8 August

The 8t o August is the 220t day o the year (221st in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 145 days tae come.

Events
 117 - Roman Emperor Trajan dees and is succeeded by Hadrian.
 1503 - James IV o Scotland mairies Margaret Tudor.
 1605 - The ceety o Oulu, Finland, is foondit.
 1786 - Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, is successfully climbed for the first time.
 1827 - George Canning dees, endin the shortest premiership in Breetish histerie (less nor fower month). Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscoont Goderich succeeds him.
 1900 - The first Davis Cup tennis toornament stairts in Brookline, Massachusetts.
 1942 - The "Quit Indie" muivement stairts in response tae Mahatma Gandhi's call for unthirldom.
 1945 - Warld War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
 1967 - ASEAN is foondit bi Thailand, Indonesie, Malaysie, Singapore an the Philippines.
 1974 - US Preses Richard Nixon propales his intention tae demit the next day after the Watergate scandal.
 1975 - 62 dams break in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, killin an estimatit 231,000 fowk.
 1988 - The 8888 Uprisin stairts in Burma.
 1990 - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein annexes Kuwait.
 1991 - Ane o the tallest-ever structures, the Konstantynow Radio Mast in Poland, collapses.
 1994 - Prime meenister o Israel Yitzhak Rabin visits Jordan.
 1997 - The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque in Gibraltar is inauguratit.
 2008 - The 2008 Simmer Olympics in Beijing begin at 8:08pm local time.
 2010 - A landslide in Zhungqu Coonty, Gansu province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, kills 1,400 fowk.
 2013 - A suicide bombin in Quetta, Pakistan, kills 31 fowk.
 2016 - Japanese Emperor Akihito indicates his possible intention tae abdicate.
 2016 - A terrorist attack in Quetta, Pakistan, kills at least 70 fowk.
 2017 - US Preses Donald Trump threatens North Korea wi "Fire an Fury" ower its nuclear testin, durin a staund-aff atween the twa kintras.

Births
 1170 - Saunt Dominic, Castilian priest (d. 1221)
 1832 - Georg o Saxony (d. 1904)
 1851 - Alexander Fraser, 19t Laird Saltoun, Scots peer (d. 1933)
 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
 1901 - Ernest Lawrence, American pheesicist (d. 1958)
 1902 - Paul Dirac, Inglis pheesicist (d. 1984)
 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film director (d. 2010)
 1919 - Willie Woodburn, Scots fitbawer (d. 2001)
 1921 - Esther Williams, American soummer an actress (d. 2013)
 1925 - Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnie politeecian (d. 2003)
 1930 - Joan Mondale, Seicont Lady o the Unitit States (d. 2014)
 1930 - Tommy Ring, Scots fitbawer (d. 1997)
 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, Inglis mathematical pheesicist
 1934 - Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director an producer (d. 2014)
 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
 1942 - Dennis Canavan, Scots politeecian
 1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet-Roushie cosmonaut
 1951 - Louis van Gaal, Dutch fitbaa manager
 1951 - Mohamed Morsi, umwhile Preses o Egyp (d. 2019)
 1953 - Nigel Mansell, Inglis racin driver
 1961 - The Edge, Inglis-Erse muisicker (U2)
 1964 - Giuseppe Conte, Italian politeecian, Prime meenister o Italy
 1969 - Faye Wong, Cheenese sangster an actress
 1972 - Steven Tweed, Scots fitbawer
 1976 - Laura Kuenssberg, Scots jurnalist, BBC News poleetical eeditor
 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss profeesional tennis player
 1982 - David Florence, Scots slalom canoeist
 1984 - Kirk Broadfoot, Scots fitbawer
 1987 - Katie Leung, Scots actress
 1989 - Hannah Miley, Scots soummer
 1997 - Scott Wright, Scots fitbawer
 1998 - Shawn Mendes, Canadian sangster an sangwriter

Daiths
 117 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (b. 53)
 1827 - George Canning, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1770)
 1930 - Launceston Elliot, Scots wechtlifter (b. 1874)
 1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, Inglis pheesicist (b. 1905)
 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1908)
 2010 - Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
 2017 - Glen Campbell, American sangster (b. 1936)

Halidays
 Faither's Day (Mongolie, Taiwan)
 Chocolate Day (Chile)

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