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Wednesday, 08 July 2026
1997 Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57. 
2005 North Korea agrees to stop building nuclear weapons in exchange for aid and cooperation.
2006 A memorial service for recently deceased Australian personality Steve Irwin takes place at Australia Zoo, Queensland, Australia. The service is broadcast across Australia and other parts of the world
2007 Typhoon Wipha hits Fuding, China. Authorities had evacuated over two million people prior to the storm's landfall.
2011 With 434 dead, the United Nations launches a $357 million appeal for victims of the 2011 Sindh floods in Pakistan.
2012 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan
2017 US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea†if threatens the US
2017 7.1 earthquake south east of Mexico City results in the deaths of over 300.
2017 President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in his UN speech criticizes US President Donald Trump for his comments about Iran in his own UN speech
2017 New MLB record for most home runs in a season, no. 5694 hit by Alex Gordon of the Kansas City Royals
2017 Eleven days after another powerful earthquake, and on the 32nd anniversary of the deadly 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a Mw 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico, killing more than 350, leaving up to 6000 injured and thousands more homeless
2017 Just two weeks after Hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria strikes similar areas, making landfall on Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane, and Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused at least 94 deaths and damages estimated in excess of $103 billion (2017 USD)
2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, Dominica killing 3059 people
2018 Korean joint summit in Pyongyang agrees to limit North Korea's weapons programme and to South Korea economic cooperation.
2019 30 Afghan nut farmers are killed and 40 injured in a U.S. drone attack in Nangarhar Province.
2020 A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered at the Royal Scots College's library in Salamanca, Spain. It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country
2021 RuPaul is recorded as becoming the most decorated black artist in Emmy history, winning his 11th award for "RuPaul’s Drag Race".
2021 The 2021 Russian legislative election is held, with the United Russia party winning nearly 50% of the vote.[200][201]
2023 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Armenia-backed Republic of Artsakh, which ends with a swift Azerbaijani victory. Protests erupt in Armenia, Artsakh announces the dissolution of government institutions, and over 100000 ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh
