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This day in history: 8 August

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432 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 8 August.
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2024: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.

Holidays and observances

Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Christian Feast Day: Altmann of Passau

Christian Feast Day: August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Feast Day: Blessed Maria Anna Rosa Caiani

Christian Feast Day: Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro

Christian Feast Day: Cyriacus and companions

Christian Feast Day: Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.

Christian Feast Day: Four Crowned Martyrs

Christian Feast Day: Mary MacKillop

Christian Feast Day: Severus of Vienne

Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)

Happiness Happens Day

Events

2024Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.

2023Hawaii 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.

2022The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.

2019An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.

2016Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.

2015Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.

2013A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.

2010China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.

2009A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.

2008A 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 eight peopl

2008The 29th modern summer Olympic Games take place in Beijing, China until August 24.

2007An 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.

2007Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.

2004A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.

2001Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.

2000Confederate 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.

1998The Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is raided by Taliban, leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.

1993The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.

1991The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.

1990Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.

1989Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.

1988The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousan

1988The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).

1974President 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.

1973Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

1969At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.

1967The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

1963Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.

1963The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.

1956Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, are killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.

1946First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.

1945The 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.

1945World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.

1942Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.

1940The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.

1929The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.

1919The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.

1918World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).

1908Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.

1903Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.

Born on this day

2005Alysa Liu, American figure skater

2000Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player

1999Xiaojun, Chinese singer

1998Ryan Garcia, American boxer

1998Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1997Karim Walid, Egyptian footballer

1997Panipak Wongpattanakit, Thai taekwondo athlete

1996A'ja Wilson, American basketball player

1995S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer

1994Cameron Payne, American basketball player

1993Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician

1992Casey Cott, American actor

1992Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer

1991Joël Matip, Cameroonian footballer

1991Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer

1991Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player

1991Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player

1990Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer

1990Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain

1990Parker Kligerman, American race car driver

1990Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer

1989Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player

1989Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer

1989Ken Baumann, American actor and author

1989Prajakta Mali, Indian actress

1988Agata Sobczyk (born 1988), Polish economist and politician

1988Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player

1988Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer

1988Princess Beatrice, British royal

1988Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player and wrestler

1987Katie Leung, Scottish actress

1987Pierre Boulanger, French actor

1987Tatjana Maria, German tennis player

1986Chris Pressley, American football player

1986Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress and singer

1986Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player

1986Pierre Garçon, American football player

1985Anita Włodarczyk, Polish track and field athlete

1985Brett Ratliff, American football player

1985James Morgan, Welsh actor and producer

Died on this day

2024Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)

2024Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946)

2024Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)

2024Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938)

2023Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)

2022Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)

2021Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929)

2020Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)

2020Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929)

2018Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)

2017Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)

2015Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)

2015Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)

2014Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)

2014Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935)

2014Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)

2014Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (born 1929)

2014Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929)

2013Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918)

2013Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985)

2013Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926)

2013Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)

2013Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922)

2012Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)

2012Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911)

2012Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)

2012Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944)

2010Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)

2009Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (born 1983)

2008Orville Moody, American golfer (born 1933)

Quote of the day

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Lao Tzu

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