May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of death August 8, 1976
The temperature on August 8, 1976 was between 11.1 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.
October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
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