TUESDAY, Aug. 08, 2023

1609 ― Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope

1709 ― First known hot air balloon makes ascent, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors)

1861 ― William Bateson, originator of term "genetics," is born

1864 ― Red Cross Anniversary

1876 ― Thomas Edison patents mimeograph

1919 ― British recognize Afghanistan's independence in Treaty of Rawalpindi

1929 ― First airship flight around the Earth flying eastward begins

1945 ― USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea

1953 ― U.S. & South Korea initial a mutual security pact

1966 ― South African Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)

1987 ― Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait

1988 ― Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 12 light yrs) announced

1988 ― Russian troops begin withdrawal from Afghanistan after 9-year war

1991 ― Shiite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy