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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/685_BC" title="685 BC">685 BC</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">Spring and Autumn period</a>: Amid a succession dispute, the forces of Duke Zhuang of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_(state)" title="Lu (state)">Lu</a>, who was attempting to install a claimant to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_(state)" title="Qi (state)">Qi</a> throne, were defeated at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Qianshi" title="Battle of Qianshi">Battle of Qianshi</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1576" title="1576">1576</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone" title="Cornerstone">cornerstone</a> of Danish astronomer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe" title="Tycho Brahe">Tycho Brahe</a>'s observatory <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraniborg" title="Uraniborg">Uraniborg</a></b> was laid on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven_(Sweden)" title="Ven (Sweden)">Hven</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship)" title="Endurance (1912 ship)">Endurance</a></i> departed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, England, on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition" title="Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition">Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – At a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_crossing" title="Zebra crossing">zebra crossing</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road,_London" title="Abbey Road, London">Abbey Road</a> in London, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macmillan" title="Iain Macmillan">Iain Macmillan</a> took the photograph that was used for the cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>' album <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road" title="Abbey Road">Abbey Road</a></b></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Beryl_(1988)" title="Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)">Tropical Storm Beryl</a></b> formed over southeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, making it one of the few tropical cyclones to form over land.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Horikawa" title="Emperor Horikawa">Emperor Horikawa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1079); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tissot" title="James Tissot">James Tissot</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1902); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Urban_Walker" title="Margaret Urban Walker">Margaret Urban Walker</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kaske" title="Robert Kaske">Robert Kaske</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1989)</p>
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