Page 7: Historical Events In August - 08

1980  On this day in history aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63   

1981  On this day in history uS announce plans to produce the neutron bomb   

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

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

1983  On August - 08 militray coup in Guatemala   

1984  Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 on August - 08.   

1985  Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  Discovery of most distant galaxy announced on August - 08.   

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

1988  On this day in history renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years   

1988  Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war on August - 08.   

1988  Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia on this day in history.   

1988  On August - 08 south Africa declares cease-fire in Angola   

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

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 this day in history.   

1993  Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88 on August - 08.   

1994  Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62 on August - 08.   

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

1996  Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69 on August - 08.   

1997  On August - 08 duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74   

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  China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history south African President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in parliament 198-177   

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  On this day in history the Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix   

2018  On August - 08 uS State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve attack in Britain   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

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  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)