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August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining.
Events
- 1647 - The Battle of Dangan Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces
- 1786 - Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat
- 1844 - Brigham Young named head of the Mormon Church
- 1876 - Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph
- 1915 - Battle of Sari Bair
- 1916 - Battle of Mouquet Farm
- 1918 - Great War - Canadian Corps, backed by Australians, begins string of almost continuous victories with the Battle of Amiens, playing the major role in breaking the German lines and driving them back along the Western Front, culminating in 11 November armistice; German General Erich Ludendorff called this the "black day of the German army."
- 1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight
- 1940 - Battle of Britain begins
- 1945 - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
- 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent
- 1960 - Ivory Coast declares its independence
- 1963 - Great Train Robbery in England
- 1964 - The first Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands is ended after only 15 minutes because fans are breaking down the place.
- 1974 - President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9)
- 1990 - Iraq annexes Kuwait
Births
- 1839 - General Nelson Miles, Indian fighter (+ 1925)
- 1866 - Matthew Henson, explorer (North Pole)
- 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (+ 1919)
- 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author (+ 1953)
- 1902 - Paul Dirac, physicist (+ 1984)
- 1907 - Benny Carter, musician, arranger
- 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, producer
- 1921 - Webb Pierce, country and western singer (+ 1991)
- 1921 - Esther Williams, actress, swimmer
- 1921 - William Asher, film producer
- 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer (+ 1985)
- 1922 - Rory Calhoun, actor (+ 1999)
- 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, mathematical physicist
- 1932 - Mel Tillis, country and western singer
- 1934 - Roberto Clemente, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (+ 1972)
- 1936 - Donald P. Bellisario, television producer
- 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, actor
- 1938 - Connie Stevens, singer, actress
- 1944 - Peter Weir, film director
- 1949 - Keith Carradine, actor
- 1954 - Nigel Mansell, Formula One racer
- 1961 - The Edge (David Evans), guitarist of U2
- 1958 - Deborah Horville, reporter, television host
- 1976 - J.C. Chasez, singer (N Sync)
- 1976 - Drew Lachey, singer
Deaths
- 1944 - Chaim Soutine, painter
- 1965 - Shirley Jackson, author
- 1975 - Cannonball Adderley
- 1985 - Louise Brooks, Academy Award winning actress
- 1991 - James Irwin, astronaut
Holidays and observances
- Taiwan: Father's Day. (In Mandarin, Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August 8).
See Also:
August 7 - August 9 - July 8 - September 8 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December