Historical Events for 8th August 2018

1853 – Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan
1911 – Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.
1918 – 6 US soldiers surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York given command, shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more
1942 – Soviet anti-offensive of Voronezh under Marshal Timosjenko
1955 – Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
1987 – Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait
1988 – -11] Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed
1988 – Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty
1995 – Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
2014 – The West African Ebola outbreak is categorized as an international concern by the WHO

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