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August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan August 2007 is the eighth month of that year It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later ended on a Friday. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - See also August 7 2003 - August 2003 - August 9 2003 ---- Hezbollah, a militant Lebanese group backed by Syria and August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1220 - Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Estonians ( Estonian: eestlased, previously maarahvas) are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting primarily the country Battle of Lihula was fought between invading Swedes and Estonians for the control of a castle in Lihula, Estonia in 1220
• 1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. Sri Krishnadevaraya ( Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣದೇವರಾಯ Telugu:శ్రీకృష్ణదేవరాయ (1509-1529 CE was the most famous The Vijayanagara Empire ( Kannada: ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ Telugu: విజయనగర సామ్రాజ్యము was a South
• 1576 - The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven. Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe ( December 14 1546 &ndash October 24 1601) was a Danish nobleman Uranienborg (Swedish Uraniborg was an astronomical/astrological observatory operated by Tycho Brahe; built circa 1576 - 1580 on Hven Ven (Danish and older Swedish spelling Hven) is a small Swedish island in the Øresund strait between Scania and Zealand ( Denmark
• 1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage. John Davis (1550?-December 29 1605 was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions Cumberland Sound (Latitude 6533395424° Longitude -66014009028° is a body of water between Baffin Island 's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - The naval engagement ends, thus ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England. The Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604 was an intermittent conflict between the kingdoms of Spain and England, which was never formally declared The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible
• 1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. Oulu ( (literally "Flood" ( (literally "Ule River Castle" is a city and municipality of about 130000 inhabitants in the province of Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Charles IX (Karl IX ( 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611) was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death
• 1647 - The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53 The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (sometimes known as the Wars of the Three Nations) formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland in August 1647. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland TalkParliament#Screen-size. -->A  parliament is a Legislature, especially in those Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• 1786 - Mont Blanc on the French- Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Jacques Balmat, called le Mont Blanc (1762 - 1834 was an Italian mountain guide Michel Gabriel Paccard (1757 - 1827 was an Italian doctor and alpinist
• 1793 - The insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Insurrection of Lyon or Siege and capture of Lyon occurred on 8 August, 1793 when French Republican forces laid siege and captured the city of
• 1794 - Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Joseph Whidbey ( 1757 - October 9, 1833) was a member of the Royal Navy who served on the Vancouver Expedition 1791&ndash1795 and Captain George Vancouver The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• 1810 - Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Dabeer-ul-Mulk Najm-ud-daulah Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ( Urdu / Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان) Pen-name Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population
• 1839 - Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state
• 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 (the LDS or Mormon Church). Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year In the Latter Day Saint movement, the quorum of the Twelve (also known as the council of the Twelve, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Council Brigham Young (June 1 1801 &ndash August 29 1877 was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known
• 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). Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Background and movement to battle See also [[Gettysburg Campaign]] [[Gettysburg Battlefield]] [[Gettysburg Confederate order of battle]] [[Confederate order of battle]] Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the
• 1863 - American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Gov. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. Andrew Johnson (December 29 1808 – July 31 1875 was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69 succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• 1870 - The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Republic of Ploieşti (Republica de la Ploieşti was a revolt against the Romanian monarchy in the city of Ploieşti, Romania, on August 8 This article gives an overview of Liberalism and Radicalism in Romania. Domnitor (pl domnitori) was the official title of the ruler of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern (April 20th 1839 - Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
• 1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Le Mans (ləmɑ̃ in French) is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. It's the Wright Brothers' first public flight and the French public goes wild.
• 1910 - The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1911 - The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues Patents to
• 1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. Public Law 62-5, passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911, set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The law would come into effect in 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1918 - World War I: Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918 was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive that ultimately led Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1929 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
• 1931 - Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam
• 1938 - The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a Concrete Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mauthausen Concentration Camp (known from the summer of 1940 as Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp) grew to become a large group of Nazi concentration camps
• 1940 - "Aufbau Ost" directive was signed by Wilhelm Keitel. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aufbau Ost (Building in the East was the German operational code name for the mobilisation of forces prior to the commencement of Operation Barbarossa Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (22 September 1882–16 October 1946 was a German Field marshal ( Generalfeldmarschall)
• 1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1942 - Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India
• 1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a Civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join. The United Nations Charter is the Treaty that forms and establishes the International organization called the United Nations. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1946 - First flight of the Convair B-36. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1947 - Pakistan's National Flag is approved. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The national flag of Pakistan was designed by Syed Amir uddin Kedwaii and was based on the original flag of the Muslim League.
• 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia.
• 1960 - South Kasai secedes from the Congo. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. South Kasai was a secessionist region in the area of south central Republic of the Congo ( Léopoldville) during the early 1960s The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo was an independent republic established following the independence granted to the former colony of the Belgian Congo in
• 1963 - Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £26 million Train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge Ledburn near England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Train robbery is a type of Robbery, in which the goal is to steal Money or other valuables being carried aboard Trains They were more common in the past 6 million pounds in bank notes.
• 1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language
• 1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1973 - U. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. S. Vice President Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland. Spiro Theodore Agnew ( November 9, 1918 September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States (and the first Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain
• 1973 - Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. Kim Dae-jung (Born December 3, 1925, kim tɛdʑuŋ is a former South Korean president and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The South Korean Dissident leader Kim Dae-jung, later President of South Korea, was kidnapped on August 8, 1973
• 1974 - Watergate scandal: U. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
• 1980 - The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurred in Ireland. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Central Hotel was a popular family owned hotel in the heart of the seaside resort of Bundoran, Co
• 1986 - Altaf Hussain's address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Altaf Hussain' ( الطاف حسین) is the leader and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM of Pakistan. The Nishtar Park ( Urdu: نشترپارک) ( formerly Patel Park) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan. It is the world's second largest city proper behind Mumbai in terms of population which exceeds 10 million Muttahida Qaumi Movement (متحدہ قومی موومنٹ ( Muttahida Qaumi Movement) generally known as MQM or simply Muttahida, is a linguistic
• 1988 - The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The 8888 Uprising ( Burmese: ၈-၄လုံး or ရွစ္‌ေလးလုံး MLCTS: hrac le lum) was a national revolution in Burma Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.
• 1988 - The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games
• 1989 - Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. Wrigley Field is a Baseball Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System ( STS) is the United States government's current manned Launch STS-28 was the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense, and first flight of Columbia since mission STS-61-C. Space Shuttle Columbia ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first spaceworthy Space shuttle in NASA 's
• 1990 - Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• 1991 - Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built
• 1991 - John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August, 1991. John Patrick McCarthy CBE (born November 26 1956) is a British Journalist who was Kidnapped by Islamic Jihad Terrorists
• 2000 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 History Hunley and two earlier submarines were privately developed and paid for by Horace Lawson Hunley, James McClintock, and Baxter Watson
• 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. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Kings County or King's County is the name of several counties around the world Canada Kings County New Brunswick Kings Richmond County may refer to multiple places In Canada: Richmond County Nova Scotia In the United States of America: New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

Births

• 1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇 Horikawa-tennō) ( August 8, 1079 &ndash August 9, 1107) was the 73rd emperor 1107)
• 1518 - Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. Conrad Lycosthenes (1518 — 1561 was a Humanist and an encyclopedist 1561)
• 1605 - Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. Cecilius Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ( August 8, 1605 &ndash November 30, 1675) usually called Cecil was an English Coloniser 1675)
• 1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. Sir Godfrey Kneller 1st Baronet ( 8 August 1646 &ndash 19 October 1723) was the leading Portrait painter in England during 1723)
• 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Ker ( August 8, 1673 - July 8, 1726) was a Scottish Spy during the Jacobite risings 1726)
• 1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. Year 1726 ( MDCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Laurent Belissen ( August 8, 1693 - February 12, 1762) was a Baroque composer 1762)
• 1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Francis Hutcheson ( August 8, 1694 August 8, 1746) was a Philosopher born in Ireland to a family of Scottish 1746)
• 1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Baron Carl Fredrik Pechlin ( August 8, 1720 &ndash May 29, 1796) was a Swedish Politician and Demagogue, son 1796)
• 1807 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Emilie Flygare-Carlén ( née Smith August 8 1807 &ndash February 5 1892) was a Swedish Novelist Emilie Smith 1892)
• 1814 - Esther Morris, American jurist (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Esther Hobart Morris ( August 8, 1814 &ndash April 2, 1902) was a leader in the 1902)
• 1824 - Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Tsarina of Russia (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Marie of Hesse and by Rhine ( 8 August, 1824 - 8 June, 1880) was a princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and as Maria Alexandrovna 1880)
• 1839 - Nelson Miles, American general (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Nelson Appleton Miles ( August 8, 1839 &ndash May 15, 1925) was an American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian 1925)
• 1857 - Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade ( August 8, 1857 &ndash April 13, 1944) was a French composer and pianist 1944)
• 1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Matthew Alexander Henson ( August 8 1866 March 9, 1955) was an African-American explorer and associate of Robert Peary; 1955)
• 1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Artur da Silva Bernardes ( August 8, 1875 - March 23, 1955) was a Brazilian politician in the early 20th century The President of Brazil is both the Head of state and Head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 1955)
• 1879 - Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Robert Holbrook Smith ( August 8 1879 &ndash November 16 1950) was an American physician and surgeon who co-founded Alcoholics Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) is an informal meeting society for recovering and recovered alcoholics, with the stated purpose to help its members "to stay sober and 1950)
• 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emiliano Zapata Salazar ( August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1919)
• 1880 - Earle Page, Australian politician (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH (8 August 1880 &ndash 20 December 1961 Australian politician was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia 1961)
• 1881 - Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885 - 16 July 1960 was a Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. 1960)
• 1881 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist ( August 8 1881 &ndash c November 13 1954) was a leading German Field marshal during 1954)
• 1882 - Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vladislav Starevich ( August 8, 1882 - February 26, 1965) born Władysław Starewicz, was a Polish Stop-motion 1965)
• 1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sara Teasdale ( August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyrical poet. 1933)
• 1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch ( August 8, 1891 &ndash June 9, 1952) was a German -born Violinist and Composer. 1952)
• 1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Rafael Moreno Aranzadi ( August 8 1892 &ndash March 1, 1922) known by the nickname Pichichi, was a Spanish footballer 1922)
• 1898 - Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexis Minotakis, known as Alexis Minotis, was born 8 August 1898 or 1899 in Chania, Crete and died on 11 November 1990)
• 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ( August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953) was an American author who lived in rural Florida and 1953)
• 1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ernest Orlando Lawrence ( August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate best known for his The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1958)
• 1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1984)
• 1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on This article is on Achille Varzi Italian racecar driver See also Achille Varzi (disambiguation. 1948)
• 1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting André Jolivet (8 August 1905 &ndash 20 December 1974 was a French composer 1974)
• 1907 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bennett Lester Carter (born August 8, 1907 in Harlem New York; died July 12, 2003 in Los Angeles California) was 2003)
• 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Arthur Joseph Goldberg ( August 8 1908 &ndash January 19 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the U S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980)
• 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sylvia Sidney ( August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American 1999)
• 1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Rosetta LeNoire (born Rosetta Olive Burton, August 8, 1911, New York City New York – March 17, 2002, Englewood 2002)
• 1915 - Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year James (Jumbo Elliott ( August 8, 1915 &ndash March 22, 1981) was an American athletics coach often considered to 1981)
• 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer
• 1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8 1919) is an Academy Award -winning Italian Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Leo Chiosso (b Turin, 8 August 1920 &ndash d Chieri, Italy, 26 November 2006) was an Italian 2006)
• 1920 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Mircea Grigore Carol Hohenzollern ( 8 January / 9 January 1920 - 27 January 2006) also known as Mircea Grigore Carol of Romania Carol II of Romania ( 15 October / 16 October 1893 &ndash 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8 Joanna Marie Valentina "Zizi" Lambrino ( 3 October 1898 in Roman, Romania - 11 March 1953 in Paris, 2006)
• 1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jimmy Witherspoon ( August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American Blues singer 1997)
• 1921 - William Asher, American film producer
• 1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar William Asher (born August 8, 1921) is an American television and film Producer, director, and Screenwriter. John Herbert Chapman ( August 8 1921 - September 28, 1979) from London Ontario, son of Lt 1979)
• 1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Webb Pierce ( 8 August 1921 - 24 February 1991) was an American Country music Singer. 1991)
• 1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Vulimiri Ramalingaswami ( August 8, 1921 &ndash May 28, 2001) was an Indian medical scientist 2001)
• 1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
• 1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For the Fijian academic business woman see Esther Williams (academic Esther Jane Williams (born August 8 1921 is a retired Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rory Calhoun ( August 8, 1922 &ndash April 28, 1999) was an American television and film Actor, Screenwriter 1999)
• 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Rudi Gernreich ( August 8, 1922 &ndash April 21, 1985) was a Fashion designer and gay activist. 1985)
• 1922 - Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian
• 1925 - Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Gertrude Himmelfarb (born August 8 1922) also known as Bea Kristol, is an American Historian known for her studies of the Intellectual Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alija Izetbegović (8 August 1925 &ndash 19 October 2003 was a Bosniak activist Lawyer, Author, Philosopher and Politician, who 2003)
• 1926 - Richard Anderson, American actor
• 1927 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Norman Anderson (born August 8, 1926) is an American actor in film and television Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Ellis Temple ( August 8, 1927 – January 9, 1994) was a Major League Baseball Second baseman who played for the 1994)
• 1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician
• 1929 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal
• 1929 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Vernon Burrows, AO, MBE (born August 8, 1928 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian jazz and swing Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Arthur Biggs better known as Ronnie Biggs (born August 8, 1929) is an English Prisoner who is known for escaping from prison Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz (full name Larisa Iosifovna Bogoraz-Brukhman (Bogoraz was her father's last name Brukhman her mother's Russian language: Лариса Иосифовна 2004)
• 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
• 1932 - Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
• 1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer
• 1933 - Joe Tex, American singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Roger Penrose, PhD, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English Mathematical physicist and Emeritus Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Luis García Meza Tejada (b August 8, 1932, La Paz, Bolivia) is a former Bolivian dictator Mel Tillis (born Lonnie Melvin Tillis, August 8, 1932) is an American Country music singer Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington Jr, 8 August, 1933 &mdash 13 August 1982) was an American soul and Disco 1982)
• 1933 - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Serena Wilson ( August 8, 1933 &ndash June 17, 2007) often known just as "Serena" was a well-known dancer choreographer and Belly dance is a Western term for a traditional Middle Eastern Dance form 2007)
• 1935 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
• 1935 - John Laws, Australia radio personality
• 1936 - Keith Barron, English actor
• 1936 - Frank Howard, American baseball player
• 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
• 1938 - Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer
• 1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress
• 1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
• 1940 - Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
• 1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress
• 1946 - James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
• 1947 - José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1947 - Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian
• 1947 - Larry Wilcox, American actor
• 1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut
• 1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor
• 1949 - Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
• 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
• 1951 - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American Television producer and Screenwriter. Richard John Sinclair Laws, better known as John Laws or Lawsy, CBE (born 8 August 1935) is a former prominent and controversial Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Barron (born 8 August 1936) is an English Actor and Television presenter. Frank Oliver Howard (born August 8 1936 in Columbus Ohio) nicknamed "Hondo" and "The Capital Punisher" is a former left Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8 1937 His brother Ronald is a lawyer and economist Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Hétu OC (born August 8, 1938, Trois-Rivières Quebec) is a Canadian composer Connie Stevens (born August 8 1938) is an American actress and Singer. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander Fletcher Watson (born August 8, 1939) is a retired American Ambassador and Diplomat. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooke Bundy (born August 8, 1944) is an American Actress who has appeared in film and on television Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James William Lewis (born 8 August 1946) is a convicted extortionist in relation to the 1982 Tylenol scare. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Cruz (born August 8, 1947 in Arroyo Puerto Rico) is a former Outfielder and currently the first base coach in Major League Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Dryden, PC, MP (born August 8, 1947 is a Canadian politician lawyer businessman author and former NHL Larry Wilcox (born August 8, 1947) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker in CHiPs Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, Russian SFSR) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American Academy Award -winning Actor and Songwriter, born into a family Ricardo Londoño-Bridge (born August 8, 1949 in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Animation and live-action Film Randy Shilts ( August 8 1951 February 17 1994) was a highly acclaimed pioneering Gay American Journalist and 1994)
• 1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
• 1952 - Robin Quivers, American radio personality
• 1953 - Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
• 1953 - Don Most, American actor
• 1955 - Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
• 1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
• 1956 - David Grant, English singer and vocal coach
• 1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor
• 1958 - Deborah Norville, American television host
• 1958 - Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
• 1960 - Ulrich Maly, German politician
• 1961 - The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2)
• 1961 - Daniel House, American music executive
• 1961 - Bruce Matthews, American football player
• 1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
• 1962 - Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Chidi Anthony Opara, Nigerian poet
• 1963 - Jon Turteltaub, American director
• 1963 - Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
• 1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer
• 1965 - Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
• 1965 - Aaron Abeyta, American musician
• 1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer
• 1966 - John Hudek, American baseball player
• 1967 - Eric Angle, American wrestler
• 1967 - Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
• 1967 - Rena Mero, American wrestler
• 1967 - Jessica Moore, Italian actress
• 1967 - Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
• 1969 - Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1970 - Trev Alberts, American football player
• 1970 - Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
• 1972 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
• 1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
• 1973 - Toby Allen, Australian singer
• 1973 - Shane Lee, Australian cricketer
• 1973 - Senta Moses, American actress
• 1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
• 1974 - Ulises De la Cruz, Ecuadoran footballer
• 1974 - Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
• 1974 - Brian Harvey, English singer
• 1974 - Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
• 1974 - Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce)
• 1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
• 1976 - Tawny Cypress, American actress
• 1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer
• 1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
• 1976 - Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
• 1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
• 1977 - Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
• 1977 - Lindsay Sloane, American actress
• 1977 - Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
• 1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer
• 1978 - Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
• 1978 - Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
• 1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist
• 1979 - Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
• 1979 - Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
• 1979 - Sam Totman, American musician
• 1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
• 1980 - Pat Noonan, American soccer player
• 1980 - Michael Urie, American actor and director
• 1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
• 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• 1981 - Meagan Good, American actress
• 1981 - Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1981 - Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
• 1983 - Guy Burnet, British actor
• 1984 - Martrez Milner, American football player
• 1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player
• 1986 - Peyton List, American actress
• 1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress
• 1988 - Princess Beatrice of York
• 1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1995 - Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer

Deaths

• 869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jostein Gaarder (born August 8 1952 in Oslo) is a Norwegian Intellectual and author of several Novels short stories Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8 1952 is an American talk show host and Howard Stern's primary co-host on his morning radio show. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Mansell was born in Upton-upon-Severn, a small Town in the English county of Worcestershire. Don Most (born August 8, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American Actor best known for his role as Ralph Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir (ˈsɪɣrun ˈçaulmt(ʰisˌtouhtɪr (born 8 August 1955) better known as Diddú (ˈtɪtu is an Icelandic Herbert Prohaska (born 8 August 1955 in Vienna, Austria) is a retired Austrian football player Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Grant (born 8 August 1956, Hackney, London) is a British pop Singer and Celebrity vocal Branscombe Richmond (born August 8 1955) is an American Character actor, stuntman and lead singer in a band called "The Renegade Posse" Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton Georgia) is an American television broadcaster and journalist Cecilia Roth (born Cecilia Rotemberg on August 8, 1958 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Actress. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Ulrich Maly (born August 8, 1960 in Nuremberg, Bavaria) is a German Politician, member of the SPD and since Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961 in Barking, East London) more widely known by his Moniker The Edge, is a Musician known best Skin Yard was a grunge band from Seattle Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992 Bruce Rankin Matthews (born August 8 1961 in Raleigh North Carolina) played American football as an Offensive lineman in the Richard Allan Ream (born 8 August 1961) better known by the Stage name Rikki Rockett, is an American Drummer best Poison is an American Hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mike Zanier (b August 8, 1962 in Trail British Columbia) is a former professional Ice hockey Goaltender who played extensively in Europe Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Charles Turteltaub (born 8 August 1963) is an American Film director and producer. Stephen Walkom (b August 8, 1963 in North Bay, Ontario) currently serves as Vice president and director of officiating Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Anastasia M Ashman (born 1964 is an American author Background Ashman was born in Berkeley California, graduated from Berkeley High School Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Katherine Elizabeth Wilhelmina Beuving Langbroek (born 8 August 1965) is an Australian TV and Radio personality of Jamaican and Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Aaron Abeyta, known as El Hefe or simply Hefe, from el Jefe ( Spanish for "the boss" is the lead guitarist and trumpet player Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Chris Eubank (born Christopher Livingstone Eubanks on August 8 1966) is a retired boxer and English celebrity who held the WBO Middleweight John Hudek (born on August 8, 1966 in Tampa Florida) is a former Major league pitcher Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Eric Angle Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former Soccer defender who played in the 1990s Rena Mero Lesnar (born Rena Greek August 8 1967 is an American model actress, and former professional wrestler. Lee Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American director and Film editor. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Faye Wong (born August 8 1969) is a Chinese Singer, Songwriter, Actress and model. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trev Kendall Alberts (born August 8, 1970 in Cedar Falls Iowa) is an American Television and print College football Pascal Duquenne (b August 8, 1970 in Vilvoorde, Belgium) is a Belgian Actor. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Axel Merckx (born August 8, 1972 in Uccle) is a former Belgian professional Road bicycle racer retiring from the sport in August Lüpüs Thünder is the former lead guitarist of the band The Bloodhound Gang. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Human Nature is an Australian pop Vocal group. The group was originally formed as a Doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together Shane Lee (born 8 August 1973 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is a former Australian Cricketer Lee an All-rounder, was a hard hitting Senta Moses (born August 8, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Delia Fisher in the television series Scott Alan Stapp (born August 8, 1973, in Cherokee, North Carolina) is an American Singer and Songwriter best known Creed was an American Rock band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Ulises Hernán de la Cruz Bernoid (born 8 February 1974 in Piquiucho) is an Ecuadorian footballer currently without a club Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974 in Windsor Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler, manager, Brian Lee Harvey (born on 8 August, 1974, in Walthamstow, London, England) is a British singer and lead Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born Guernsey, 8 August 1974) is a racing driver European Touring Car Championship champion Sam Totman (born August 8, 1979 in Hertfordshire England) is a guitarist and main songwriter for the Power metal band DragonForce DragonForce are a British band formed in 1999 History DragonForce was formed in 1998 from the remnants of the band Demoniac under the name Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joshua Scott Chasez, better known as JC Chasez, is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer, and occasional Actor Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976 in Point Pleasant New Jersey, U Andrew "Drew" John Lachey (born August 8, 1976) is an American Singer and Actor, known as a member of 98 Degrees Lee Seung-yeop also Lee Seung-yuop (born August 18, 1976 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Baseball player currently playing Jeff Simmons (born August 8, 1976, in Hartford Connecticut) is an American race car driver most recently driving open wheel cars in the Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Kurt Bernard (born December 8[[ 977]] is a professional Costa Rican Football (soccer player Szilárd 'The Slovakian Express' Németh (born August 8 1977 in Komárno, Slovakia) is an ethnic Hungarian professional Lindsay Sloane (born August 8 1977) is an American Actress. Biography Personal life Sloane was born Lindsay Rocky Thompson (born August 8, 1977 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Alan Paul Maybury (born August 8 1978 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer currently a free agent after being released Louis Laurent Saha (born 8 August 1978 in Paris, France) is a French international footballer He currently plays for the is a Japanese Actress from Ibaraki, Japan. Profile Height 160cm Blood type A Countess Danielle Vaughn (born August 8 1978 is an Image Award -winning American actress and singer, known for her role as Kim Parker in Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Richard Harwood is also the assumed name of National Front member Richard Verrall. Paris Latsis (born Paris Kasidokostas on 8 August, 1979) is a Greek Shipping Heir. Rashard Quovon Lewis (born August 8, 1979 in Pineville Louisiana) is an American professional Basketball player currently with the Sam Totman (born August 8, 1979 in Hertfordshire England) is a guitarist and main songwriter for the Power metal band DragonForce Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Sabine Klaschka (born August 8, 1980) is a professional German Tennis player from Munich, Bavaria. Pat Noonan (born August 2, 1980 in Ballwin, Missouri) is an American Soccer player who currently plays Striker WikipediaPersondata --> Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an actor producer and director Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born 8 August 1981) is an Australian Singer and recording artist Roger Federer (ˈrɒdʒə ˈfɛdərər born August 8 1981 is a Swiss professional Tennis player who is currently ranked World No Meagan Monique Good (born August 8 1981 is an American film and television actress is a Japanese pop singer and Actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. Bradley John McIntosh (born 8 August 1981, London, England) is a singer and actor best known as a member of the British Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Guy Burnet (born 8 August 1983) is an English television theatre and film actor best known for playing Craig Dean in the British Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Martrez Milner (born August 8, 1984 in) is an American football Tight end who is a Practice squad player for the New York Giants Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Bryan Ruiz (born August 18, 1985) is a Costa Rican football player who currently plays as striker for Jupiler League 's K Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Peyton List (born August 8 1986 is an American actress Peyton List was born on August 08 1986 in Baltimore Maryland, USA. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Katie Liu Leung ( born 8 August 1987 is a Scottish actress, best known for playing Cho Chang, Harry Potter 's love interest in the film versions Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Princess Beatrice of York (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary born 8 August 1988 is a member of the British Royal Family. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Sesil Karatantcheva (Сесил Каратанчева pronounced seh-SEEL ka-rah-TAN-cheh-vuh born August 8, 1989) is a Bulgarian professional female Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Malin (born Malin Reitan on August 8, 1995 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian Child singer Events By Place Asia The Zanj (Black slaves from East Africa) provoked by mercilessly harsh labor conditions in the salt flats Lothair II ( 835 - August 8, 869) was the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. 825)
• 1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
• 1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. Events By Place Europe Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. Oswald von Wolkenstein (born 1376 or 1377 possibly in the Puster (Pusteria Valley; died August 2 1445 in Merano) was a poet Girolamo Fracastoro ( Fracastorius) (1478‑ August 8, 1553) was an Italian Physician, Scholar (in Mathematics 1478)
• 1555 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. Oronce Finé (in Latin, Orontius Finnaeus or Finaeus; Oronzio Fineo ( December 20, 1494 - August 8, 1555) was 1494)
• 1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
• 1604 - Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. Alonso Sánchez Coello (born 1531/32 Benifairó de les Valls, near Valencia; died August 8, 1588, Madrid) was a Portrait Horio Tadauji (堀尾 忠氏 1578 &ndash August 8, 1604)was a tozama daimyō in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period 1578)
• 1631 - Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. Konstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas) (Constantinus Szyrwid Konstanty Szyrwid died 1631 was a Lithuanian ref name=Encyclopedia"> 1579)
• 1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (August 1622 &ndash 8 August 1684) known as Sir George Booth 2nd Baronet, from 1652 to 1661 was an English peer 1622)
• 1747 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Marie-Madeleine Jarret De Verchères ( March 3, 1678 - August 8, 1747) was the daughter of a François Jarret a seigneur in New 1678)
• 1759 - Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Carl Heinrich Graun ( May 7, 1704 - August 8, 1759) was a German Composer and Tenor singer 1704)
• 1827 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common George Canning (11 April 1770 &ndash 8 August 1827 was a British statesman and Politician who served as Foreign Secretary and is at present the shortest serving The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1770)
• 1828 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Early life Thunberg was born at Jönköping, and became a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. 1743)
• 1863 - Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Angus Mòr MacAskill, frequently referred to as Giant MacAskill ( 1825 - August 8, 1863) was known as the world's largest "true" 1825)
• 1879 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Immanuel Hermann von Fichte ( 18 July, 1797 – 8 August, 1879) was a German Philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb 1797)
• 1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alexander William Doniphan ( July 9, 1808 &ndash August 8, 1887) was a noted 19th century American politician and soldier 1808)
• 1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Jacob Christoph Burckhardt ( May 25, 1818, Basel, Switzerland &ndash August 8, 1897, Basel was a Swiss 1818)
• 1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eugène Boudin ( July 12, 1824 &ndash August 8, 1898) was one of the first French Landscape painters to paint outdoors 1824)
• 1902 - James Tissot, French artist (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting James Jacques Joseph Tissot ( October 15, 1836 &ndash August 8, 1902) was a French painter. 1836)
• 1911 - William P. Frye, American politician (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Pierce Frye ( September 2, 1830 &ndash August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U 1830)
• 1933 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adolf Loos (10 December 1870 &ndash 23 August 1933 was one of the most important and influential Austrian and Czechoslovak Architects of European 1870)
• 1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Dodds ( April 12 1892 &ndash August 8 1940) was a New Orleans based Jazz Clarinetist and Alto saxophonist 1892)
• 1944 - Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chaïm Soutine (1893 – August 9, 1943) was a Jewish Expressionist painter from Belarus. 1894)
• 1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Job-Wilhelm Georg "Erwin" von Witzleben ( 4 December 1881 - 8 August 1944) was a German army officer (by 1940 a 1881)
• 1944 - Michael Wittmann, German Tank ace and Knight's Cross holder, killed in action, Normandy. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Wittmann (April 22 1914 - August 8 1944 was a German SS - Hauptsturmführer during World War II. For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia Killed in action ( KIA or K I A) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces by other Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. (b. 1914)
• 1947 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин ( December 16, 1872 – August 8, 1947) was Lieutenant General 1872)
• 1950 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Fergus McMaster ( May 3, 1879 &ndash August 8, 1950) is an Australian businessman commonly known as one of the founders of the 1879)
• 1961 - Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1894)
• 1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Shirley Jackson ( December 14, 1916, San Francisco California - August 8, 1965, Bennington Vermont) was an influential 1916)
• 1969 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer ( 16 July 1896 – 8 August 1969) was a German human Biologist and eugenicist 1896)
• 1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea "Whips" Feldman) ( April 1, 1948 &ndash August 8, 1972) was an actress and a 1948)
• 1973 - Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Dean Corll ( December 24, 1939 &ndash August 8 1973) was an American Serial killer who together with two younger accomplices named 1939)
• 1973 - Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Vilhelm Moberg ( August 20, 1898 - August 8, 1973) was a Swedish author and historian best known for his series of four novels 1898)
• 1974 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi youth leader (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Baldur Benedikt von Schirach ( May 9, 1907 &ndash August 8, 1974) was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a War criminal 1907)
• 1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley ( September 15 1928 – August 8 1975) was a Jazz alto saxophonist of 1928)
• 1977 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Edgar Douglas Adrian 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS ( 30 November 1889 &ndash 4 August 1977) was a British electrophysiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1889)
• 1979 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR ( 22 March 1910 &ndash 8 August 1979) was a UK novelist 1910)
• 1980 - Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Paul Triquet VC, CD ( April 2, 1910 – August 8, 1980) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross 1910)
• 1982 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Eric Brandon ( 18 July 1920 in East Ham, London – 8 August 1982 in Gosport, Hampshire) was a 1920)
• 1984 - Ellen Raskin, American author(b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ellen Raskin ( March 13, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American Writer, Illustrator and Fashion designer 1928)
• 1985 - Louise Brooks, American actress (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Louise Brooks ( November 14, 1906 &ndash August 8, 1985) was an American Dancer, model, Showgirl 1906)
• 1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Danilo Blanuša ( December 7 1903 &ndash August 8 1987) was a Croatian mathematician physicist engineer and a Professor 1903)
• 1988 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer and songwriter (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Félix Leclerc, OC GOQ ( August 2 1914 - August 8 1988) was 1914)
• 1988 - Alan Napier, English actor (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Alan Napier (born Alan W Napier-Clavering; 7 January 1903 &ndash 8 August 1988 was an English character actor 1903)
• 1988 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ramón Gómez Valdés de Castillo ( September 2, 1923 &ndash August 9, 1988) often credited as Ramón Valdéz, was a Mexican 1923)
• 1991 - James Irwin, astronaut (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. James Benson Irwin ( March 17, 1930 &ndash August 8, 1991) was an American astronaut 1930)
• 1992 - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim Khoei, considered to be the Supreme Shi'ite authority at the time of his death
• 1992 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Marja ( Arabic / Persian: مرجع also appearing as Marja Taqlid or Marja Dini ( Arabic / Persian: مرجع تقليد Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul-Qassim al-Khoei ( November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was one of the most influential John "Rambo" Kordic ( March 22, 1965 in Edmonton, Alberta - August 8, 1992 in Quebec City, Quebec 1965)
• 1996 - Nevill Mott, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Sir Nevill Francis Mott ( 30 September, 1905 &ndash 8 August, 1996) FRS, CH, was a British physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1905)
• 1998 - Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
• 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Mahmoud Saremi ( محمود صارمی; ?&ndash August 8, 1998) was an Iranian reporter working for IRNA, as the news agency's head "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Vina Fay Wray ( September 15, 1907 &ndash August 8, 2004) was a Canadian &ndash American actress and the first 1907)
• 2004 - Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dimitris Papamichael ( Δημήτρης Παπαμιχαήλ) born 1934 in Athens; died 8 August, 2004 in Athens 12pm at his house 1934)
• 2005 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Bel Geddes ( October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an Oscar -nominated American Actress, Artist 1922)
• 2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sheikh Ahmed Hussein Deedat ( July 1, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was a Muslim Author, Lecturer, and Orator 1918)
• 2005 - John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Harold Johnson ( January 19, 1918 &ndash August 8, 2005) was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company an international media 1918)
• 2005 - Gene Mauch, American athlete (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gene William Mauch ( November 18 1925 – August 8 2005; surname was a homonym of "mock" was an American 1925)
• 2005 - Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Monica Sjöö, ( December 31 1938 &ndash 8 August 2005) was a Swedish painter and writer who was influential in the Goddess 1938)
• 2005 - Ilse Werner, German actress (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ilse Werner (born Ilse Charlotte Still on July 11, 1921 in Batavia Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia) died 1921)
• 2007 - Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Joybubbles ( &ndash) born Josef Carl Engressia Jr in Richmond Virginia, USA, was an early phone phreak. (b. 1949)
• 2007 - Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Ma attended the Pui Kiu Middle School, graduated with a Bachelor's degree (with Honours from the Department of Chinese from United College 1952)
• 2007 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Melville Shavelson ( April 1, 1917 &ndash August 8, 2007) was an American film director producer and screenwriter 1917)

Holidays and observances

• Sweden - Namesday of Queen Silvia, an Official Flag Day. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Childhood Born Silvia Renate Sommerlath the Queen is the only daughter of the late part-German part-Swede Walther Sommerlath, who as a businessman became the president By Swedish law a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag days.
• Taiwan: Father's Day. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating Fatherhood and male Parenting, and (In Mandarin, Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August 8).
• Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints:
  • St. Dominic de Guzman, priest, (1170-1221). Saint Dominic (Domingo also known as Dominic of Osma, often called Dominic de Guzmán and Domingo de Guzmán Garcés (1170 &ndash August 6
  • St. Cyriacus
  • St. Saint Cyriacus or Saint Cyriac is a Christian Martyr who was killed in the persecution of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Largus
  • St. Scribonius Largus was the court Physician to the Roman emperor Claudius. Smaragdus (and companions)
  • St. Smaragdus was Exarch of Ravenna twice (585-589 and 603-611 Smaragdus was known for his violence toward the adherents of the Three-Chapter Controversy. Hormisdas

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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