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 August - 08.   

1982  Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 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 August - 08.   

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  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  Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war on this day in history.   

1988  Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia on August - 08.   

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  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 August - 08.   

1993  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69   

1997  Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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

2012  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 08.   

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1079  On August - 08 birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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