How Many Days Until August 8?

This day in history: August 8

1. 1991

   Hudson Volcano in Chile began to erupt, depositing volcanic ash over 150,000 square kilometres (58,000 sq mi).

2. 1991

   The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest structure ever built, at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due to an error in exchanging the guys on the highest telecommunications equipment of the mast.

3. 1998

   The Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, was raided by Taliban leading to the death of 10 Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist.

4. 2008

   A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station and derailed, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.

5. 2009

   Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.

6. 2010

   A massive mudslide in the Chinese province of Gansu killed at least 1,471 people.

7. 2014

   The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.

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