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Historical Events In August - 08

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1918  On August - 08 cpl. Herman J. Good (13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  Prv. John B. Cook (13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  Canada/Australian/British breakthrough with 600 tanks at Amiens on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan) on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38 on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  On this day in history treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  On August - 08 dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer (King Kong)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  On August - 08 don Cook, foreign Correspondent  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  On this day in history roger Nixon, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1921  On this day in history juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  Italian general strike broken by fascist terror on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  Michael Parkin, journalist on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On this day in history esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  British-Russian trade agreement signed on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1924  Thomas Beversdorf, composer on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  On this day in history 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, DC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1926  On August - 08 richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1927  Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet (Lady of the Night: A flower) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1928  Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On August - 08 salem Oregon airport dedicated  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1929  On this day in history 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1930  On August - 08 st Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  On this day in history wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1934  Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Berlin 115 demonstrators are arrested. Rev. Martin Niemoller is arrested and charged with having opposed Nazi restrictions on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On August - 08 the birth of Dustin Hoffman, American actor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  Berlin: 115 demonstrators are arrested. Rev. Martin Niemoller is arrested and charged with having opposed Nazi restrictions on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On August - 08 battle of Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history 31 German aircrafts shot down over England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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