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7th Aug. 1924 : In Philadelphia, prominent surgeon, Dr. Robert Grier LaConte, an internationally acclaimed doctor shot himself in the head. His suicide note indicated that he killed himself because of financial difficulties. Dr. LaConte served as lieutenant commander and was on a medical advisory board in World War I. He was decorated with many military honours and served on many prestigious scientific committees.
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8th August 1921 : Off the coast of Alaska, the ship Alaska bound for San Francisco met with tragedy. In the fog the ship hit a rocky ledge twice. The boilers blew up as a result, blowing a lot of its passengers off the decks and out into the icy ocean. One hundred and sixty-six people were saved off of the vessel, but thirty-one were missing, and 28 were dead. The ship, Anyox, rescued the survivors, but risked the rocky reef in the fog.
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8th Aug. 1949 : Ecuador was rocked by a devastating earthquake in 1949 , killing 4,600 people and doing an estimated 20 million dollars damage. To add to the tragedy a plane on a mission of mercy crashed and killed 34 more people. In the plane crash were four government dignitaries, 28 Shell Oil Company employees, and the pilot and crew.
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8th August 1956 : A fire in a coal mine in Marcinelle, Belgium leaves 262 miners dead
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8th Aug. 1963 : The date of "The Great Train Robbery" in United Kingdom when thieves held up a train carrying the Royal Mail and stole 120 mail sacks , the mail sacks contained cash and gems valued in excess of 7 Million.
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8th Aug. 2001 : Hollywood Golden Couple superstars Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise who have two adopted children, Isabella, 8, and Conor, 6, divorce
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DA we missed bombing on Japanese cities during WW-II. I think they were also in first week of August
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Kitne Ajeeb rishte hain wahan ke 
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DA we missed bombing on Japanese cities during WW-II. I think they were also in first week of August
Check out post 481, I think you missed it :)
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Do Americans remember such atrocities? no? bombing poor countries still continues besides claims of biggest human right activists 
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No they remember 9/11
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9th Aug. 1902 : Edward VII, the son of Queen Victoria, was crowned as the new King Of England
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9th Aug. 1945 : The United States dropped its second atomic bomb killing more than 70,000 people in Nagasaki, Japan. The first bomb had been dropped 3 days earlier on Hiroshima. Six days later on August 15, Japan announced its surrender effectivily ending World War II. Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2
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19th ramaadan marks the MARTYRDOM OF IMAM ALI (A.S.)
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Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali r.a. 21st day of Ramadan 40 A.H.
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19th ramaadan marks the MARTYRDOM OF IMAM ALI (A.S.)
Martyrdom of Hazrat Ali r.a. 21st day of Ramadan 40 A.H.
two different dates? I think he was injured on 19th and died on 21st Ramadan (February 28, 661 AD)
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I saw after posting and was 
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two different dates? I think he was injured on 19th and died on 21st Ramadan (February 28, 661 AD)
I heard on geo news it is today n they showed youm e Ali today, google also said 19 ramadan.
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Youm e Ali is tomorrow. The confusion is because Hazrat Ali was injured on 19th Ramadan during Fajar prayers and due to these injuries he died on 21st Ramadan. I think 'Nehj ul Balagha' also contain some sermons and instruction that he gave to his family during this period.