August 8 Events |
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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, 2000 (August 08 2000) | Event | Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1986 (August 08 1986) | Event | Altaf Hussain s address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM. | |
| August 8th, 1980 (August 08 1980) | Event | The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurred in Ireland. | |
| August 8th, 1974 (August 08 1974) | Event | Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1960 (August 08 1960) | Event | South Kasai secedes from the Congo. | |
| August 8th, 1949 (August 08 1949) | Event | Bhutan becomes independent. | |
| August 8th, 1947 (August 08 1947) | Event | Pakistan s National Flag is approved. | |
| August 8th, 1946 (August 08 1946) | Event | First flight of the Convair B-36. | |
| 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, 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, 1938 (August 08 1938) | Event | The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins. | |
| August 8th, 1931 (August 08 1931) | Event | Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam | |
| August 8th, 1929 (August 08 1929) | Event | The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. | |
| 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, 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, 1910 (August 08 1910) | Event | The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army s Wright Flyer. | |
| 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, 1876 (August 08 1876) | Event | Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. | |
| August 8th, 1870 (August 08 1870) | Event | The Republic of Ploiesti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. | |
| 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, 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, 1810 (August 08 1810) | Event | Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi. | |
| 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, 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, 1605 (August 08 1605) | Event | The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1220 (August 08 1220) | Event | Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. | |
