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August 8th, 2007	Event	An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
August 8th, 2000	Event	Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
August 8th, 1991	Event	Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built
August 8th, 1991	Event	John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released.
August 8th, 1990	Event	Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
August 8th, 1989	Event	Space Shuttle program: STS-28 MissionSpace Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
August 8th, 1988	Event	The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
August 8th, 1988	Event	The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games. (The game, against the Philadelphia Phillies, is rained out after three-and-a-half innings.)
August 8th, 1986	Event	Altaf Hussain s address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM.
August 8th, 1980	Event	The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurred in Ireland.

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