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| August 8th, 2007 (August 08 2007) | Event | 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. | |
| August 8th, 2007 (August 08 2007) | Death | Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (born in 1949) | |
| August 8th, 2007 (August 08 2007) | Death | Ma Lik, Chinese politician (born in 1952) | |
| August 8th, 2007 (August 08 2007) | Death | Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (born in 1917) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born in 1922) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (born in 1918) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (born in 1918) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | Gene Mauch, American athlete (born in 1925) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | Monica Sjoo, Swedish artist (born in 1938) | |
| August 8th, 2005 (August 08 2005) | Death | Ilse Werner, German actress (born in 1921) | |
| August 8th, 2004 (August 08 2004) | Death | Fay Wray, American actress (born in 1907) | |
| August 8th, 2004 (August 08 2004) | Death | Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (born in 1934) | |
| August 8th, 2000 (August 08 2000) | Event | Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor. | |
| August 8th, 1998 (August 08 1998) | Death | Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist | |
| August 8th, 1996 (August 08 1996) | Death | Nevill Mott, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1905) | |
| August 8th, 1995 (August 08 1995) | Birth | Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer | |
| August 8th, 1992 (August 08 1992) | Death | Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim Khoei, considered to be the Supreme Shi ite authority at the time of his death | |
| August 8th, 1992 (August 08 1992) | Death | John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1965) | |
| August 8th, 1991 (August 08 1991) | Event | Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built | |
| August 8th, 1991 (August 08 1991) | Event | John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released. | John Held Quotes |
| August 8th, 1991 (August 08 1991) | Death | James Irwin, astronaut (born in 1930) | |
| August 8th, 1990 (August 08 1990) | Event | Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. | |
| August 8th, 1989 (August 08 1989) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-28 MissionSpace Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. | |
| August 8th, 1989 (August 08 1989) | Birth | Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Event | The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma. | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Event | The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games. (The game, against the Philadelphia Phillies, is rained out after three-and-a-half innings.) | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Birth | Princess Beatrice of York | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Birth | Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Death | Felix Leclerc, Quebec singer and songwriter (born in 1914) | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Death | Alan Napier, English actor (born in 1903) | |
| August 8th, 1988 (August 08 1988) | Death | Ramon Valdes, Mexican actor (born in 1923) | |
| August 8th, 1987 (August 08 1987) | Birth | Katie Leung, Scottish actress | |
| August 8th, 1987 (August 08 1987) | Death | Danilo Blanusa, Croatian mathematician (born in 1903) | |
| August 8th, 1986 (August 08 1986) | Event | Altaf Hussain s address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM. | |
| August 8th, 1986 (August 08 1986) | Birth | Peyton List, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1985 (August 08 1985) | Birth | Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player | |
| August 8th, 1985 (August 08 1985) | Death | Louise Brooks, American actress (born in 1906) | |
| August 8th, 1984 (August 08 1984) | Birth | Martrez Milner, American football player | |
| August 8th, 1984 (August 08 1984) | Birth | Devon McTavish, Midfielder for the Major League Soccer s DC United | Devo Quotes |
| August 8th, 1984 (August 08 1984) | Death | Ellen Raskin, American author(b.1928) | |
| August 8th, 1983 (August 08 1983) | Birth | Guy Burnet, British actor | |
| August 8th, 1982 (August 08 1982) | Death | Eric Brandon, British racing driver (born in 1920) | |
| August 8th, 1981 (August 08 1981) | Birth | Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter | |
| August 8th, 1981 (August 08 1981) | Birth | Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player | Roger Federer Quotes |
| August 8th, 1981 (August 08 1981) | Birth | Meagan Good, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1981 (August 08 1981) | Birth | Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress | |
| August 8th, 1981 (August 08 1981) | Birth | Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Event | The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurred in Ireland. | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Birth | Mike Hindert, American musician | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Birth | Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Birth | Pat Noonan, American soccer player | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Birth | Michael Urie, American actor and director | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Death | Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (born in 1910) | |
| August 8th, 1979 (August 08 1979) | Birth | Richard Harwood, British cellist | |
| August 8th, 1979 (August 08 1979) | Birth | Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir | |
| August 8th, 1979 (August 08 1979) | Birth | Rashard Lewis, American basketball player | |
| August 8th, 1979 (August 08 1979) | Birth | Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce) | |
| August 8th, 1979 (August 08 1979) | Death | Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (born in 1910) | |
| August 8th, 1978 (August 08 1978) | Birth | Alan Maybury, Irish footballer | |
| August 8th, 1978 (August 08 1978) | Birth | Louis Saha, French footballer | |
| August 8th, 1978 (August 08 1978) | Birth | Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress | |
| August 8th, 1978 (August 08 1978) | Birth | Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer | |
| August 8th, 1977 (August 08 1977) | Birth | Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer | |
| August 8th, 1977 (August 08 1977) | Birth | Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer | |
| August 8th, 1977 (August 08 1977) | Birth | Lindsay Sloane, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1977 (August 08 1977) | Birth | Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 8th, 1977 (August 08 1977) | Death | Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1889) | |
| August 8th, 1976 (August 08 1976) | Birth | JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC) | |
| August 8th, 1976 (August 08 1976) | Birth | Tawny Cypress, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1976 (August 08 1976) | Birth | Drew Lachey, American singer | |
| August 8th, 1976 (August 08 1976) | Birth | Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player | |
| August 8th, 1976 (August 08 1976) | Birth | Jeff Simmons, American race car driver | |
| August 8th, 1975 (August 08 1975) | Death | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (born in 1928) | Julian Quotes |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Event | Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day. | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Birth | Ulises De la Cruz, Ecuadoran footballer | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Birth | Scott D Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Birth | Brian Harvey, English singer | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Birth | Andy Priaulx, British race car driver | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Death | Baldur von Schirach, Nazi youth leader (born in 1907) | Baldur von Schirach Quotes |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Event | U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland. | Spiro Agnew Quotes |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Event | Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Birth | Toby Allen, Australian singer | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Birth | Shane Lee, Australian cricketer | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Birth | Senta Moses, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Birth | Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Death | Dean Corll, American serial killer (born in 1939) | |
| August 8th, 1973 (August 08 1973) | Death | Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (born in 1898) | |
| August 8th, 1972 (August 08 1972) | Birth | Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer | |
| August 8th, 1972 (August 08 1972) | Birth | Lupus Thunder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) | |
| August 8th, 1972 (August 08 1972) | Death | Andrea Feldman, American actor (born in 1948) | |
| August 8th, 1970 (August 08 1970) | Birth | Trev Alberts, American football player | |
| August 8th, 1970 (August 08 1970) | Birth | Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor | |
| August 8th, 1969 (August 08 1969) | Birth | Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress | |
| August 8th, 1969 (August 08 1969) | Death | Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (born in 1896) | |
| August 8th, 1968 (August 08 1968) | Event | Juro Wada successfully performs Japan s first heart transplant. | |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Event | The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded. | |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Birth | Eric Angle, American wrestler | |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Birth | Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player | |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Birth | Rena Mero, American wrestler | Rena Mero Quotes |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Birth | Jessica Moore, Italian actress | |
| August 8th, 1967 (August 08 1967) | Birth | Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor | |
| August 8th, 1966 (August 08 1966) | Birth | Chris Eubank, English boxer | |
| August 8th, 1966 (August 08 1966) | Birth | John Hudek, American baseball player | |
| August 8th, 1965 (August 08 1965) | Birth | Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality | |
| August 8th, 1965 (August 08 1965) | Birth | Aaron Abeyta, American musician | |
| August 8th, 1965 (August 08 1965) | Death | Shirley Jackson, American author (born in 1916) | Shirley Jackson Quotes |
| August 8th, 1964 (August 08 1964) | Birth | Anastasia Ashman, American writer | |
| August 8th, 1963 (August 08 1963) | Event | Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes. | |
| August 8th, 1963 (August 08 1963) | Birth | Jon Turteltaub, American director | |
| August 8th, 1963 (August 08 1963) | Birth | Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive | |
| August 8th, 1962 (August 08 1962) | Birth | Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 8th, 1961 (August 08 1961) | Birth | The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2) | |
| August 8th, 1961 (August 08 1961) | Birth | Daniel House, American music executive | |
| August 8th, 1961 (August 08 1961) | Birth | Bruce Matthews, American football player | |
| August 8th, 1961 (August 08 1961) | Birth | Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison) | |
| August 8th, 1961 (August 08 1961) | Death | Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (born in 1894) | |
| August 8th, 1960 (August 08 1960) | Event | South Kasai secedes from the Congo. | |
| August 8th, 1960 (August 08 1960) | Birth | Ulrich Maly, German politician | |
| August 8th, 1958 (August 08 1958) | Birth | Deborah Norville, American television host | |
| August 8th, 1958 (August 08 1958) | Birth | Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress | Cecil Roth Quotes |
| August 8th, 1956 (August 08 1956) | Birth | David Grant, English singer and vocal coach | |
| August 8th, 1956 (August 08 1956) | Birth | Branscombe Richmond, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1955 (August 08 1955) | Birth | Diddu, Icelandic soprano and songwriter | |
| August 8th, 1955 (August 08 1955) | Birth | Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer | |
| August 8th, 1953 (August 08 1953) | Birth | Nigel Mansell, English race car driver | |
| August 8th, 1953 (August 08 1953) | Birth | Don Most, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1952 (August 08 1952) | Birth | Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author | |
| August 8th, 1952 (August 08 1952) | Birth | Robin Quivers, American radio personality | |
| August 8th, 1951 (August 08 1951) | Birth | Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director | |
| August 8th, 1951 (August 08 1951) | Birth | Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died in 1994) | |
| August 8th, 1950 (August 08 1950) | Death | Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (born in 1879) | |
| August 8th, 1949 (August 08 1949) | Event | Bhutan becomes independent. | |
| August 8th, 1949 (August 08 1949) | Birth | Keith Carradine, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1949 (August 08 1949) | Birth | Ricardo Londono, Colombian racing driver | |
| August 8th, 1948 (August 08 1948) | Birth | Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Event | Pakistan s National Flag is approved. | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Birth | Jose Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Birth | Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Birth | Larry Wilcox, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Death | Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (born in 1872) | |
| August 8th, 1946 (August 08 1946) | Event | First flight of the Convair B-36. | |
| August 8th, 1946 (August 08 1946) | Birth | James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist | |
| August 8th, 1945 (August 08 1945) | Event | World WarThe Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria. | |
| August 8th, 1945 (August 08 1945) | Event | The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join. | |
| August 8th, 1944 (August 08 1944) | Birth | Brooke Bundy, American actress | |
| August 8th, 1944 (August 08 1944) | Birth | John Renbourn, English musician | |
| August 8th, 1944 (August 08 1944) | Death | Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (born in 1894) | |
| August 8th, 1944 (August 08 1944) | Death | Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (born in 1881) | |
| August 8th, 1944 (August 08 1944) | Death | Michael Wittmann, German Tank ace and Knight s Cross holder, killed in action, Normandy. (born in 1914) | |
| August 8th, 1942 (August 08 1942) | Event | World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed. | |
| August 8th, 1942 (August 08 1942) | Event | Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India | |
| August 8th, 1940 (August 08 1940) | Event | "Aufbau Ost" directive was signed by Wilhelm Keitel. | Wilhelm Keitel Quotes |
| August 8th, 1940 (August 08 1940) | Birth | Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist | |
| August 8th, 1940 (August 08 1940) | Death | Johnny Dodds, American musician (born in 1892) | |
| August 8th, 1939 (August 08 1939) | Birth | Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat | |
| August 8th, 1938 (August 08 1938) | Event | The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins. | |
| August 8th, 1938 (August 08 1938) | Birth | Jacques Hetu, French Canadian composer | |
| August 8th, 1938 (August 08 1938) | Birth | Connie Stevens, American singer and actress | |
| August 8th, 1937 (August 08 1937) | Birth | Dustin Hoffman, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1936 (August 08 1936) | Birth | Keith Barron, English actor | |
| August 8th, 1936 (August 08 1936) | Birth | Frank Howard, American baseball player | |
| August 8th, 1935 (August 08 1935) | Birth | Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer | |
| August 8th, 1935 (August 08 1935) | Birth | John Laws, Australia radio personality | |
| August 8th, 1933 (August 08 1933) | Birth | Joe Tex, American singer (died in 1982) | |
| August 8th, 1933 (August 08 1933) | Birth | Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (died in 2007) | |
| August 8th, 1933 (August 08 1933) | Death | Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (born in 1870) | |
| August 8th, 1932 (August 08 1932) | Birth | Luis Garcia Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator | |
| August 8th, 1932 (August 08 1932) | Birth | Mel Tillis, American singer | |
| August 8th, 1931 (August 08 1931) | Event | Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam | |
| August 8th, 1931 (August 08 1931) | Birth | Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist | |
| August 8th, 1929 (August 08 1929) | Event | The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. | |
| August 8th, 1929 (August 08 1929) | Birth | Ronald Biggs, British criminal | |
| August 8th, 1929 (August 08 1929) | Birth | Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (died in 2004) | |
| August 8th, 1928 (August 08 1928) | Birth | Don Burrows, Australian musician | |
| August 8th, 1928 (August 08 1928) | Death | Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (born in 1871) | |
| August 8th, 1927 (August 08 1927) | Birth | Johnny Temple, American baseball player (died in 1994) | |
| August 8th, 1926 (August 08 1926) | Birth | Richard Anderson, American actor | |
| August 8th, 1925 (August 08 1925) | Birth | Alija Izetbegovic, Bosniak politician (died in 2003) | Alija Izetbegovic Quotes |
| August 8th, 1922 (August 08 1922) | Birth | Rory Calhoun, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| August 8th, 1922 (August 08 1922) | Birth | Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (died in 1985) | |
| August 8th, 1922 (August 08 1922) | Birth | Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian | |
| August 8th, 1921 (August 08 1921) | Birth | William Asher, American film producer | |
| August 8th, 1921 (August 08 1921) | Birth | John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (died in 1979) | |
| August 8th, 1921 (August 08 1921) | Birth | Webb Pierce, American singer (died in 1991) | |
| August 8th, 1921 (August 08 1921) | Birth | Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (died in 2001) | |
| August 8th, 1921 (August 08 1921) | Birth | Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer | |
| August 8th, 1920 (August 08 1920) | Birth | Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (died in 2006) | |
| August 8th, 1920 (August 08 1920) | Birth | Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (died in 2006) | |
| August 8th, 1920 (August 08 1920) | Birth | Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (died in 1997) | |
| August 8th, 1919 (August 08 1919) | Birth | Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer | |
| August 8th, 1918 (August 08 1918) | Event | World War I: Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines. | |
| August 8th, 1915 (August 08 1915) | Birth | Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (died in 1981) | |
| August 8th, 1911 (August 08 1911) | Event | The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire. | |
| August 8th, 1911 (August 08 1911) | Event | Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913. | |
| August 8th, 1911 (August 08 1911) | Birth | Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (died in 2002) | |
| August 8th, 1911 (August 08 1911) | Death | William P. Frye, American politician (born in 1830) | |
| August 8th, 1910 (August 08 1910) | Event | The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army s Wright Flyer. | |
| August 8th, 1910 (August 08 1910) | Birth | Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died in 1999) | |
| August 8th, 1908 (August 08 1908) | Event | Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It s the Wright Brothers first public flight and the French public goes wild. | Wilbur Wright Quotes |
| August 8th, 1908 (August 08 1908) | Birth | Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (died in 1980) | |
| August 8th, 1907 (August 08 1907) | Birth | Benny Carter, American musician (died in 2003) | |
| August 8th, 1905 (August 08 1905) | Birth | Andre Jolivet, French composer (died in 1974) | |
| August 8th, 1904 (August 08 1904) | Birth | Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (died in 1948) | |
| August 8th, 1902 (August 08 1902) | Birth | Paul Dirac, English physicist Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1984) | Paul Dirac Quotes |
| August 8th, 1902 (August 08 1902) | Death | James Tissot, French artist (born in 1836) | |
| August 8th, 1901 (August 08 1901) | Birth | Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1958) | |
| August 8th, 1898 (August 08 1898) | Birth | Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (died in 1990) | |
| August 8th, 1898 (August 08 1898) | Death | Eugene Boudin, French painter (born in 1824) | |
| August 8th, 1897 (August 08 1897) | Death | Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (born in 1818) | |
| August 8th, 1896 (August 08 1896) | Birth | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (died in 1953) | |
| August 8th, 1892 (August 08 1892) | Birth | Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (died in 1922) | |
| August 8th, 1891 (August 08 1891) | Birth | Adolf Busch, German violinist (died in 1952) | |
| August 8th, 1887 (August 08 1887) | Death | Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (born in 1808) | William Alexander Quotes |
| August 8th, 1884 (August 08 1884) | Birth | Sara Teasdale, American poet (died in 1933) | Sara Teasdale Quotes |
| August 8th, 1882 (August 08 1882) | Birth | Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (died in 1965) | |
| August 8th, 1881 (August 08 1881) | Birth | Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (died in 1960) | Albert Kesselring Quotes |
| August 8th, 1881 (August 08 1881) | Birth | Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (died in 1954) | Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Quotes |
| August 8th, 1880 (August 08 1880) | Birth | Earle Page, Australian politician (died in 1961) | |
| August 8th, 1879 (August 08 1879) | Birth | Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (died in 1950) | |
| August 8th, 1879 (August 08 1879) | Birth | Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (died in 1919) | |
| August 8th, 1879 (August 08 1879) | Death | Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (born in 1797) | Philo Quotes |
| August 8th, 1876 (August 08 1876) | Event | Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. | |
| August 8th, 1875 (August 08 1875) | Birth | Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (died in 1955) | |
| August 8th, 1870 (August 08 1870) | Event | The Republic of Ploiesti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. | |
| August 8th, 1866 (August 08 1866) | Birth | Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (died in 1955) | |
| August 8th, 1863 (August 08 1863) | Event | 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). | |
| August 8th, 1863 (August 08 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Tennessee s "military" Gov. Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday. | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| August 8th, 1863 (August 08 1863) | Death | Angus MacAskill known as Giant MacAskill , circus performer (b.1825) | |
| August 8th, 1857 (August 08 1857) | Birth | Cecile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died in 1944) | |
| August 8th, 1844 (August 08 1844) | Event | 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). | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| August 8th, 1839 (August 08 1839) | Event | Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio. | |
| August 8th, 1839 (August 08 1839) | Birth | Nelson Miles, American general (died in 1925) | |
| August 8th, 1828 (August 08 1828) | Death | Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (born in 1743) | |
| August 8th, 1827 (August 08 1827) | Death | George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1770) | George Canning Quotes |
| August 8th, 1824 (August 08 1824) | Birth | Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Tsarina of Russia (died in 1880) | |
| August 8th, 1814 (August 08 1814) | Birth | Esther Morris, American jurist (died in 1902) | |
| August 8th, 1810 (August 08 1810) | Event | Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi. | |
| August 8th, 1807 (August 08 1807) | Birth | Emilie Flygare-Carlen, Swedish novelist (died in 1892) | |
| August 8th, 1794 (August 08 1794) | Event | Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska. | |
| August 8th, 1793 (August 08 1793) | Event | The insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution. | |
| August 8th, 1786 (August 08 1786) | Event | Mont Blanc on the French- Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard. | |
| August 8th, 1759 (August 08 1759) | Death | Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (born in 1704) | |
| August 8th, 1747 (August 08 1747) | Death | Madeleine de Vercheres, New France heroine (born in 1678) | |
| August 8th, 1720 (August 08 1720) | Birth | Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (died in 1796) | |
| August 8th, 1694 (August 08 1694) | Birth | Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (died in 1746) | Francis Hutcheson Quotes |
| August 8th, 1693 (August 08 1693) | Birth | Laurent Belissen, French composer (died in 1762) | |
| August 8th, 1684 (August 08 1684) | Death | George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (born in 1622) | |
| August 8th, 1673 (August 08 1673) | Birth | John Ker, Scottish spy (died in 1726) | John Scott Quotes |
| August 8th, 1647 (August 08 1647) | Event | The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans HillEnglish Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. | |
| August 8th, 1646 (August 08 1646) | Birth | Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (died in 1723) | |
| August 8th, 1631 (August 08 1631) | Death | Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (born in 1579) | |
| August 8th, 1605 (August 08 1605) | Event | The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. | |
| August 8th, 1605 (August 08 1605) | Birth | Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (died in 1675) | |
| August 8th, 1604 (August 08 1604) | Death | Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (born in 1578) | |
| August 8th, 1588 (August 08 1588) | Event | Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of GravelinesThe naval engagement ends, thus ending the Spanish Armada s attempt to invade England. | |
| August 8th, 1588 (August 08 1588) | Death | Alonso Sanchez Coello, Spanish painter | |
| August 8th, 1585 (August 08 1585) | Event | John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage. | |
| August 8th, 1576 (August 08 1576) | Event | The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe s Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven. | |
| August 8th, 1555 (August 08 1555) | Death | Oronce Fine, French mathematician (born in 1494) | |
| August 8th, 1553 (August 08 1553) | Death | Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (born in 1478) | |
| August 8th, 1518 (August 08 1518) | Birth | Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (died in 1561) | |
| August 8th, 1509 (August 08 1509) | Event | The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire. | Gene Ray Quotes |
| August 8th, 1445 (August 08 1445) | Death | Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer | |
| August 8th, 1220 (August 08 1220) | Event | Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. | |
| August 8th, 1079 (August 08 1079) | Birth | Emperor Horikawa of Japan (died in 1107) | |
| August 8th, 0869 (August 08 0869) | Death | Lothair II of Lotharingia (born in 825) | |
