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What Happened on August 8th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a raid on former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.[12]
2016	Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
2015	Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
2013	A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
2010	China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
2008	A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
2008	The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
2007	An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2004	A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
2001	Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.
2000	Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
1998	Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
1993	The 7.8 Mw  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
1991	The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
1990	Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
1989	Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
1988	The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
1988	The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
1974	President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
1973	Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
1969	At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1967	The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1963	Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
1963	The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
1946	First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
1945	The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
1942	Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
1940	The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
1929	The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1919	The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
1918	World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
1908	Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
1903	Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
1876	Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1870	The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1863	American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
1863	Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.
1844	The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
1831	Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
1794	Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
1786	Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1709	Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
1648	Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman sultan.
1647	The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1588	Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
1585	John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
1576	The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
1509	Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
1503	King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1264	Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.
1220	Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
870	Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
685	Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi — but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu’s brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.

Famous People Born on August 8

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Year	Name
1950	Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
1951	Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
1981	Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
1988	Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1970	Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist
1910	Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (d. 1989)
1956	Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
1952	Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
1976	Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
1986	Pierre Garçon, American football player

Famous People Deaths On August 8

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Date	Name
1985	Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
1863	Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
1171	Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. 1111)
998	Seo Hui, Korean politician and diplomat (b. 942)
2004	Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)
1975	Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
1921	Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
1979	Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
2013	Karen Black, American actress (b. 1939)
117	Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53)