Page 7: Historical Events In August - 08

1980  On August - 08 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  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 August - 08.   

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

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

1985  Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78 on this day in history.   

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 August - 08 renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years   

1988  Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war on August - 08.   

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

1988  South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola on August - 08.   

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  Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41 on this day in history.   

1992  Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies on this day in history.   

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

1994  Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history david Begelman, film producer, dies at 73   

1996  On August - 08 didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69   

1997  On this day in history duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74   

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

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 August - 08 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan   

2014  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

2017  Kenyan general election: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Jubilee Party of Kenya re-elected, opposition leader Raila Odinga refuses verdict on August - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

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

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

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