Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. Thomas Edison’s mimeograph was one of the earliest practical document duplication machines, making it far easier and…
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8 August 1929
8 August 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. The German airship Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127) was one of the most…
8 August 1876
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. A mimeograph is a duplicating machine that was commonly used before the advent of modern photocopiers. It…
8 August 1942
Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for swaraj or complete independence. The Quit India…
8 August 2010
China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
8 August 2000
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer…
8 August 1793
The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_Lyon_against_the_National_Convention’]
8 August 2013
A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistan city of Quetta kills 31 people. On 8 August 2013, a suicide attacker exploded a bomb…
8 August 1929
The German airship Graf Zeppelin starts a round-the-world flight. The growing popularity of the “giant of the air” made it easy for Zeppelin company chief…