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)