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- 1220 Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
- 1509 The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1576 The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.
- 1585 John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage.
- 1588 Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - The naval engagement ends, thus ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
- 1605 The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
- 1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
- 1647 Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces at Dangan Hill in Ireland.
- 1647 The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
- 1709 First known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors)
- 1786 Mont Blanc on the French- Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
- 1789 First police force, named Nightwatch, is established in Australian colony of NSW.
- 1793 The insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution.
- 1794 Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
- 1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members
- 1810 Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi.
- 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena
- 1839 Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.
- 1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death
- 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 (the LDS or Mormon Church).
- 1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC
- 1863 American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Gov. Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.
- 1868 Quake destroys Arica Chile
- 1870 The Republic of Ploieti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- 1876 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph
- 1876 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- 1882 Snow falls on Lake Michigan
- 1890 Daughters of the American Revolution organizes
- 1890 The Knights of Labor strike the New York Central Railroad August 8.
- 1900 NSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China
- 1908 Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It's the Wright Brothers' first public flight and the French public goes wild.
- 1909 R S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears.
- 1910 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
- 1911 Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.
- 1911 The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
- 1915 Battle for Sari Bair
- 1916 Battle for Mouquet Farm
- 1918 Battle for Amiens begins
- 1918 Cpl. Herman J. Good (13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France
- 1918 Prv. John B. Cook (13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France
- 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence
- 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight
- 1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated
- 1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
- 1929 Visitor posting - August 8, 1929 Billie G. Kelley was born
- 1931 Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam
- 1937 Berlin: 115 demonstrators are arrested. Rev. Martin Niemoller is arrested and charged with having opposed Nazi restrictions.
- 1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
- 1938 The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
- 1940 "Aufbau Ost" directive was signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
- 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
- 1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Wash DC
- 1942 Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India
- 1942 World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed.
- 1944 HMCS Regina (Corvette) torpedoed
- 1945 Pres Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
- 1945 The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.
- 1945 USSR declares war against Japan in WW II
- 1945 World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.
- 1946 First flight of the Convair B-36.
- 1947 Pakistan's National Flag is approved.
- 1948 Visitor posting - Judith Ann McQueen born somewhere in Indiana
- 1949 Bhutan becomes independent
- 1949 Bhutan, land of the Dragon, became an independent monarchy
- 1953 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
- 1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
- 1956 Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
- 1960 Ivory Coast declares independence
- 1962 Elizabeth Ann Duncan becomes the last woman to be executed in the United States prior to the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1977.
- 1963 Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
- 1963 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Searchers - Sweets For My Sweet
- 1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
- 1967 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.
- 1968 Jur Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.
- 1968 Race riot in Miami Florida
- 1973 Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
- 1973 U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland.
- 1974 Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
- 1980 The Buttevant railway accident in Ireland occurred.
- 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV
- 1983 Visitor posting - Mark Porter Thomas is born - USA
- 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
- 1985 Visitor posting - Marina Nicole's Birthday!! - USA
- 1986 Altaf Hussain's address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM.
- 1986 Visitor posting - Adithya Thaduri born. My pet name is addy. - India [email protected]
- 1987 Lynne Cox became first to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait
- 1987 Visitor posting - Edwina Franciska come to this world - India
- 1988 Discovery of most distant galaxy announced
- 1988 Duchess of York gives birth to baby girl
- 1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
- 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
- 1988 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
- 1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
- 1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC
- 1988 The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
- 1988 The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games
- 1988 Visitor posting - August 8, 1988 - 8/8/88- (TRULY) I (Kristian Nicole Williams) was born on the same day as the Duchess of York\'s baby girl!!!
- 1988 Visitor posting - Claudia Rodriguez was born!! - USA
- 1989 Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
- 1989 Visitor posting - brandon miller the prodigy was born - USA
- 1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait
- 1990 Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
- 1991 Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built
- 1991 John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released.
- 1995 Visitor posting - James Allen Caron was born : )
- 1996 Visitor posting - Joshua Merulla born - USA
- 1998 Visitor posting - kacie was born! :) Pets - three dogs: Mojo,Chewy, Rosco - USA
- 1999 Visitor posting - Llesenia was born!! i dont have a pet! - USA
- 2000 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
- 2006 Visitor posting - Nathanule Dean was born. - USA
- 2007 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- 2008 Opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
- 2008 Visitor posting - August 8 2008 Scarlett Hellina Hunter was born at 6am weighing 8lbs
- 2008 Visitor posting - Mary and Josh Harvey were married - USA
- 2009 A small plane and a tour helicopter collide over the Hudson River in the United States.
- 2009 A suicide bomber detonates a bomb outside the French embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, wounding two. The attack is the first suicide bombing in Mauritania's history.
- 2009 Local government elections take place in northern Sri Lanka, the first elections since the end of the civil war.
- 2009 One of Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspects, Noordin Mohammed Top, is allegedly killed after a 16 hour siege at a house in Java, Indonesia.
- 2009 The second hearing in the trial of Iranian election protesters resumes.
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