8 August (Historical Events of 8 August)
1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight to the race course at Le Mans, France. It was the first public flight of the Wright Brothers.
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin launched a round-the-world flight.
1940 - Aufbau Ost directive was signed by Wilhelm Kettle.
1942 - Quit India movement was launched in India against British rule in response to Moranda Gandhi's call for Swaraj or complete independence.
1945 - The London Charter was signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
1963 - Great Train Robbery: A gang of 15 train robbers in England stole £ 2.6 million in banknotes.
1967 - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1974 - In a nationwide television address, President Richard Nixon resigned from the office of the President of the United States of America the following afternoon.
1989 - Space Shuttle Program: STS-28 Mission: The Space Shuttle Columbia landed on a secret five-day military mission.
1991 - At one time, the longest radio mast was the Warsaw Radio Mast collapse.
1998 - Consulate on Afghanistan in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan attacked by Taliban, killing ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
2008 - A Eurocity Express train en route from Krakow, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic, collapsed on a railroad track near Studenka railway station in the Czech Republic, killing eight people.
2010 - 100 people died and about 2000 people went missing due to landslides after heavy rains in Gansu province of Tibet.
2010 - Tejaswini Sawant world shooter
1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight to the race course at Le Mans, France. It was the first public flight of the Wright Brothers.
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin launched a round-the-world flight.
1940 - Aufbau Ost directive was signed by Wilhelm Kettle.
1942 - Quit India movement was launched in India against British rule in response to Moranda Gandhi's call for Swaraj or complete independence.
1945 - The London Charter was signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
1963 - Great Train Robbery: A gang of 15 train robbers in England stole £ 2.6 million in banknotes.
1967 - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1974 - In a nationwide television address, President Richard Nixon resigned from the office of the President of the United States of America the following afternoon.
1989 - Space Shuttle Program: STS-28 Mission: The Space Shuttle Columbia landed on a secret five-day military mission.
1991 - At one time, the longest radio mast was the Warsaw Radio Mast collapse.
1998 - Consulate on Afghanistan in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan attacked by Taliban, killing ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
2008 - A Eurocity Express train en route from Krakow, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic, collapsed on a railroad track near Studenka railway station in the Czech Republic, killing eight people.
2010 - 100 people died and about 2000 people went missing due to landslides after heavy rains in Gansu province of Tibet.
2010 - Tejaswini Sawant world shooter
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