Muhammad Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
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Alysa Liu
Alysa Liu, American figure skater
On August 8, 1988, the first Olympic Gold Medal in baseball was awarded to the United States during the Summer Olympics held in...
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2023 Hawaii wildfires
Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
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Father's Day
Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
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August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Saint Dominic
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Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
