Page 7: Historical Events In August - 08

1980  Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1981  On August - 08 uS announce plans to produce the neutron bomb   

1982  On this day in history ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies   

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

1983  On August - 08 militray coup in Guatemala   

1984  On this day in history richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62   

1985  Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 08 louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78   

1987  On August - 08 lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait   

1988  On this day in history discovery of most distant galaxy announced   

1988  Duchess of York gives birth to baby girl on this day in history.   

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 August - 08 sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia   

1988  On August - 08 south Africa declares cease-fire in Angola   

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

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

1990  Iraq annexes Kuwait on this day in history.   

1991  On August - 08 brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41   

1992  On this day in history 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 August - 08 henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62   

1995  David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1996  Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1997  On August - 08 duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

2017  South African President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in parliament 198-177 on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 08 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  US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve attack in Britain on August - 08.   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

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

1617  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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

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

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

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  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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