About August 8
August 8, 2024 is the 221st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Leo is the sun 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 174 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 8
- 1220 –Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
- 1503 –King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 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.
- 1588 –Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada’s attempt to invade England.
- 1605 –The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
- 1647 –The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill – English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
- 1709 –Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon
- 1793 –The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
- 1794 –Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
- 1844 –The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
- 1863 –American Civil War: following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
- 1918 –World War I: the Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
- 1942 –Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for swaraj or complete independence.
- 1945 –World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
- 1967 –The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
- 1973 –Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
- 1988 –The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.
- 2007 –An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- 2010 –2010 China floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
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