AUG 8: EVENTS: • 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. • 1927 – The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens. • 1942 – Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhis call for swaraj or complete independence. • 1946 – First flight of the Convair B-36, the worlds first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. • 1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. • 1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. • 1989 – Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. BIRTHDAYS: • 1876 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest • 1889 – Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer • 1901 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate • 1902 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate • 1908 – Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations • 1921 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian pathologist • 1934 – Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter • 1940 – Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer • 1940 – Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates • 1951 – Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer • 1952 – Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer • 1968 – Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach • 1977 – Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer * 1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player • 1988 – Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: • 1827 – George Canning, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom • 1950 – Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas • 1996 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate • 2005 – John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company • 2013 – Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player • 2013 – Jaymala Shiledar, Indian actor and singer IMPORTANT DAYS: • Farmer’s Day (Tanzania) • Fathers Day (Taiwan) • Flag Day, namesday of Queen Silvia. (Sweden)
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