Page 7: Historical Events In August - 08

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

1985  On this day in history japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet   

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

1987  On this day in history lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait   

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

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

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  Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia on August - 08.   

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

1988  Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC on August - 08.   

1988  On this day in history alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85   

1990  On this day in history iraq annexes Kuwait   

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

1995  On August - 08 david Begelman, film producer, dies at 73   

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

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

2007  The 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes on this day in history.   

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

2012  China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies on August - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

2018  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

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 August - 08.   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

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

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 August - 08.   

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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