1981  On August - 08 uS announce plans to produce the neutron bomb   

1982  On August - 08 ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies   

1983  On August - 08 jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV   

1983  Militray coup in Guatemala on this day in history.   

1984  Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 08 japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet   

1985  On this day in history louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78   

1987  Lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait on August - 08.   

1988  On this day in history discovery of most distant galaxy announced   

1988  Duchess of York gives birth to baby girl on August - 08.   

1988  On August - 08 renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years   

1988  On August - 08 russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war   

1988  On August - 08 sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia   

1988  On this day in history south Africa declares cease-fire in Angola   

1988  Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 08 alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85   

1990  Iraq annexes Kuwait on this day in history.   

1991  Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41 on August - 08.   

1992  Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies on August - 08.   

1993  On this day in history harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88   

1994  Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1995  David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1996  On August - 08 didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69   

1997  Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74 on August - 08.   

2007  On August - 08 the 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes.   

2007  The Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118 on August - 08.   

2012  On August - 08 china announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies   

2013  On this day in history 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan   

2014  The West African Ebola outbreak is categorized as an international concern by the WHO on August - 08.   

2017  South African President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in parliament 198-177 on August - 08.   

2017  On August - 08 kenyan general election: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Jubilee Party of Kenya re-elected, opposition leader Raila Odinga refuses verdict   

2017  The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix on August - 08.   

2018  US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve attack in Britain on this day in history.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on this day in history.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on this day in history.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on August - 08.   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.