About August 8
August 8, 2025 is the 220th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 193 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.
- 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.
- 1709 –Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon
- 1786 –Mont Blanc on the French – Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
- 1793 –The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
- 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).
- 1908 –Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
- 1929 –The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
- 1942 –Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for swaraj or complete independence.
- 1946 –First flight of the Convair B-36, the world’s first mass-produce nuclear weapon delivery vehicle.
- 1963 –Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
- 1973 –Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
- 1980 –The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
- 1988 –The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.
- 1989 –Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
- 1990 –Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
- 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.
- 2008 –2008 Summer Olympics took place from the 8th August 2008-24th August 2008. The official opening ceremony started at 8:00pm on 8th August 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese Culture and here it was a triple eight for the date and one extra for time (close to 08:08:08 pm). There were 28 sports and 302 events at the games. There were 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. An unprecedented 86 countries won at least one medal during the Games.
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