Year 1876
Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph.
AUGUST 8
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8 August: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 8 August.
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Year 1908
Wilbur Wright made his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
Year 1911
Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
Year 1936
Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
Year 1942
At the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, M. K. Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. 'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
Year 1946
India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles.
Year 1949
India concludes a treaty with Bhutan.
Year 1955
Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Year 1966
India endorses the Partial Nuclear Ban Treaty.
Year 1967
ASEAN was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Year 1967
Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha.
Year 1984
P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
Year 1985
India’s sixth and largest-ever fast breeder research reactor, Dhruv, was commissioned at the Bhabha Atomic Energy Center, Turbhe.
Year 1990
Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation.
Year 1994
Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha in Pune starts the first Architecture College (Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for Women) in the country for women only.
Year 1998
Seven laboratories of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) opened to the industrial sector.
Year 2000
The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
Year 2010
A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
Year 2013
A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
Year 2015
Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
Year 2016
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
Born 1876
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, an Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (d. 1929)
Born 1912
Prabhulal Bhatnagar, mathematician and Padmabhushan awardee, was born.
Born 1915
Bhisham Sahni, an Indian writer, playwright, and actor.
Born 1932
Dada Kondke, an Indian actor and film producer.
Born 1934
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
Born 1940
Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970).
Born 1948
Kapil Sibal, an Indian politician.
Born 1952
Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
Born 1961
Debasree Roy, an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician, and animal rights activist.
Born 1962
Ustad Raza Ali Khan, an Indian classical vocalist of the Kasur Patiala Gharana.
Born 1968
Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
Born 1981
Roger Federer, a Swiss professional tennis player.
Born 1988
Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player
Born 1989
Prajakta Mali, Indian actress
Died 1827
George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Died 1897
Viktor Meyer, a German chemist and significant contributor to both organic and inorganic chemistry.
Died 1948
Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
Died 1990
Naval Godrej, the famous Industrialist, died.
Died 2000
S. Nijalingappa, an Indian freedom fighter, Congress Party politician, and lawyer.