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What happend on 8. August in History
In our data base we found 353 events happened on 8. August:
• 869: Lothair II, Italian son of Lothair I (b. 825) [category: Deaths]
• 1079: Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) [category: Births]
• 1220: Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. [category: Events]
• 1303: Enrique de Castilla, son of Ferdinand III (b. 1230) [category: Deaths]
• 1445: Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1377) [category: Deaths]
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• 1503: King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1518: Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) [category: Births]
• 1553: Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) [category: Deaths]
• 1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Ven, Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1585: John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage. [category: Events]
• 1588: Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (b. 1532) [category: Deaths]
• 1588: Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England. [category: Events]
• 1604: Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) [category: Deaths]
• 1605: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1605: The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1631: Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697) [category: Births]
• 1646: Godfrey Kneller, German painter (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1647: The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. [category: Events]
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• 1673: John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726) [category: Births]
• 1684: George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) [category: Deaths]
• 1693: Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762) [category: Births]
• 1694: Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746) [category: Births]
• 1709: Hermann Anton Gelinek, German monk and musician (d. 1779) [category: Births]
• 1709: Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal [category: Events]
• 1719: Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1720: Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1747: Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1759: Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Mont Blanc on the French – Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. [category: Events]
• 1790: Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet and politician (d. 1838) [category: Births]
• 1793: The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1794: Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska. [category: Events]
• 1807: Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1814: Esther Morris, American jurist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1824: Maria Alexandrovna, German wife of Alexander II of Russia (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1827: George Canning, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1828: Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Nelson Miles, American general (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1844: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [category: Events]
• 1857: Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1863: Angus MacAskill, Scottish giant (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt). [category: Events]
• 1866: Matthew Henson, American explorer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1870: The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. [category: Events]
• 1874: Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, British transport administrator (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1875: Artur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1876: Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1876: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. [category: Events]
• 1879: Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1879: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1879: Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1881: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1882: Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1884: Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1887: Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1891: Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1892: Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1896: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1898: Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1902: Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1902: James Tissot, French painter (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1905: André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1907: Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1908: Arthur Goldberg, American politician and jurist, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1908: Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight. [category: Events]
• 1909: Bill Voce, England cricketer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1909: Mary MacKillop, Australian nun, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1911: Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1911: William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: James Elliott, American track and field coach (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1918: World War I: the Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive). [category: Events]
• 1919: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Carol Lambrino, Romanian son of Carol II of Romania (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1920: Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1920: Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer [category: Births]
• 1921: John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1921: Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian scientist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1921: Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1921: William Asher, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian [category: Births]
• 1922: Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1922: Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1922: Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1925: Alija Izetbegović,Bosniak politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1926: Richard Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1927: The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens. [category: Events]
• 1928: Don Burrows, Australian musician [category: Births]
• 1928: Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ronnie Biggs, English criminal, part of the Great Train Robbery of 1963 [category: Births]
• 1929: The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. [category: Events]
• 1930: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1930: Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1930: Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Roger Penrose, English physicist [category: Births]
• 1932: Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and dictator, 68th President of Bolivia [category: Births]
• 1932: Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Old Dogs) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1933: Serena Wilson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Donald Bellisario, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1935: John Laws, Australia radio host [category: Births]
• 1936: Frank Howard, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1936: Keith Barron, English actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, poet, and actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1937: Dustin Hoffman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Connie Stevens, American actress, singer, and director [category: Births]
• 1938: Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer [category: Births]
• 1939: Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1939: Phil Balsley, American singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1940: Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates [category: Births]
• 1940: Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: Johnny Dodds, American clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel. [category: Events]
• 1942: Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence. [category: Events]
• 1943: Denis Payton, English saxophonist (The Dave Clark Five) [category: Births]
• 1944: Brooke Bundy, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: John Holmes, American porn actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1944: John Renbourn, English guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle) [category: Births]
• 1944: Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1944: Uli Derickson, Czech-American flight attendant, TWA Flight 847 survivor [category: Births]
• 1944: Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. [category: Events]
• 1947: José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Larry Wilcox, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1949: Keith Carradine, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Ricardo Londoño, Colombian race car driver (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1950: Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation [category: Births]
• 1950: Willie Hall, American drummer (The Bar-Kays) [category: Births]
• 1950: Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director [category: Births]
• 1951: Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1951: Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1952: Ali Score, English musician (A Flock of Seagulls) [category: Births]
• 1952: Anton Fig, South African drummer (Spider and Frehley's Comet) [category: Births]
• 1952: Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and executive [category: Births]
• 1952: Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author [category: Births]
• 1952: Robin Quivers, American radio host, actress, and author [category: Births]
• 1952: Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1953: Don Most, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Mark Lazarowicz, English Politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Nigel Mansell, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Branscombe Richmond, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Chris Foreman, English guitarist and songwriter (Madness) [category: Births]
• 1956: David Grant, English singer (Linx) [category: Births]
• 1957: Dennis Drew, American keyboard player (10,000 Maniacs) [category: Births]
• 1958: Deborah Norville, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1960: Ulrich Maly, German politician [category: Births]
• 1960: South Kasai secedes from the Congo. [category: Events]
• 1961: Bruce Matthews, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Daniel House, American bass player and producer (10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard) [category: Births]
• 1961: Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison) [category: Births]
• 1961: The Edge, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (U2) [category: Births]
• 1961: Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera singer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Kool Moe Dee, American rapper (Treacherous Three) [category: Births]
• 1962: Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Jon Turteltaub, American director [category: Births]
• 1963: Ron Karkovice, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey referee and executive [category: Births]
• 1963: Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes. [category: Events]
• 1964: Anastasia M. Ashman, American writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Eddie Trunk, American radio host and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul Taylor, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1965: Angus Fraser, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1965: El Hefe, American guitarist (NOFX) [category: Births]
• 1965: Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host [category: Births]
• 1965: Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Chris Eubank, English boxer [category: Births]
• 1966: John Hudek, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Eric Angle, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Lee Unkrich, American director and editor [category: Births]
• 1967: Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1967: Sable, American wrestler and actress [category: Births]
• 1967: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. [category: Events]
• 1968: Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1968: Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fun Lovin' Criminals) [category: Births]
• 1969: Dick Togo, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1969: Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano [category: Births]
• 1969: Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and nazi physician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road, one of the most famous album covers in recording history. [category: Events]
• 1970: Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Trev Alberts, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Freddie Spencer Chapman, English army officer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1972: Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Joely Collins, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer (Creed) [category: Births]
• 1973: Senta Moses, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Shane Lee, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. [category: Events]
• 1974: Andy Priaulx, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1974: Brian Harvey, English singer (East 17) [category: Births]
• 1974: Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager [category: Births]
• 1974: Baldur von Schirach, German nazi youth leader (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. [category: Events]
• 1975: Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Drew Lachey, American singer and actor (98 Degrees) [category: Births]
• 1976: JC Chasez, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor ('N Sync) [category: Births]
• 1976: Jeff Simmons, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Lee Seung-Yeop, South Korean baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Tawny Cypress, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Lindsay Sloane, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1977: Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Szilárd Németh, Slovak footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Alan Maybury, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1978: Louis Saha, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Icelandic handball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir [category: Births]
• 1979: Pooja Shah, English actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Rashard Lewis, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Richard Harwood, English cellist [category: Births]
• 1979: Nicholas Monsarrat, English novelist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Craig Breslow, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter (Belanova) [category: Births]
• 1980: Michael Urie, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Hindert, American singer and bass player (The Bravery) [category: Births]
• 1980: Pat Noonan, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Tatum Reed, American porn actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1980: Paul Triquet, Canadian army officer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1981: Bradley McIntosh, English singer (S Club) [category: Births]
• 1981: Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1981: Meagan Good, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: Thomas McElwee, Irish hunger striker (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: David Florence, Scottish canoe racer [category: Births]
• 1982: Eric Brandon, English race car driver (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Fred Meyers, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Guy Burnet, English actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Brenda Gandini, Argentine actress and model [category: Births]
• 1984: Devon McTavish, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1984: Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Martrez Milner, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Suzie Diamond, Slovak porn actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Ellen Raskin, American author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Brett Ratliff, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: James Morgan, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Toby Flood, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Charlotte Stokely, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Chris Pressley, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Cody Lightning, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Peyton List, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Pierre Garçon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Katie Leung, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Pierre Boulanger, French actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Tatjana Malek, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Ni Ni, Chinese actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Princess Beatrice of York [category: Births]
• 1988: Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma. [category: Events]
• 1989: Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Ali Cobrin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Hannah Miley, Scottish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Ken Baumann, American actor and author [category: Births]
• 1989: Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian-Kazakhstan tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. [category: Events]
• 1990: Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. [category: Events]
• 1991: Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: James Irwin, American astronaut (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses. [category: Events]
• 1992: Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian spiritual leader and scholar (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Bertalan Papp, Hungarian fencer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Ben Breedlove, American blogger (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1995: Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer [category: Births]
• 1995: John Adams, American football player (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: 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 and 5 years after being filmed by a dive team funded by novelist Clive Cussler. [category: Events]
• 2003: Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian playwright (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and writer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress and author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Dean Rockwell, American wrestling and football coach (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Monica Sjöö, Swedish painter and writer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Joybubbles, American phone phreak (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889. [category: Events]
• 2008: Leonard Pagliero, English pilot and dog breeder (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others. [category: Events]
• 2008: A commercial bus carrying Vietnamese Catholics crashed off a bridge of U.S. 75 near Sherman, Texas killing 17. [category: Events]
• 2008: The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China. [category: Events]
• 2009: Abdullah al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: 2010 China floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people. [category: Events]
• 2012: Hans R. Camenzind, Swiss engineer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kurt Maetzig, German director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sancho Gracia, Spanish actor (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• _: August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cyriacus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in August. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Farmer’s Day or Nane Nane, Swahili for "8-8". (Tanzania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Taiwan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day, namesday of Queen Silvia. (Sweden) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hormisdas [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Largus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mary MacKillop [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Smaragdus (and companions) [category: Holidays and observances]