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August 8 in recent years ... 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. ... "Historical Events on August 8". OnThisDay.com.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2024 Kursk offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to confirm ordering a major cross-border operation inside Russia, saying that "Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done".
Armed conflicts and attacks. Somali civil war. 2024 Lido Beach attack. Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia.
1942 – World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed. 1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States , which becomes the third nation to join. 1946 – First flight of the Convair B-36 .
This is a list of selected August 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
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. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States ( National Science Foundation Network ) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol ...
August 8 to 29, 1929: German airship Graf Zeppelin makes the first aerial flight around the world. The following events occurred in ... race in aviation history, ...
August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa First Smokey Bear poster 1821 – The statue of A'a from Rurutu was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the south Pacific island of Ra'iatea .