August 8

August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining.

Events

• 1647 - The Battle of Dangan Hill[?], Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces
• 1786 - Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard[?] and Jacques Balmat[?]
• 1844 - Brigham Young named head of the Mormon Church
• 1876 - Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph
• 1915 - Battle of Sari Bair[?]
• 1916 - Battle of Mouquet Farm[?]
• 1918 - Battle of Amiens[?] begins
• 1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin[?] begins a round-the-world flight
• 1940 - Battle of Britain begins
• 1945 - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
• 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent
• 1960 - Ivory Coast declares its independence
• 1963 - Great Train Robbery in England
• 1964 - The first Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands is ended after only 15 minutes because fans are breaking down the place.
• 1974 - President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9)
• 1990 - Iraq annexes Kuwait

Births

• 1839 - General Nelson Miles[?], Indian fighter (+ 1925)
• 1866 - Matthew Henson[?], explorer (North Pole)
• 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (+ 1919)
• 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings[?], author (+ 1953)
• 1902 - Paul Dirac, physicist (+ 1984)
• 1907 - Benny Carter[?], musician, arranger
• 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis[?], producer
• 1921 - Webb Pierce[?], country and western singer (+ 1991)
• 1921 - Esther Williams[?], actress, swimmer
• 1921 - William Asher[?], film producer
• 1922 - Rudi Gernreich[?], fashion designer (+ 1985)
• 1922 - Rory Calhoun[?], actor (+ 1999)
• 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, mathematical physicist
• 1932 - Mel Tillis[?], country and western singer
• 1934 - Roberto Clemente, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (+ 1972)
• 1936 - Donald P. Bellisario[?], television producer
• 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, actor
• 1938 - Connie Stevens[?], singer, actress
• 1944 - Peter Weir, film director
• 1949 - Keith Carradine[?], actor
• 1954 - Nigel Mansell, Formula One racer
• 1961 - The Edge (David Evans), guitarist of U2
• 1958 - Deborah Horville[?], reporter, television host
• 1976 - J.C. Chasez[?], singer
• 1976 - Drew Lachey[?], singer

Deaths

• 1944 - Chaim Soutine, painter
• 1965 - Shirley Jackson, author
• 1975 - Cannonball Adderley[?]
• 1985 - Louise Brooks, Academy Award winning actress
• 1991 - James Irwin[?], astronaut

Holidays and observances

• Taiwan: Father's Day. (In Mandarin[?], Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August 8).

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