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The submarine rises after 136 years
On August 8, 2000, the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley was raised from the ocean floor after 136 years underwater. The recovery brought a Civil War vessel — and the remains of its crew — into a new chapter of conservation and study.
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H. L. Hunley is raised after 136 years on the ocean floor.
A carefully engineered lift returned the Civil War submarine to the surface without turning recovery into spectacle.
The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley was raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor. Its recovery was an archaeological operation built around patience, structural support, and the risk of losing material at the moment of rescue.
The vessel carried the remains of its crew and the history of a war fought to preserve slavery. Conservation therefore had to hold engineering interest beside an honest account of the cause the submarine served.
August 8 records the lift, not the end of the inquiry. Once the Hunley left the water, years of preservation and study began.
The full record
8 entries from the day’s archive, filed year by year with a note on what each one leaves behind.
Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
The Maui fires killed at least 101 people and destroyed communities across a wide burn area.
Disaster
An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
The testing-range explosion killed five people and raised questions about the secretive program.
Accident
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
The hospital attack targeted people gathered after the killing of a lawyer in Quetta.
Violence
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
Raising the Hunley returned a Civil War submarine to the surface after 136 years.
History
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
The founding created a regional association linking five Southeast Asian nations.
Diplomacy
First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
The first flight tested an aircraft designed at an unprecedented piston-powered scale.
Aviation
The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
The charter established the legal framework for the Nuremberg trials.
Law
Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
The movement made complete independence an immediate public demand in India.
Independence