Historical Events In August - 08

1980  Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 on August - 08.   

1981  US announce plans to produce the neutron bomb on this day in history.   

1982  Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies on August - 08.   

1983  Jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV on this day in history.   

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  Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet on August - 08.   

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

1987  On August - 08 lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait   

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

1988  On August - 08 duchess of York gives birth to baby girl   

1988  Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history 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  South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC   

1988  Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history iraq annexes Kuwait   

1991  On this day in history brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41   

1992  On this day in history abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies   

1993  On August - 08 harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88   

1994  On August - 08 henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62   

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

1996  Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74   

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

2007  On this day in history the Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118.   

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

2013  On August - 08 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  Kenyan general election: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Jubilee Party of Kenya re-elected, opposition leader Raila Odinga refuses verdict on this day in history.   

2017  The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix on this day in history.   

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  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

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  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.