• Loading...
  • Loading...
Home | Birthdays | Events | Facts | Holidays | Inventions
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | View List Of Years |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

Historical Events In August - 08

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1980  On August - 08 aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history uS announce plans to produce the neutron bomb  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  On this day in history ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On this day in history jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Militray coup in Guatemala on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On August - 08 louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  Lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 08 discovery of most distant galaxy announced  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history duchess of York gives birth to baby girl  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 08 renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 08 south Africa declares cease-fire in Angola  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On August - 08 temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85 on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Iraq annexes Kuwait on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On August - 08 abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On this day in history harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history david Begelman, film producer, dies at 73  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On August - 08 didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1997  On August - 08 duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  The 21st World Scout Jamboree at Hylands Park, Essex closes on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  On August - 08 the Space Shuttle Endeavour is successfully launched on mission STS-118.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2012  China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2014  The West African Ebola outbreak is categorized as an international concern by the WHO on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  South African President Jacob Zuma survives a no-confidence vote in parliament 198-177 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history kenyan general election: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Jubilee Party of Kenya re-elected, opposition leader Raila Odinga refuses verdict  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  US State Department imposes new sanctions on Russia for nerve attack in Britain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

Days In August

List Of Important Days In August

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

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  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.  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 this day in history birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86  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  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1604  On August - 08 death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


Popular Searches


Poll

Cast Your Vote

Who among the following could be the new US president?
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Don't Know