What are the important events that happened on August 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 8 is the 220th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 26, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,243,520 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 193 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,613 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 8 Historical Events
- 1503 –King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1870 –The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- 1876 –Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- 1918 –World War I: the Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
- 1940 –The “Aufbau Ost” directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
- 1945 –World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
- 1946 –First flight of the Convair B-36, the world’s first mass-produce nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.
- 1960 –South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
- 2007 –An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- 2011 –London Riot 2011. This took place between 6th August 2011 and 10th August 2011. between the 6th and 7th a peaceful march in Tottenham, London was followed by rioting and looting, first in Tottenham.
Who were born on August 8?
- 1882 –Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
- 1921 –John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)
- 1921 –William Asher, American film producer
- 1922 –Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1956 –Chris Foreman, English guitarist (Madness)
- 1961 –Bruce Matthews, American football player
- 1967 –Eric Angle, American wrestler
- 1984 –Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian car racer
- 1985 –Toby Flood, English Rugby Union player
- 1989 –Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian/Kazakhstani tennis player
Who died on August 8?
- 1747 –Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
- 1828 –Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
- 1934 –Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1863)
- 1965 –Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916)
- 1973 –Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939)
- 1982 –Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
- 1991 –Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- 1998 –Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
- 2005 –John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
- 2010 –Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
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