This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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August 8th, 2007	Event	An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
August 8th, 2007	Death	Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (born in 1949)
August 8th, 2007	Death	Ma Lik, Chinese politician (born in 1952)
August 8th, 2007	Death	Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (born in 1917)
August 8th, 2005	Death	Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born in 1922)
August 8th, 2005	Death	Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (born in 1918)
August 8th, 2005	Death	John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (born in 1918)
August 8th, 2005	Death	Gene Mauch, American athlete (born in 1925)
August 8th, 2005	Death	Monica Sjoo, Swedish artist (born in 1938)
August 8th, 2005	Death	Ilse Werner, German actress (born in 1921)

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