Page 7: Historical Events In August - 08

1980  Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63   

1981  US announce plans to produce the neutron bomb   

1982  Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies.   

1983  Jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV.   

1983  Militray coup in Guatemala.   

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

1985  Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet   

1985  Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78.   

1987  Lynne Cox became inaugural to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait.   

1988  Discovery of most distant galaxy announced.   

1988  Duchess of York gives birth to baby girl.   

1988  Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years   

1988  Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war   

1988  Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia.   

1988  South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola.   

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

1988  Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85.   

1990  Iraq annexes Kuwait.   

1991  Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41   

1992  Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies   

1993  Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88   

1994  Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62.   

1995  David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73.   

1996  Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69   

1997  Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74.   

2007  The 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes.   

2007  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   

2013  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.   

2017  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   

2017  The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix.   

2018  US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve attack in Britain   

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1079  Emperor horikawa of japan: Emperor horikawa of japan (d. 1107)   

1518  Conrad lycosthenes: French-born german humanist and encyclopedist   

1571  John ward: Composer   

1586  Adolf: Earl of nassau-siegen   

1605  Cecilius calvert: 2nd baron baltimore, british colonial governor of maryland   

1617  Adriaan w "joris" van geel: Flemish missionary (bantu dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey kneller: German-born painter   

1653  Jacques basnage: French/neth historian/vicar   

0117  Death of Mark ulpius trajanus: Adopted son of emperor nerva/emperor,   

0869  Death of Lotharius ii: King of middle-france (lotharingen) (855-869),   

1445  Death of Oswald von wolkenstein: Austrian composer   

1506  Death of Sesshu toyo: Zen monk/painter,   

1553  Death of Girolamo fracastoro: Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  Death of Oronce finé: French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso sánchez coello: Spanish painter   

1604  Horio tadauji: Japanese warlord (b. 1578)