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, 1,754,611,200 seconds 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
- 1576 –The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe’s Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.
- 1585 –John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
- 1647 –The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
- 1794 –Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
- 1870 –The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- 1876 –Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- 1945 –World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
- 1988 –The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.
- 1989 –Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
- 1991 –The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
Who were born on August 8?
- 1673 –John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
- 1839 –Nelson Miles, American general (d. 1925)
- 1930 –Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1960 –Ulrich Maly, German politician
- 1961 –Daniel House, American musician and music executive
- 1961 –Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
- 1963 –Jon Turteltaub, American director
- 1968 –Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer
- 1981 –Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
- 1981 –Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
Who died on August 8?
- 1719 –Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
- 1759 –Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. 1704)
- 1887 –Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
- 1979 –Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
- 1991 –James Irwin, astronaut (b. 1930)
- 1992 –Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious figure (b. 1899)
- 2004 –Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
- 2005 –Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
- 2007 –Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
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