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  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  On this day in history militray coup in Guatemala   

1984  On August - 08 richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62   

1985  On August - 08 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 August - 08.   

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  On this day in history duchess of York gives birth to baby girl   

1988  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 08 temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC   

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

1990  On August - 08 iraq annexes Kuwait   

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

1992  On August - 08 abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies   

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

1994  On this day in history henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62   

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

2012  On this day in history china announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies   

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 this day in history.   

2017  On August - 08 south African President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in parliament 198-177   

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

2017  On August - 08 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 August - 08.   

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

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  On this day in history 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 August - 08.   

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

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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

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

1445  On August - 08 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  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  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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