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August 8

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  1. 661 relations: Abbey Road, Abey Kuruvilla, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Achille Varzi, AD 117, Adolf Busch, Afghanistan, Ahmed Deedat, Alan Maybury, Alan Napier, Albert Namatjira, Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera, Alcoholics Anonymous, Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Aleksandra Szwed, Alexander Watson (diplomat), Alexander William Doniphan, Alfredo Lim, Alija Izetbegović, AllMusic, Almanzor, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Altmann (bishop of Passau), American Civil War, Anastasia M. Ashman, André Jolivet, Andrea de Rossi, Andrew Johnson, Andy Priaulx, Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), Angus Fraser, Angus MacAskill, Anita Włodarczyk, Anthony Rizzo, Anton Fig, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Army of North Macedonia, Arthur Goldberg, Artur Bernardes, ASEAN, Associated Press, Aufbau Ost (1940), August 2013 Quetta bombing, August 2016 Quetta attacks, August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Axel Merckx, Aziz Sattar, Barbara Bel Geddes, ... Expand index (611 more) »

Abbey Road

Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records.

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Abey Kuruvilla

Abey Kuruvilla (born 4 August 1968) is an Indian former cricketer and general manager of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei (أبو القاسمالموسوي الخوئي; ابوالقاسمموسوی خویی; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'.

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Achille Varzi

Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) was an Italian racing driver.

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Year 117 (CXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Adolf Busch

Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Ahmed Deedat

Ahmed Husein Deedat (અહમદ હુસેન દીદત; احمد حسین دیدات;; 1 July 1918 – 8 August 2005), was a South African and Indian self-taught Muslim thinker, author, and orator on Comparative Religion.

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Alan Maybury

Alan Paul Maybury (born 8 August 1978) is an Irish professional football coach and former player who currently manages Scottish League Two club Stirling Albion.

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Alan Napier

Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor.

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Albert Namatjira

Albert Namatjira (born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists.

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Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield

Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, (8 August 1874 – 4 November 1948), born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American businessman who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) from 1933 to 1947.

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Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera

The Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera is a former Moorish alcázar, now housing a park, in Jerez de la Frontera, in the South of Spain.

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Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a global peer-led mutual aid fellowship begun in the United States dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually inclined twelve-step program.

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Aldo Calderón van Dyke

Aldo Calderón van Dyke (died 14 August 2013) was a Honduran journalist that worked for Canal 11, ''La Prensa'', and ''El Tiempo''.

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Aleksandra Szwed

Aleksandra Szwed (born 8 August 1990) is a Polish television, film, and voice actress, television presenter, singer, model, fashion designer, and master of ceremonies.

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Alexander Watson (diplomat)

Alexander Fletcher Watson (born August 8, 1939) is a retired American ambassador and diplomat.

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Alexander William Doniphan

Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at the close of the 1838 Mormon War in that state.

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Alfredo Lim

Alfredo "Fred" Siojo Lim (December 21, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Filipino politician, police officer and lawyer who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007, He also served as the 19th Mayor of Manila twice: first from 1992 to 1998, and again from 2007 to 2013.

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Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Almanzor

Abu ʿĀmir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿĀmir al-Maʿafiri (أبو عامر محمد بن عبد الله بن أبي عامر المعافري), nicknamed al-Manṣūr (المنصور, "the Victorious"), which is often Latinized as Almanzor in Spanish, Almansor in Catalan and Almançor in Portuguese (c.

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Alonso Sánchez Coello

Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance.

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Altmann (bishop of Passau)

Altmann von Passau Coat of arms of Passau Altmann (– 8 August 1091) was the Bishop of Passau from 1065 until his death.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Anastasia M. Ashman

Anastasia M. Ashman (born August 8, 1964) is an American author, a digital strategist, and co-founder of global personal branding startup GlobalNiche.net.

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André Jolivet

André Jolivet (8 August 1905 – 20 December 1974) was a French composer.

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Andrea de Rossi

Andrea De Rossi (born 8 August 1972 in Genova) is an Italian former rugby union footballer and a current coach.

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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869.

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Andy Priaulx

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born 7 August 1974) is a British racing driver from Guernsey.

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Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919

The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, also known as the Treaty of Rawalpindi, was a treaty which brought the Third Anglo-Afghan War to an end.

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Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared.

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Angus Fraser

Angus Robert Charles Fraser (born 8 August 1965) is an English cricket administrator.

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Angus MacAskill

Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant.

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Anita Włodarczyk

Anita Włodarczyk (born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower.

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Anthony Rizzo

Anthony Vincent Rizzo (born August 8, 1989) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Anton Fig

Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952) is a South African session drummer, perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (abbreviated as AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine.

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Army of North Macedonia

The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (Армија на Република Северна Македонија, APCM, ARSM) is the military of North Macedonia.

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Arthur Goldberg

Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Artur Bernardes

Artur da Silva Bernardes (8 August 1875 – 23 March 1955) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served the 12th president of Brazil from 1922 to 1926.

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ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Aufbau Ost (1940)

Aufbau Ost was the German operational code name for the mobilisation of forces before the start of Operation Barbarossa and the subsequent invasion of the Soviet Union.

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August 2013 Quetta bombing

On 8 August 2013, a suicide attacker exploded a bomb at a funeral being held for a police officer in Quetta, Pakistan, and killed as many as thirty-seven people and injured over fifty people.

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August 2016 Quetta attacks

On 8 August 2016, terrorists attacked the Government Hospital of Quetta in Pakistan with a suicide bombing and shooting.

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August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 7 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 9 All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 21 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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Axel Merckx

Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx (born 8 August 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx.

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Aziz Sattar

Datuk Abdul Aziz bin Sattar (Jawi: عبدالعزيز بن ستار;‎ 8 August 1925 – 6 May 2014) was a Malaysian actor, singer, comedian, and director who is mostly known for his roles in the black and white Malay films of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost 5 decades.

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Bartolomeu de Gusmão

Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (December 1685 – 18 November 1724) was a Portuguese priest and naturalist from Colonial Brazil who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the operational principles of the hot air balloon and to build a functional prototype of such device.

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Battle of Amiens (1918)

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

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Battle of Dungan's Hill

The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Battle of Lihula

The Battle of Lihula or Battle of Leal was fought between invading Swedes and Estonians for the control of a castle in Lihula, Estonia in 1220.

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Battle of Qianshi

The Battle of Qianshi was a military conflict between the armies of Qi and Lu that occurred in 685 BCE when Duke Zhuang of Lu invaded Qi over a succession dispute.

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Ben G. Davis

Benjamin Guy Davis One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 8 August 1970) is Professor of Chemical biology in the Department of Pharmacology and a member of the Faculty (by courtesy) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Bill Davis

William Grenville Davis, (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985.

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Bill Voce

Bill Voce (8 August 1909 – 6 June 1984) was an English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire and England.

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Black Saturday (1903)

Black Saturday was a 1903 disaster which left 12 spectators dead and injured 232 when a section of balcony collapsed during a baseball game between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.

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Bob Smith (doctor)

Robert Holbrook Smith (August 8, 1879 – November 16, 1950), also known as Dr.

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Brett Ratliff

Brett Ratliff (born August 8, 1985) is a former American football quarterback.

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Brian Harvey

Brian Lee Harvey (born 8 August 1974) is an English singer from London.

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Brigham Young

Brigham Young (June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Bruce Matthews (American football)

Bruce Rankin Matthews (born August 8, 1961) is an American former professional football player who played as a guard, center, offensive tackle, and long snapper in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, from 1983 to 2001.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Carl Fredrik Pechlin

Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin (8 August 1720 – 29 May 1796) was a Swedish politician and demagogue.

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Carl Heinrich Graun

Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor.

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Carl Peter Thunberg

Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus.

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Carol I of Romania

Carol I or Charles I of Romania (born Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; 20 April 1839 –), was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914.

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Caroline Ansink

Caroline Ansink (born 8 August 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch musician, music educator and composer.

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Casey Cott

Casey Morton Cott (born August 8, 1992) is an American actor, known for his role as Kevin Keller on The CW series Riverdale.

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Casper (Maya ruler)

"Casper",The real name of the ruler has not been deciphered.

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Cécile Chaminade

Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) was a French composer and pianist.

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CBBC Newsround

CBBC Newsround (stylised as newsround) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972.

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Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English politician, peer and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.

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Cecilia Roth

Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin (born 8 August 1956), known professionally as Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress.

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Charles Keating (actor)

Charles Keating (22 October 1941 – 8 August 2014) was an English actor.

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Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham

Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, (8 August 1909 – 20 March 1977) was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer from the Lyttelton family.

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Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald (Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).

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Chester Williams

Chester Mornay Williams (8 August 1970 – 6 September 2019) was a South African rugby union player.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chittoor

Chittoor is a city and district headquarters in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Chris Eubank

Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998.

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Chris Foreman

Christopher John Foreman (born 8 August 1956), nicknamed Chrissy Boy, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and composer.

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Chris Pressley

Chris Pressley (born August 8, 1986) is a former American football fullback.

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Christoph Ludwig Agricola

Christoph Ludwig Agricola (5 November 1665 – 8 August 1724) was a German landscape painter and etcher.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) (in French Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa.

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Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens (born Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingolia; August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer.

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Conrad Lycosthenes

Conrad Lycosthenes (8 August 151825 March 1561), born Conrad Wolffhart, was an Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist.

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker

The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.

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Cornelis Ketel

Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel (18 March 1548 – 8 August 1616) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam till his death.

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Cornelis Vreeswijk

Cornelis Vreeswijk (8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter and poet.

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Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck

Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck (8 August 1640 – 4 January 1697), née Countess of, was a German noblewoman, poet and composer.

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Craig Breslow

Craig Andrew Breslow (pronounced BREHZ-loh; born August 8, 1980) is an American baseball executive and former professional baseball pitcher.

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Crown of Castile

The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne.

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CTV News

CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada.

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Cumberland Sound

Cumberland Sound (Baie Cumberland; Inuit: Kangiqtualuk) is an Arctic waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Cyriacus

Cyriacus (Kyriakos, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution.

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Daniel House (musician)

Daniel House (born August 8, 1961) is an American business owner and former musician.

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Daniel Jarque

Daniel Jarque González (1 January 1983 – 8 August 2009) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender and spent his entire career with Espanyol.

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Danilo Blanuša

Danilo Blanuša (7 December 1903 – 8 August 1987) was a Croatian mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb.

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Danilo Gallinari

Danilo Gallinari (born 8 August 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Darren Manzella

Darren Manzella (August 8, 1977 – August 29, 2013) was a United States Army Sergeant, Army medic and gay activist from Portland, New York, who was discharged under the Don't ask, don't tell policy.

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Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band (also known as DMB) is an American rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991.

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Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident

On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated of human waste from the bus' blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto an open-top passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below.

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David Florence

David Florence (born 8 August 1982) is a retired British slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021.

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David Grant (singer)

David Beresford Grant (born 8 August 1956) whose biggest hit was "Intuition" in 1981.

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Dean Rockwell

Dean Ladrath Rockwell (May 25, 1912 – August 8, 2005)) was a decorated World War II group commander in the D-Day invasion, an Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling coach, and a college football coach.

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Deborah Norville

Deborah Anne Norville (born August 8, 1958) is an American television journalist and businesswoman.

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Denisse Guerrero

Denisse Guerrero Flores (born August 8, 1980, Los Mochis, Sinaloa) is a Mexican musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the electropop band Belanova.

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Dennis Canavan

Dennis Andrew Canavan (born 8 August 1942) is a Scottish politician.

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Dennis Drew

Dennis Arnold Drew (born August 8, 1957) is the keyboardist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs.

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Dennis Tito

Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940) is an American engineer and entrepreneur.

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Diddú

Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir (born 8 August 1955), better known as Diddú, is an Icelandic soprano and songwriter.

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Diego Markwell

Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell (born August 8, 1980 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

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Dilip Sardesai

Dilip Narayan Sardesai (8 August 1940 – 2 July 2007) was an Indian international cricketer.

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Dino De Laurentiis

Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian film producer and businessman who held both Italian and American citizenship.

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Dirk Hoogendam

Dirk Hoogendam, a.k.a. Dieter Hohendamm, alias The Boxer (18 May 1922, Vlaardingen – 8 August 2003 in Ringgau, Germany), was a Dutch war criminal.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Domnitor

Principe Domnitor (Romanian pl. Principi Domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of Romania between 1862 and 1881.

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Don Burrows

Donald Vernon Burrows (8 August 1928 – 12 March 2020) was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute.

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Don Most

Don Most (born August 8, 1953) is an American actor.

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Donald P. Bellisario

Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983), Airwolf (1984–1987), Quantum Leap (1989–1993), JAG (1995–2005), and NCIS (2003–present).

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Doug Melvin

Robert Douglas Melvin (born August 8, 1952) is a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) who previously served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers (1995–2001) and Milwaukee Brewers (2002–2015).

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Drew Lachey

Andrew John Lachey (born August 8, 1976) is an American singer and occasional actor.

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Duke Huan of Qi

Duke Huan of Qi (died 643 BC), personal name Xiǎobái (小白), was the ruler of the State of Qi from 685 to 643 BC.

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Durand Line

The Durand Line (د ډیورنډ کرښه; ڈیورنڈ لائن; خط دیورند), also known as the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, is a international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia.

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Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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E. Lee Spence

Edward Lee Spence, born in November 1947, is a German-born American archaeologist.

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Earle Page

Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (8 August 188020 December 1961) was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th prime minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, holding office in a caretaker capacity following the death of Joseph Lyons.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Eduard Birnbaum

Eduard (Asher Anshel) Birnbaum (1855–1920) was a Polish-born German hazzan (cantor) and one of the first explorers of Jewish music.

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Elisabeth Abegg

Luise Wilhelmine Elisabeth Abegg (3 March 1882 – 8 August 1974) was a German educator and resistance fighter against Nazism.

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Ellen Raskin

Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American children's writer and illustrator.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Emi Shinohara

is a Japanese voice actress and singer employed by 81 Produce who is most known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the original Japanese anime of Sailor Moon and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden.

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Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata Salazar (August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary.

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Emilie Flygare-Carlén

Emilie Flygare-Carlén (née Smith; August 8, 1807February 5, 1892) was a Swedish novelist.

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Emilie Mehl

Emilie Enger Mehl (born 8 August 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

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Emperor Horikawa

was the 73rd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric Brandon

Eric Brandon (18 July 1920 in East Ham, Essex – 8 August 1982 in Gosport, Hampshire) was a motor racing driver and businessman.

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Ernest Lawrence

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron.

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Erwin von Witzleben

Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Esther Hobart Morris

Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 – April 2, 1902) was the first woman justice of the peace in the United States.

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Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress.

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Estonians

Estonians or Estonian people (eestlased) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who speak the Estonian language.

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Eugène Boudin

Eugène Louis Boudin (12 July 1824 – 8 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors.

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EuroCity

EuroCity (EC) is an international train category and brand for European inter-city trains that cross international borders and meet criteria covering comfort, speed, food service, and cleanliness.

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Falaba Issa Traoré

Falaba Issa Traoré (1930 – August 8, 2003) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director.

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Father's Day

Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.

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Fay Ajzenberg-Selove

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (February 13, 1926August 8, 2012) was an American nuclear physicist.

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Fay Wray

Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong.

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Faye Wong

Faye Wong (王菲; pinyin: Wáng Fēi; born on 8 August 1969) is a Chinese-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress.

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Félix Auger-Aliassime

Félix Auger-Aliassime (born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

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Félix Leclerc

Félix Leclerc, (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and Québécois political activist.

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FBI search of Mar-a-Lago

On August8, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Ferenc Kölcsey

Ferenc Kölcsey (archaically English: Francis Kolcsey, 8 August 1790 in Sződemeter – 24 August 1838) was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the politics involving the Austrian Empire.

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Fergus McMaster

Sir Fergus McMaster (3 May 1879 – 8 August 1950) was an Australian businessman and aviation pioneer.

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Fernando Castro Pacheco

Fernando Castro Pacheco (January 26, 1918 – August 8, 2013) was a Mexican painter, engraver, illustrator, printmaker and teacher. As well as being known for traditional artistic forms, Castro Pacheco illustrated several children’s books and produced works in sculpture. He is more popularly known for his murals that invoke the spirit and history of the Mexican people.

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Flag flying days in Sweden

By an ordinance issued by the Government of Sweden, a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag flying days.

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Four Crowned Martyrs

The Four Crowned Martyrs or Four Holy Crowned Ones (Latin, Sancti Quatuor Coronati) were nine individuals who are venerated as martyrs and saints of Early Christianity.

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Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)

Francis Hutcheson LLD (8 August 1694 – 8 August 1746) was an Irish philosopher born in Ulster to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became known as one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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Frank Howard (baseball)

Frank Oliver Howard (August 8, 1936 – October 30, 2023), nicknamed "Hondo", "the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his career for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators/Texas Rangers franchises.

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Freddie Spencer Chapman

Frederick Spencer Chapman, (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya.

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Friedrich Georg Weitsch

Friedrich Georg Weitsch (8 August 1758, in Braunschweig – 30 May 1828, in Berlin) was a German painter and etcher.

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Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (November 20, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Colombian football player and manager.

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Gansu

Gansu is an inland province in Northwestern China.

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Gene Mauch

Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925 – August 8, 2005) was an American professional baseball player and manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs (–), Boston Braves (–), St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox (–).

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George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer

George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (18 December 1622 – 8 August 1684), was an English landowner and politician from Cheshire, who served as an MP from 1646 to 1661, when he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Delamer.

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George Canning

George Canning (11 April 17708 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman.

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George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

Sir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 13th Baron de Clifford, 13th Lord of Skipton, (8 August 155830 October 1605), was an English peer, naval commander, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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George Stoneman

George Stoneman Jr. (August 8, 1822 – September 5, 1894) was a United States Army cavalry officer and politician who served as the fifteenth Governor of California from 1883 to 1887.

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George Turner (Australian politician)

Sir George Turner (8 August 1851 – 13 August 1916) was an Australian politician.

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Gert Olesk

Gert Olesk (born 8 August 1973) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player.

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Gertrude Himmelfarb

Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian.

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Giuseppe Conte

Giuseppe Conte (born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021.

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Glen Campbell

Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor.

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Godfrey Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-British painter.

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Governor of Michigan

The governor of Michigan is the head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Governor-General of New Zealand

The governor-general of New Zealand (Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa) is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand, currently King Charles III.

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated SNL) is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia.

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Great Train Robbery (1963)

The Great Train Robbery was the robbery of £2.61 million (calculated to present-day value of £ million - or $73,547,750) from a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Greeneville, Tennessee

Greeneville is a town in and the county seat of Greene County, Tennessee, United States.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Gus Mortson

James Angus Gerald "Old Hardrock" Mortson (January 24, 1925 – August 8, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Guy Burnet

Guy Burnet is a British actor.

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H. L. Hunley (submarine)

H.

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Hannah Miley

Hannah Louise Miley (born 8 August 1989) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who specialised in the Individual Medley.

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Hans Egede Budtz

Hans Egede Budtz (8 August 1889 – 29 June 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor.

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Harel Skaat

Harel Skaat (הראל סקעת; born 8 August 1981) sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Henry of Blois

Henry of Blois (c. 1096 8 August 1171), often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death.

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Henry of Castile the Senator

Henry of Castile (March 1230 – 8 August 1303), called the Senator (el Senador), was a Castilian infante, the fourth son of Ferdinand III of Castile by his first wife, Beatrice of Swabia.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509.

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Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska (born 8 August 1955) is an Austrian former professional footballer.

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Hermann Anton Gelinek

Hermann Anton Gelinek (August 8, 1709 – December 5, 1779) was a German monk and musician.

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Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)

Hildegar (also Hildiger or Hildeger; died 8 August 753) was the bishop of Cologne from 750.

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Hipólito Ruiz López

Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788.

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Holyrood Abbey

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Horio Tadauji

Horio Tadauji (堀尾 忠氏; 1578 – August 8, 1604) was a tozama daimyō in the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo period.

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Huey Morgan

Hugh Thomas Diaz Morgan (born 8 August 1968) is an American musician best known as the former frontman of rock/hip hop band Fun Lovin' Criminals.

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Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War.

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Hur Jin-ho

Hur Jin-ho (born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

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Iain Macmillan

Iain Stewart Macmillan (20 October 1938 – 8 May 2006) was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for the Beatles' album Abbey Road in 1969.

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Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire

Ibrahim (ابراهيم; İbrahim; 5 November 1615 – 18 August 1648) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648.

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Igor Kurnosov

Igor Kurnosov (Игорь Курносов; 30 May 1985 – 8 August 2013) was a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Ilka Agricola

Ilka Agricola (born 8 August 1973 in The Hague), retrieved 1 January 2017.

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Immanuel Hermann Fichte

Immanuel Hermann Fichte (ennobled as Immanuel Hermann von Fichte in 1863; 18 July 1796 – 8 August 1879) was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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International Cat Day

International Cat Day is a celebration which takes place on 8 August of every year.

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Iran–Iraq War

The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan (Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq.

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Irish Confederate Wars

The Irish Confederate Wars, also called the Eleven Years' War (Cogadh na hAon-déag mBliana), took place in Ireland between 1641 and 1653.

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Jack Baldwin (chemist)

Sir Jack Edward Baldwin (8 August 1938 – 5 January 2020) was a British chemist.

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Jack Cassel

Joseph "Jack" Buren Cassel II (born August 8, 1980) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros organizations.

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Jack Renshaw

John Brophy Renshaw (8 August 190928 July 1987) was an Australian politician.

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Jack Ryder (cricketer)

John Ryder (8 August 1889 – 3 April 1977) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia.

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Jackie Cruz

Jackie Cruz (born August 8, 1986) is a Dominican–American actress, singer and former model.

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Jacob Burckhardt

Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields.

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Jacques Balmat

Jacques Balmat, called Balmat du Mont Blanc (1762–1834) was a mountaineer, a Savoyard mountain guide, born in the Chamonix valley in Savoy, at this time part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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Jacques Hétu

Jacques Hétu (August 8, 1938 – February 9, 2010) was a Canadian composer and music educator.

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James Irwin

James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 – August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot.

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James IV of Scotland

James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

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James J. Blanchard

James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991.

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James Morgan (actor)

James Morgan (born 8 August 1985) is a Welsh actor.

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James Tissot

Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.

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Jan Pieńkowski

Jan Michał Pieńkowski (8 August 1936 – 19 February 2022) was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books.

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Jana Andrsová

Jana Andrsová (Večtomová; 8 August 1939 – 16 February 2023) was a Czech ballerina and actress.

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Jüri Randviir

Jüri Randviir (27 May 1927, Tallinn – 8 August 1996, Tallinn) was an Estonian chess player and journalist, who four times won the Estonian Chess Championship.

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JC Chasez

Joshua Scott "JC" Chasez (born August 8, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (August 8, 1863 – March 18, 1930) was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist.

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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Jerry Tarkanian

Jerry Esther Tarkanian (August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015) was an American basketball coach.

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Jimmie Guthrie

James Guthrie (23 May 1897 – 8 August 1937) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.

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Jimmy Murphy (footballer)

James Patrick Murphy (8 August 1910 – 14 November 1989) was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed.

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Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)

Jimmy Steele (8 August 1907 – 9 August 1970) was an Irish republican militant.

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Jimmy Witherspoon

James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer.

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Joël Matip

Job Joël André Matip (born 8 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, most recently for club Liverpool.

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Joe Bethancourt

Wiltz Joseph Bethancourt III (August 8, 1946 – August 28, 2014) was an American folk musician.

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Joe Tex

Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of funk, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues.

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Joely Collins

Joely Collins (born Joely Meri Bertorelli; August 8, 1972) is a Canadian actress.

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Johannes Bluyssen

Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen or Bluijssen (10 April 1926 in Nijmegen − 8 August 2013) was a Dutch Catholic bishop.

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John David Wilson

John David Wilson (7 August 1919 – 20 June 2013) was an English artist, animator and producer.

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John Davis (explorer)

John Davis (– 29 December 1605) was one of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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John Gustafson (musician)

John Frederick "Johnny" Gustafson (8 August 1942 – 12 September 2014) was an English bass guitar player and singer, who had a lengthy recording and live performance career.

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John H. Johnson

John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was an American businessman and publisher.

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John Henry Twachtman

John Henry Twachtman (August 4, 1853 – August 8, 1902) was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career.

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John Holmes (actor)

John Curtis Holmes (Estes; August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was an American pornographic film actor.

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John Hudek

John Raymond Hudek (born August 8, 1966) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher.

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John Ker

John Ker (8 August 1673 – 8 July 1726), born John Crawford in Crawfurdland, Ayrshire, was a Scots Presbyterian linked with Cameronian radicals who between 1705 and 1709 acted as a government informer against the Jacobites.

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John Laws

Richard John Sinclair Laws CBE (born 8 August 1935) is an Australian radio announcer.

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John Renbourn

John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter.

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Johnny Balentina

Randolph Benito ("Johnny") Balentina (born August 8, 1971, in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a Dutch baseball player, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for the Netherlands, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia).

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Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist based in New Orleans, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lovie Austin and Louis Armstrong.

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Johnny Temple

John Ellis Temple (August 8, 1927 – January 9, 1994) was an American professional baseball player and coach.

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Johnson Publishing Company

Johnson Publishing Company, Inc. (JPC) was an American publishing company founded in November 1942 by African-American businessman John H. Johnson.

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Jon Turteltaub

Jonathan Charles Turteltaub (born August 8, 1963) is an American film director and producer.

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José Francisco Molina

José Francisco Molina Jiménez (born 8 August 1970) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently manager of Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG.

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Joseph Whidbey

Joseph Whidbey FRS (1757 – 9 October 1833) was a member of the Royal Navy who served on the Vancouver Expedition 1791–95, and later achieved renown as a naval engineer.

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Josip Drmić

Josip Drmić (born 8 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Prva HNL club Dinamo Zagreb.

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Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder (born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books.

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Juhani Aho

Juhani Aho, originally Johannes Brofeldt (11 September 1861 – 8 August 1921), was a Finnish author and journalist.

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Jumbo Elliott (coach)

James F. "Jumbo" Elliott (August 8, 1915 – March 22, 1981) was an American track and field coach, often considered to be one of the greatest of all time.

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Juneau, Alaska

Juneau (Dzánti K'ihéeni), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.

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Kane Williamson

Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a New Zealand international cricketer and a former captain of the New Zealand national team.

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Karen Black

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter.

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Karim Walid

Karim Walid Sayed Saleh Hassan (كريموليد; born 8 August 1997) commonly known as Nedvěd is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al Ahly and the Egypt U-20.

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Karpalak ambush

The Karpalak ambush (Заседа кај Карпалак; Pritë në Karpalak), referred to by Macedonians as the Karpalak massacre (Масакр кај Карпалак), was an attack carried out by the National Liberation Army (NLA) against a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) near the village of Grupčin on 8 August 2001 during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.

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Kate Langbroek

Katherine Langbroek (born 8 August 1965) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter.

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Kateryna Volodko

Kateryna Volodymyrivna Volodko (née Bondarenko; Катерина Володимирівна Бондаренко; born 8 August 1986) is a tennis player from Ukraine.

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Katie Leung

Katie Leung (born 8 August 1987) is a Scottish actress.

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Károly Reich

Károly Reich (8 August 1922 – 7 September 1988; also written Karoly Reich) was a Hungarian artist, best known for his children's books illustrations and for his original draughtsmanship.

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Keith Carradine

Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American actor.

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Ken Baumann

Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann (born August 8, 1989) is a former American actor, writer, publisher, and book designer.

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Ken Dryden

Kenneth Wayne Dryden (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman, and author.

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Ken Kutaragi

is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman.

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Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung

On August 8, 1973, the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) kidnapped South Korean dissident leader and future president of South Korea Kim Dae-jung from a conference of Korean anti-authoritarian reformers in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kim Dae-jung

Kim Dae-jung (6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th (15th election) president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.

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Kirk Broadfoot

Kirk John Broadfoot (born 8 August 1984) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for club Greenock Morton.

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Konstantinas Sirvydas

Konstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas; Constantinus Szyrwid; Konstanty Szyrwid; – August 23, 1631) was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Kool Moe Dee

Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter and actor.

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Kraków

(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

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Krishnadevaraya

Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 — 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning from 1509 to 1529.

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Kurt Maetzig

Kurt Maetzig (25 January 1911 – 8 August 2012) was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany.

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Kuwait

Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia.

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Ladislas Starevich

Ladislas Starevich (Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич, Władysław Starewicz; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida (1912).

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Larisa Bogoraz

Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz (Лари́са Ио́сифовна Богора́з(-Брухман), full name: Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz-Brukhman, Bogoraz was her father's last name, Brukhman her mother's, August 8, 1929 – April 6, 2004) was a dissident in the Soviet Union.

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Larry Wilcox

Larry Dee Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as California Highway Patrol officer (later captain) Jonathan "Jon" Baker in the television series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983 on NBC.

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Launceston Elliot

Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion.

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Laura Slade Wiggins

Laura Slade Weishaar (née Wiggins) is an American actress, singer, musician, and realtor.

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Laurent Belissen

Laurent Belissen (also Bellissen; 8 August 1693 – 12 February 1762) was a French Baroque composer.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne.

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Leo Chiosso

Leo Chiosso (b. Turin, 8 August 1920 – d. Chieri, Italy, 26 November 2006) was an Italian lyricist mostly known for his work with Fred Buscaglione.

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Leon Golub

Leon Golub (January 23, 1922 – August 8, 2004) was an American painter.

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Leonardo Legaspi

Leonardo Zamora Legaspi, OP (25 November 1935 – 8 August 2014) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres and president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (1988–1991).

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Liberalism and radicalism in Romania

Liberalism and radicalism are important political movements in Romania.

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Lindsay Sloane

Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins (born August 8, 1977) is an American actress.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Peru

The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Peru.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations

The United States ambassador to the United Nations is the leader of the U.S. delegation, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

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List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

The following is a list of governors, commodore-governors, and lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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List of mayors of Nuremberg

This is a list of mayors of Nuremberg (Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Nürnberg) since 1818.

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List of senators of the Philippines

The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.

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List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire

The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.

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Lothair II

Lothair II (835 – 8 August 869) was the king of Lotharingia from 855 until his death in 869.

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Louis Saha

Louis Laurent Saha (born 8 August 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Louis the German

Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.

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Louis van Gaal

Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager who currently serves as an advisor for Ajax.

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Louise Brooks

Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Lu (state)

Lu (249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong.

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Lucas van Leyden

Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut.

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Luis García Meza

Luis García Meza Tejada (8 August 1929 – 29 April 2018) was a Bolivian general who served as the de facto 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981.

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LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937.

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Ma Lik

Ma Lik, GBS, JP (23 February 1952 – 8 August 2007), was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong.

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Madeleine de Verchères

Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères (3 March 1678 – 8 August 1747) was a woman of New France (modern Quebec) credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

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Mahmoud Saremi

Mahmoud Saremi (c. 1968 – 8 August 1998) was an Iranian reporter, working for IRNA, as the news agency's head of office in Mazari Sharif.

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Maia Wojciechowska

Maia Teresa Wojciechowska (August 7, 1927 – June 13, 2002) was a Polish-American writer best known for children's and young adult fiction.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Mamoru Oshii

is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer.

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Manjul Bhargava

Manjul Bhargava (born 8 August 1974) is a Canadian-American mathematician.

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Mar-a-Lago

Mar-a-Lago (Sea-to-Lake) is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida.

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Marcelo Balboa

Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain.

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Marcinelle mining disaster

The Marcinelle mining disaster (Catastrophe de Marcinelle; Dutch: Mijnramp van Marcinelle) occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine at Marcinelle in Hainaut Province, Belgium, on 8 August 1956.

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Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV.

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Margaret Urban Walker

Margaret Urban Walker (born August 8, 1948) is an American philosopher and academic who is the Donald J. Schuenke Chair Emerita in Philosophy at Marquette University.

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Marguerite Bise

Marguerite Valentine Bise (née Sautureau; 8 August 1898 – 21 May 1965) was a French chef and restaurateur at her restaurant Auberge du Père Bise in Talloires, Haute-Savoie, France.

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Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité

Empress Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Empress of Haiti (8 May 1758 – 8 August 1858) was the Empress of Haiti (1804–1806) as the wife of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953); accessed December 8, 2014.

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Mark Wills

Mark Wills (born Daryl Mark Williams; August 8, 1973) is an American country music artist.

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Martin Brest

Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Martrez Milner

Martrez Milner (born August 8, 1984) is a former American football tight end.

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Mary MacKillop

Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ, religious name Mary of the Cross, (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister of Scottish descent who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

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Matteo Tafuri

Matteo Tafuri (8 August 149213 June 1582) was an Italian philosopher, astrologer and physician, who was famed for his divination, but also was reputed to be a magician who practised demonic arts.

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Matthew Henson

Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years.

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Maui

Maui (Hawaiian) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2).

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Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period.

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Mayor of Manila

The city mayor of Manila (Punong Lungsod ng Maynila, sometimes referred to as, Alkalde ng Maynila) is the head of the executive branch of Manila's city government.

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Mazar-i-Sharif

Mazar-i-Sharīf (Dari and مزار شریف), also known as Mazar-e Sharīf or simply Mazar, is the fourth-largest city in Afghanistan by population, with an estimated 500,207 residents in 2021.

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Meagan Good

Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress and model.

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Mehmed IV

Mehmed IV (Meḥmed-i rābi; IV.; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), also known as Mehmed the Hunter (Avcı Mehmed), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687.

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Mel Tillis

Lonnie Melvin Tillis (August 8, 1932 – November 19, 2017) was an American country music singer and songwriter.

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Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author.

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Menahem Golan

Menahem Golan (מנחם גולן; May 31, 1929 – August 8, 2014, originally Menachem Globus) was an Israeli film producer, screenwriter, and director.

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Michael Johnson (singer)

Michael Jay Johnson (August 8, 1944 – July 25, 2017) was an American pop, country, and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Michael Roe (racing driver)

Michael Roe (born 8 August 1955) is a former racing driver from Naas, Ireland.

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Michael Urie

Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor.

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Michael Wittmann

Michael Wittmann (22 April 19148 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War.

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Michel-Gabriel Paccard

Portrait of Michel Gabriel Paccard. Reproduced from an old portrait in the possession of M. J. P, Cachat, of Chamonix (his great grandson). From a photograph by Tairraz, of Chamonix Michel Gabriel Paccard (1757–1827) was a Savoyard medical doctor and alpinist, citizen of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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Mick Moss

Mick Moss (8 August 1975) is an English singer/songwriter.

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Middle Francia

Middle Francia (Francia media) was a short-lived Frankish kingdom which was created in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun after an intermittent civil war between the grandsons of Charlemagne resulted in division of the united empire.

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Miho Shiraishi

is a Japanese actress from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

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Mimeograph

A mimeograph machine (often abbreviated to mimeo, sometimes called a stencil duplicator or stencil machine) was a low-cost duplicating machine that worked by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.

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Modified Mercalli intensity scale

The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location.

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Mohamed Morsi

Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-AyyatThe spellings of his first and last names vary.

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Mohammad Wasim (coach)

Mohammad Wasim (محمد وسیم; born 8 August 1978) is a Punjabi Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer who played for both the Pakistan and Dutch cricket teams.

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Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.

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Monica Sjöö

Monica Sjöö (31 December 1938 – 8 August 2005) was a Swedish-born British-based painter, writer and radical anarcho/ eco-feminist who was an early exponent of the Goddess movement.

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Monika Tsõganova

Monika Tsõganova (born August 8, 1969 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian chess Woman International Master (1991).

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Monokini

The monokini (also known as a "topless bikini" or "unikini") was designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1964, consisting of only a brief, close-fitting bottom and two thin straps; it was the first women's topless swimsuit.

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (BrE:; AmE:; Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco, both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus mountains, rising above sea level, located on the Franco-Italian border.

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Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266

The Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 was a rebellion by the Muslim populations (Mudéjares) in the Lower Andalusia and Murcia regions of the Crown of Castile.

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Mustafa Balbay

Mustafa Ali Balbay (born August 8, 1960 in Burdur) is a journalist, writer and former Turkish MP.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Nane Nane Day

Nane Nane Day on 8 August celebrates to recognize the important contribution of farmers to the national Tanzanian economy.

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Nélson Oliveira

Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira (born 8 August 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães.

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Nelson A. Miles

Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars and the Spanish–American War.

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Nevill Francis Mott

Sir Nevill Francis Mott (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, especially amorphous semiconductors.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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Nicholas Bett

Nicholas Kiplagat Bett (27 January 1990 – 8 August 2018) was a Kenyan track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles.

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Nicholas Monsarrat

Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR (22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–45), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe.

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Nick Holtam

Nicholas Roderick Holtam (born 8 August 1954) is a retired bishop of the Church of England.

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Nicolas Vogondy

Nicolas Vogondy (born 8 August 1977) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013.

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Nigel Mansell

Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (born 8 August 1953) is a British retired racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993).

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Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.

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Norbert Michelisz

Norbert Michelisz (born 8 August 1984) is a Hungarian auto racing driver.

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Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada.

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Nuremberg trials

The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries across Europe and atrocities against their citizens in World War II.

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Nyonoksa

Nyonoksa, also Nenoksa, (Нёнокса) is a rural locality (a selo) under the administrative jurisdiction of Severodvinsk Town of Oblast Significance, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

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Nyonoksa radiation accident

The Nyonoksa radiation accident, Arkhangelsk explosion or Nyonoksa explosion (Intsident v Nyonokse) occurred on 8 August 2019 near Nyonoksa, a village under the administrative jurisdiction of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Federation.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Olivia Newton-John

Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress.

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Oronce Fine

Oronce Fine (or Finé; Latin: Orontius Finnaeus or Finaeus; Oronzio Fineo; 20 December 1494 – 8 August 1555) was a French mathematician, cartographer, editor and book illustrator.

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Orville Moody

Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career.

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Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer

Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (16 July 1896 – 8 August 1969) was a German-Dutch human biologist and geneticist, who was the Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Münster until he retired in 1965.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Palenque

Palenque (Yucatec Maya: Bàakʼ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamhaʼ ("Big Water or Big Waters"), was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century.

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Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.

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Parker Kligerman

Parker Kligerman (born August 8, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver and a pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Pat Noonan

Patrick John Noonan (born August 2, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former player.

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Patricia Neal

Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal; January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen.

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Paul Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematical and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics.

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Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (8 August 1881 – 13 November 1954) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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Paul Taylor (cricketer, born 1964)

Jonathan Paul Taylor (born 8 August 1964) is an English former cricketer, who played in two Test matches and one One Day International for England in 1993 and 1994.

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Paul Triquet

Brigadier-General Paul Triquet (April 2, 1910 – August 8, 1980) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Peter Sculthorpe

Peter Joshua Sculthorpe (29 April 1929 – 8 August 2014) was an Australian composer.

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Phil Carlson

Phillip Henry Carlson (8 August 1951 – 29 July 2022) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1979.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pierre Boulanger

Pierre Boulanger (born 8 August 1987) is a French actor.

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Pierre Garçon

Pierre Andre Garçon (born August 8, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).

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PlayStation (console)

The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Political demonstration

A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Prajakta Mali

Prajakta Mali (born 8 August) is an Indian actress known for her work in Marathi film and television.

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Premier of New South Wales

The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Premier of Victoria

The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Предсједништво Босне и Херцеговине) is a three-member body which collectively serves as head of state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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President of Bolivia

The president of Bolivia (Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.

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President of Brazil

The president of Brazil (presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Brazil.

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President of Egypt

The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt (رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية.) is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointee of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014.

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President of the Board of Trade

The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Prime Minister of Italy

The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers (Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family.

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Public holidays in Iraq

This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.

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Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas, is the flag carrier of Australia, and is the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and Oceania.

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Qi (state)

Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a regional state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, whose rulers held titles of Hou (侯), then Gong, before declaring themselves independent Kings.

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Quetta

Quetta (کوئٹہ, ko'eṭa) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Quit India Movement

The Quit India Movement was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

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Quorum of the Twelve

In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Quorum of the Twelve (also known as the Council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council of the Twelve Apostles, or the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies (or quorums) of the church hierarchy organized by the movement's founder Joseph Smith and patterned after the Apostles of Jesus (Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles).

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Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951February 17, 1994) was an American journalist and author.

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Rashard Lewis

Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Red Wilson

Robert James "Red" Wilson (March 7, 1929 – August 8, 2014) was a professional baseball and college baseball and football player.

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Regina Resnik

Regina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.

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Republic of Ploiești

The Republic of Ploiești (Republica de la Ploiești) was a revolt against the princely Romanian monarchy in the city of Ploiești, Romania, on 8 August, 1870.

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Ricardo Londoño

Ricardo Londoño-Bridge (8 August 1949 – 18 July 2009) was a racing driver from Colombia.

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Richard Anderson

Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor.

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Richard Deacon (actor)

Richard Lewis Deacon (May 14, 1922 – August 8, 1984) was an American television and motion picture actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver, and The Jack Benny Program, along with minor roles in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).

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Richard Harwood

Richard Craig Harwood (born 8 August 1979) is a British cellist.

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Richard Lyons (racing driver)

Richard William Lyons (born 8 August 1979) is a British motor racing driver that competed in the Japanese Super GT series.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Richard Nixon's resignation speech

On August 8, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon delivered a nationally-televised speech to the American public from the Oval Office announcing his intention to resign the presidency the following day due to the Watergate scandal.

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Rikki Rockett

Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), better known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American drummer for rock band Poison.

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Rinku Singh (baseball)

Rinku Singh Rajput (born 8 August 1988) is an Indian professional wrestler and former professional baseball player.

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Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.

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Robin Quivers

Robin Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show.

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Rocky Thompson

Rocky Lee Thompson (born August 8, 1977) is a Canadian former ice hockey right wing, who is currently an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player.

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Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose, (born 8 August 1931) is a British mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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Ron Karkovice

Ronald Joseph Karkovice (born August 8, 1963) is an American former professional baseball catcher.

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Ron Klain

Ronald Alan Klain (born August 8, 1961) is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023. A Democrat, Klain previously served as chief of staff to two vice presidents: Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Biden from 2009 to 2011.

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Ronnie Biggs

Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963.

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Rory Calhoun

Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, 1922April 28, 1999) was an American film and television actor.

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Rosetta LeNoire

Rosetta LeNoire (born Rosetta Olive Burton; August 8, 1911 – March 17, 2002) was an American stage, film, and television actress.

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Ross Ohlendorf

Curtis Ross Ohlendorf (born August 8, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Rudi Gernreich

Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich (August 8, 1922 April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s.

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Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine

Rudolf II "the blind" (8 August 1306 – 4 October 1353) was Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate) from 1329 to 1353.

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Ruth Etchells

Dorothea Ruth Etchells (17 April 19318 August 2012) was an English poet and college principal who spent most of her working life in the University of Durham.

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Ryan Garcia

Ryan Garcia (born August 8, 1998) is an American professional boxer.

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Ryan Koolwijk

Ryan Koolwijk (born 8 August 1985) is a professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Suriname national team.

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Sabine Klaschka

Sabine Klaschka (born 8 August 1980) is a retired German tennis player.

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Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic, (Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán, was a Castilian-French Catholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order.

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Sara Teasdale

Sara Trevor Teasdale (later Filsinger; August 8, 1884January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet.

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Sarat Pujari

Sarat Pujari (8 August 1934 – 12 May 2014) was an Indian actor, director and producer in Odia film industry (Ollywood).

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Sŏ Hŭi

Sŏ Hŭi (942 – 8 August 998) was a Korean politician and diplomat during the early days of the Goryeo period.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Scott D'Amore

Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974) is a Canadian professional wrestling manager, promoter, booker and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he served as the president and an on-screen personality.

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Scott Sandelin

Scott Alan Sandelin (born August 8, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey player.

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Scott Stapp

Scott Stapp (born Anthony Scott Flippen; August 8, 1973) is an American singer and the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Creed.

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Scribonius Largus

Scribonius Largus (c. 1-c. 50) was the court physician to the Roman emperor Claudius.

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Sean Price

Sean Duval Price (March 17, 1972August 8, 2015) was an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik.

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Secret Society of Happy People

Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP) is an organization that celebrates the expression of happiness.

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Severus of Vienne

Severus of Vienne (died c. 455) was a priest who evangelised in Vienne, France.

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Shane Lee

Shane Lee (born 8 August 1973) is a former Australian first-class cricketer.

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Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

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Shawnee

The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands.

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Shayna Baszler

Shayna Andrea Baszler (born August 8, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist.

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Sheila Varian

Sheila Varian (August 8, 1937 – March 6, 2016) was an American breeder of Arabian horses who lived and worked at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California.

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Shirley Jackson

Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery.

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Simon Taylor (journalist)

Simon Taylor (born 8 August 1944) is a motor sports journalist who writes for several publications.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, often called the Josephites or Brown Joeys, are a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Mary MacKillop (1842–1909).

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Sisters of the Destitute

Sisters of the Destitute (S.D) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic women's religious institute.

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Sixto Rodriguez

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), mononymously known as Rodriguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.

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Smaragdus (name)

Smaragdus (Σμάραγδος, Smaragdos) is a Latin masculine given name of ultimately Semitic origin, meaning "emerald".

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Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.

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Space Shuttle program

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

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Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, lit) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.

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Spring and Autumn period

The Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history lasted approximately from 770 to 481 BCE which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period.

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State Central Navy Testing Range

The State Central Navy Testing Range («Государственный центральный морской полигон», Gosudarstvennyj central'nyj morskoj poligon) at Nyonoksa is the main rocket launching site of the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Stephen Walkom

Stephen Walkom (born August 8, 1963) currently serves as vice president and director of officiating for the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Steven Tweed

Steven Tweed (born 8 August 1972) is a Scottish former footballer and manager.

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Stjepan Radić

Stjepan Radić (11 June 1871 – 8 August 1928) was a Croat politician and founder of the Croatian People's Peasant Party (HPSS), active in Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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STS-28

STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense (DoD) purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.

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Studénka

Studénka (Stauding) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Sudhakar Rao

Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao (born 8 August 1952) is a former Indian cricketer.

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Surya Lesmana

Liem Soei Liang, also known as Surya Lesmana (20 May 1944 – 8 August 2012) was an Indonesian association football player and manager.

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Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.

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Swaraj

Swarāj (Svarāja) sva "self", raj "rule") can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule". It was first used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to attain self rule from the Mughal Empire and the Adilshahi Sultanate. Later, the term was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mahatma Gandhi, but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept of Indian independence from foreign domination.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned 70 years.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Tatjana Maria

Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Terry Burnham

Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham (August 8, 1949 – October 7, 2013) was an American actress.

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Terry Nation

Terence Joseph Nation (8 August 19309 March 1997) was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist.

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Tetovo

Tetovo (Тетово,; Tetovë, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Edge

David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Plain Dealer

The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.

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Thomas Anstey Guthrie

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934) was an English writer (writing as F. Anstey or F.T. Anstey), most noted for his comic novel Vice Versa about a boarding-school boy and his father exchanging identities.

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Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.

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Thomas McElwee

Thomas McElwee (30 November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike.

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Toby Flood

Tobias Gerald Albert Cecil Lieven Flood (born 8 August 1985) is an English rugby union coach and former player.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Train robbery

Since the invention of locomotives in the early 19th century, trains have often been the target of robbery, in which the goal is to steal money or other valuables.

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Treaty of Meerssen

The Treaty of Mersen or Meerssen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty to partition the realm of Lothair II, known as Lotharingia, by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious.

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Treaty of Wapakoneta

The Treaty of Wapakoneta was signed on August 8, 1831.

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Trev Alberts

Trev Kendall AlbertsJim Offner,, Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, February 6, 2013, accessed July 8, 2013.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe,; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations.

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Tyrone Peachey

Tyrone Peachey (born 8 August 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Ulrich Maly

Dr.

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Uraniborg

Uraniborg was an astronomical observatory and alchemy laboratory established and operated by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.

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Vanessa Amorosi

Vanessa Joy AmorosiSharon Verghis:, The Sun-Herald, 18 October 2009, Archived from on 6 March 2016.

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Vardo Rumessen

Vardo Rumessen (8 August 1942 – 24 August 2015) was an Estonian pianist, musicologist and politician for the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica.

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Varghese Payyappilly

Varghese Payyappilly was a Syro-Malabar priest from the Indian state of Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute.

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Ven (Sweden)

Ven (older Swedish spelling Hven), is a Swedish island in the Öresund strait laying between Skåne, Sweden and Zealand, Denmark.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India.

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Vilhelm Moberg

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater.

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Viorica Viscopoleanu

Viorica Viscopoleanu (née Belmega on 8 August 1939) is a retired Romanian long jumper athlete.

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Vladimír Darida

Vladimír Darida (born 8 August 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki.

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Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, sometimes known as the British Civil Wars, were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They include the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars, the First and Second English Civil Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and the Anglo-Scottish War of 1650–1652.

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Warsaw radio mast

The Warsaw Radio Mast (Maszt radiowy w Konstantynowie) was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and was the world's tallest structure at 2,120 ft (646.38 m) from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991.

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Webb Pierce

Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.

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White House Chief of Staff

The White House chief of staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a cabinet position in the federal government of the United States.

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Wilbert Robinson

Wilbert Robinson (June 29, 1864 – August 8, 1934), nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Wildfire

A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

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Wilhelm Keitel

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II.

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William Asher

William Milton Asher (August 8, 1921 – July 16, 2012) was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter.

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William P. Frye

William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine.

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Willie Hall (drummer)

Willie Clarence Hall (born August 8, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Isaac Hayes and as a member of the Blues Brothers band.

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Willie Tonga

Villiami Sione "Willie" Tonga (born 8 August 1983), also known by the nickname of ”Willie", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League.

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Wilshire Associates

Wilshire Associates, Inc. is an American independent investment management firm that offers consulting services and analytical products and manages fund of funds investment vehicles for a global client base.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

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Wuzhi (Qi)

Wuzhi (died 685 BC), also called Gongsun Wuzhi (公孫無知, Gongsun meaning grandson of a duke), was for a few months in early 685 BC ruler of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.

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Yandy Díaz

Yandy Díaz Fernández (born August 8, 1991) is a Cuban-born professional baseball third baseman and first baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Yangon

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်), formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma).

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Yūki Amami

is a Japanese actress.

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Yvie Burnett

Yvie Burnett (born 8 August 1963), is a Scottish mezzo-soprano and vocal coach, best known for her work with Simon Cowell on television shows The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, The Big Reunion The Voice UK and BBC's Let It Shine.

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Zebra crossing

A zebra crossing (British English) or a marked crosswalk (American English) is a pedestrian crossing marked with white stripes (zebra markings).

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Zhouqu County

Zhugqu County, Zhugchu or Zhouqu is a county in the eastern extremity of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu Province, China, with the Bailong River flowing through its confines; it borders Sichuan province to the south.

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Zimbabwe African National Union

The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) was a militant socialist organisation that fought against white-minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963.

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Zimbabwe African People's Union

The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) is a Zimbabwean political party.

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1002

Year 1002 (MII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1079

Year 1079 (MLXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1170

Year 1170 (MCLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1171

Year 1171 (MCLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1220

Year 1220 (MCCXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1264

Year 1264 (MCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1303

Year 1303 (MCCCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1306

Year 1306 (MCCCVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1492

Year 1492 (MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1503

Year 1503 (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1509

Year 1509 (MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1518

Year 1518 (MDXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1533

Year 1533 (MDXXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1555

Year 1555 (MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1558

Year 1558 (MDLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1576

Year 1576 (MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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1646

It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+5(V)+1(I).

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1648

The year 1648 has been suggested as possibly the last time in which the overall human population declined, coming towards the end of a broader period of global instability which included the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Thirty Years' War, the latter of which ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia.

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1709

In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

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1759

In Great Britain, this year was known as the Annus Mirabilis, because of British victories in the Seven Years' War.

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1844

In the Philippines, this was the only leap year with 365 days, when Tuesday, December 31 was skipped as Monday, December 30 was immediately followed by Wednesday, January 1, 1845, the next day after.

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1905

As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is subtitled The Year 1905 to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland.

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1908

This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.

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1911

A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.

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1915

Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.

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1918

The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.

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1926

In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days.

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1929

This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression.

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1939

This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.

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1940

A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.

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1942

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million.

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1944

Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

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1945

1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.

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1947

It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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1957

1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.

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1960

It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.

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1962

The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.

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1969

1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade.

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1971

* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).

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1972

Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.

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1974

Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.

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1975

It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.

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1978

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1983

1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.

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1985

The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.

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1986

The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.

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1988

1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm.

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1989

1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December; the movement ended in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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1990

Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika.

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1991

It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947.

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1992

1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.

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1993

1993 was designated as.

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1993 Guam earthquake

The 1993 Guam earthquake occurred on August 8 at with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).

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1996

1996 was designated as.

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1998

1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.

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1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan

On 8 August 1998, amidst the Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif, the Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif was attacked as the Taliban were besieging the city.

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2000

2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematical Year.

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2001

The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror.

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2003

2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.

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2004

2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).

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2005

2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit.

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2007

2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.

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2007 Brooklyn tornado

The 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City.

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2008

2008 was designated as.

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2008 Studénka train wreck

On 8 August 2008, at approximately 10:30 local time (8:30 UTC), EuroCity train EC 108 Comenius, en route from Kraków, Poland, to Prague, Czech Republic, struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near the Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.

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2009

2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.

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2010

The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake.

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2010 China floods

The 2010 China floods began in early May 2010.

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2010 Gansu mudslide

The 2010 Gansu mudslide was a deadly mudslide in Zhouqu County, Gansu Province, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China that occurred at midnight on 8 August 2010.

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2012

2012 was designated as.

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2013

2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits (a span of 26 years).

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2014

2014 was designated as.

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2015

2015 was designated by the United Nations as.

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2015 Harris County shooting

On August 8, 2015, a mass shooting occurred inside a home in northern Harris County, Texas, near Houston.

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2016

2016 was designated as.

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2017

2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.

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2019

This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.

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2020

The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

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2021

Similar to the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants.

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2022

The year saw the removal of nearly all COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders in most countries, while the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continued.

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2023

The year 2023 saw the decline in severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the WHO (World Health Organization) ending its global health emergency status in May.

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2023 Hawaii wildfires

In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui.

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422

Year 422 (CDXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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685 BC

The year 685 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

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753

Year 753 (DCCLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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869

Year 869 (DCCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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870

Year 870 (DCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 870th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 870th year of the 1st millennium, the 70th year of the 9th century, and the 1st year of the 870s decade.

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8888 Uprising

The 8888 Uprising, also known as the People Power Uprising and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988.

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998

Year 998 (CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8

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