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Events

• 1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned in the town of Chittoor in the present-day state of Andhra Pradesh, India. His accession marks the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire after a period of internal strife.
• 1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage.
• 1588 - Battle of Gravelines ends - Defeated by the English during an invasion attempt, the surviving parts of the Spanish Armada begin to sail home. Only 67 of the original 130 ships will later reach Spain and most of these will be in poor condition.
• 1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
• 1647 - Battle of Dangan Hill - Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces.
• 1786 - Mont Blanc is climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.
• 1844 - During a meeting held in Nauvoo, the Quorum of Twelve, headed by Brigham Young, is created as the leading body of the Mormon 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 (Davis will refuse the request upon receipt).
• 1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
• 1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law will take effect in 1913.
• 1918 - World War I: Battle of Amiens - Canadian troops, backed by Australians, begin a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines. German General Erich Ludendorff will later call this the "black day of the German army."
• 1929 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight (will end on August 29).
• 1930 - Betty Boop premieres in the animated film "Dizzy Dishes".
• 1938 - The Mauthausen concentration camp opens.
• 1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed (two others cooperate and receive life imprisonment instead).
• 1942- Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a historical civil disobedience movement across India
• 1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria with more than 1 million troops. Japan surrenders on August 15
• 1945 - The United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States, and that nation becomes the third to join the new international organization.
• 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent
• 1962 - Elizabeth Ann Duncan becomes the last woman to be executed in the United States prior to the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1977. She and the two men she hired to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law in 1958 die in San Quentin's gas chamber.
• 1963 - Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
• 1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.
• 1968 - Jurō Wada, a doctor at the Sapporo Medical School, successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.
• 1973 - Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped from a Tokyo hotel.
• 1974 - Watergate scandal: US President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective the next day, August 9).
• 1978 - Odie makes his first appearance in the cartoon strip Garfield
• 1988 - General Ne Win, ruler of Burma since 1962, suddenly resigns.
• 1989 - STS-28: The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
• 1991 - Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built
• 2000 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.

Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ... Sri Krishnadevaraya (శ్రీ క్రిశ్ణదేవరాయ, also transliterated as Srikrishnarayalu and other ways) was a Vijaynagar emperor who presided over the empire at its zenith and ruled from 1509 until his death in 1529. ... Chittoor, also known as Chittur, is a city and district of Indias Andhra Pradesh state. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశం in Telugu) (Ä€ndhra Prādesh), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... Events January 12 - The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar Beginning of the Eighth War of Religion in France (also known as the War of the Three Henrys) August 8 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage. ... John Davis (1550? - 1605) was one of the chief English navigators and explorers under Elizabeth I, especially in Polar regions. ... Some possible Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian archipelago For the film of this name, see Northwest Passage (movie). ... Events May 12 - Day of the Barricades in Paris. ... The Battle of Gravelines is the name given to two battles: The first was fought on July 13, 1558 during the 1547-59 war between France and Spain. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Spanish Armada (Old Spanish: Grande y Felicissima Armada, large and most fortunate fleet; but called by the British, with ironic intention, la Armada Invencible, the Invincible Fleet) was a fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 in a failed attempt to bring an end to his... Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... City Oulu (1605) Administrative Province Oulu province Historical Province Ostrobothnia Area (2004-01-01)  â€“ Total (excl. ... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Alpine mountain. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Nauvoo (נאוו to be beautiful, Sephardi Hebrew Nåvu, Tiberian Hebrew Nâwû) is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ... Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... The term Mormon is a colloquial name referring to Latter Day Saints, derived in the 1830s from the Book of Mormon, one of their books of scripture, whose compiler was called the prophet Mormon. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign, was the largest battle ever fought in North America, and is generally considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War. ... Robert Edward Lee, as a U.S. Army Colonel before the war Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... Jefferson Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American soldier and politician. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ... Mimeograph machine The Mimeograph machine (commonly abbreviated to Mimeo), or stencil duplicator was a printing machine that was far cheaper per copy than any other process in runs of several hundred to several thousand copies. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... On August 8, 1911, Public Law 62-5 set the number of representatives in the House of Representatives at 435 but the law didnt take effect until 1913. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Battle of Amiens Conflict First World War Date 8-11 August 1918 Place East of Amiens, Picardy, France Result Major Allied victory The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918, was the opening phase of the Allied offensive, later known as the Hundred Days, that led ultimately to... General Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as Erich von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, noted as a general during World War I. Ludendorff was born in Kruszewnia near Posen, Prussia (now PoznaÅ„, Poland). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Graf Zeppelin, filled with abundant hydrogen, circumnavigated the globe. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Betty Boop, 1930-1967 from the opening title sequence of the earliest entries in the Betty Boop Cartoons series. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mauthausen (from summer 1940, Mauthausen-Gusen) was a group of 49 Nazi concentration camps situated around the small town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz. ... This article is about the year. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... This article is about the year. ... The Quit India Movement (Bharat chhodo) was a call for immediate independence of India from British rule. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Extent according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; pinyin: ) and Northeast China (Simplified Chinese: 东北; Traditional Chinese: 東北; pinyin: ; literally east-north) are names of a vast region in Northeast Asia. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... The United Nations Charter is the constitution of the United Nations. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Death Penalty World Map Color Key: Blue: Abolished for all crimes Green: Abolished, except for crimes committed under certain circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war) Orange: Abolished in practice Red: Legal form of punishment Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | US geography stubs | Prisons in California ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery, occurring on August 8, 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom The Royal Mails Glasgow to London travelling post office (TPO) train was stopped by tampered signals. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Train robbery was a crime that occurred mainly in the middle-to-late 19th century. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political, economic, and cultural organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Kim Dae-jung (born December 3, 1925) is a South Korean politician. ... National motto: 널리 인간을 이롭게 하라 Translation: Bring benefit to all people Official language Korean Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul President Roh Moo-hyun Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 107th 99,274 km² 0. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Watergate Complex as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Garfield is the popular comic strip created by Jim Davis featuring the cat Garfield, the less than brilliant pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Garfield is a popular comic strip created by Jim Davis featuring the cat Garfield, the less-than-brilliant pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ne Win Bo Ne Win (May 24, 1911 - December 5, 2002), born Shu Maung was a Burmese military commander and strong man of Burma from 1962 until 1988. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Crew Brewster H. Shaw (flew on STS-9, STS-61-B & STS-28), Commander Richard N. Richards (flew on STS-28, STS-41, STS-50 & STS-64), Pilot James C. Adamson (flew on STS-28 & STS-43), Mission Specialist 1 David C. Leestma (flew on STS-41-G, STS-28... Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space shuttle in NASAs orbital fleet. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Warsaw radio mast in Konstantynów The Warsaw radio mast was the tallest structure ever built; however, it only existed from 1974 to 1991. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861 until captured May... The CSS Hunley on the pier CSS H.L. Hunley was a submarine of the Confederate States Navy that demonstrated both the advantages and the dangers of undersea warfare. ...

Births

• 1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
• 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
• 1602 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
• 1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
• 1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
• 1814 - Esther Morris, suffragist and the first U. S. woman judge (d. 1902)
• 1839 - Nelson Miles, U.S. general (d. 1925)
• 1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)
• 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)
• 1880 - Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)
• 1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
• 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)
• 1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
• 1907 - Benny Carter, American musician and arranger (d. 2003)
• 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1980)
• 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1915 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
• 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer
• 1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist
• 1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
• 1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
• 1921 - William Asher, American film producer
• 1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist
• 1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist
• 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985)
• 1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1925 - Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Johnny Temple, baseball player (d. 1994)
• 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
• 1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer
• 1936 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
• 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor
• 1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress
• 1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
• 1944 - Peter Weir, Australian film director
• 1944 - Uli Derickson, Czech-born flight attendant
• 1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress
• 1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor
• 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
• 1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
• 1953 - Don Most American actor
• 1954 - Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
• 1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
• 1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor
• 1958 - Deborah Norville, American reporter and television host
• 1961 - The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2)
• 1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer
• 1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
• 1976 - J.C. Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
• 1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer
• 1979 - Robbi Ramirez, author
• 1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
• 1980 - Pat Noonan, American soccer player
• 1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
• 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
• 1988 - Princess Beatrice of York

// Events Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births April 15 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. ... Sir Godfrey Kneller (August 8, 1646 -October 19, 1723) was an artist, court painter to several British monarchs. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ... John Ker (August 8, 1673 - July 8, 1726) was a Scottish spy during the Jacobite Rebellions. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... 1602 in topic: Science- State leaders- Literature- Music Events February 14 - William Shakespeare First performance of Twelfth Night on Candlemas March 20 - The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover... Gilles Personne de Roberval (August 8, 1602 - October 27, 1675), French mathematician, was born at Roberval, near Beauvais, France. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... Laurent Belissen (August 8, 1693 - February 12, 1762) was a Baroque composer. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Francis Hutcheson (August 8, 1694 - 1746) was an Irish philosopher and one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Statue of Esther Hobart Morris by Avard Fairbanks in front of Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY Esther Hobart Morris (August 8, 1814 – April 2, 1902) was a leader in the American womans suffrage movement. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Nelson Appleton Miles ( August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Matthew Henson in Arctic furs Matthew Henson (8 August 1866 – 1955) was an American explorer who may have been the first to reach the Geographic North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Photo of Emiliano Zapata (right) and his brother Eufemio Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz that broke out in 1910. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Rt Hon Earle Page Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (August 8, 1880 - December 20, 1961), Australian politician, was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia. ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, also known as Pichichi, (August 8, 1892 - March 1, 1922) was a Spanish football player. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 13, 1953) is an American author who lived in remote rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 - August 27, 1958) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his invention of the cyclotron. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, (August 8, 1902 – October 20, 1984) was a British theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum physics. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... André Jolivet (August 8, 1905 – December 20, 1974) was a French composer. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 _ January 19, 1990) was an American statesman. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Radio- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... James (Jumbo) Elliott (August 8, 1915-March 22, 1981), track coach at Villanova University, is considered one of the greatest of all time, producing five gold medalists between the years of 1956-1968. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis, (born August 8, 1919) is an Italian movie producer born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Leo Chiosso (Turin, 8 August 1920) was an Italian lyricist mostly known for his work with Fred Buscaglione. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Webb Pierce (born August 8, 1921 - died February 24, 1991), was an American country music singer. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Esther Jane Williams (born 8 August 1922) is a United States swimmer and movie star. ... William Asher (born 8 August 1921) is an American producer, director and writer. ... John Herbert Chapman John Herbert Chapman (August 8, 1921 - September 28, 1979) from London, Ontario, son of Lt. ... Vulimiri Ramalingaswami ( August 8, 1921 - May 28, 2001) was one of the most brilliant medical scientists India has produced in the last century. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Rudi Gernreich (1922-1985) was a fashion designer and gay activist. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rory Calhoun (born August 8, 1922 – died April 28, 1999), was an American actor. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alija Izetbegović, former president of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegović (August 8, 1925 - October 19, 2003) was a Bosnian Muslim activist, philosopher, and politician, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996 and member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2000, and author of several... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Ellis Temple (August 8, 1927 - January 9, 1994) was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Cincinnati teams Redlegs (1952-59) and Reds (1964); Cleveland Indians (1960-61), Baltimore Orioles (1962) and Houston Colt . ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Sir Roger Penrose, is a member of the faculty of Oxford University Sir Roger Penrose OM, FRS (born August 8, 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Mel Tillis (born Lonnie Melvin Tillis on August 8th, 1932 in Tampa, Florida) is a country music singer/songwriter, and actor. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935 in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania) is an American television producer and scriptwriter. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dustin Hoffman Hoffman with Ben Stiller in 2004s Meet the Fockers. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Connie Stevens Connie Stevens (born August 8, 1938) is an American actress and singer. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alexander Fletcher Watson (born August 8, 1939) is a retired American ambassador and diplomat of Maryland. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Peter Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... Ulrike Patzelt ( August 8, 1944 – February 18, 2005), better known as Uli Derickson, was a flight attendant during the June 14, 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Hezbollah terrorists. ... Brooke Bundy (b. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949 in San Mateo, California) is an actor born into a family of actors. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director. ... 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Jostein Gaarder (born August 8, 1952) is a Norwegian author of novels, short stories, and childrens books. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Don Most was born on August 8, 1953 in Brooklyn,New York. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nigel Mansell driving in the American CART racing series in 1993 Nigel Ernest James Mansell (born August 8, 1953) is a British former racing driver who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Prohaska (* 8 August 1955 in Vienna, Austria), called Schneckerl, is a formerly successful Austrian international football player. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Branscombe Richmond(sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe,Ranscombe Richmon or Branscom Richmond) is an Indian-American character actor,stuntman,and lead singer in a band called The Renegade Posse.He was born in Los Angeles, California on August 8, 1956. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American television personality. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... David Howell Evans (born August 8, 1961, Barking, Essex [now in Greater London], England), byname the Edge, is the guitarist of the Irish rock band U2. ... U2 (L to R): The Edge, Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen U2 are an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos, vocals, and bass, Adam Clayton on bass and guitar, and Larry Mullen Jr on drums. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Christopher Livingstone Eubanks (he later deleted the s from his surname) was born August 8, 1966 in Dulwich, England and is better known as Chris Eubank, the former world champion boxer and a British celebrity. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Scott Stapp Scott Alan Stapp (born Anthony Scott Flippen on August 8, 1973 in Orlando, Florida, USA) is a singer and songwriter, and a former member of the band Creed. ... Creed (post-Brian Marshall) Creed (1995 – 2004) was formed in 1995 as a rock, and alternative rock group. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joshua Scott Chasez (born August 8, 1976), known as JC, was a performer on the second incarnation of The Mickey Mouse Club and is a member of the boy band *NSYNC. He has also written and produced several songs for *NSYNC as well as Wild Orchid and a track featured... *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, specifically a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are James Lance Bass (Lance), Joshua Scott Chasez (JC), Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Drew Lachey is the younger brother of former 98 degrees singer, Nick Lachey. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Born on August 8, 1979, Robbi Ramirez has become an accomplished, critically acclaimed author in the fields of comedy, science fiction, and fantasy, including his bestselling novel Grey Collar. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Sabine Klaschka (born August 8, 1980) is a professional German tennis player from Munich, Bavaria. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Pat Noonan (born August 8, 1980 in Ballwin, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays striker for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vanessa Amorosi on the cover of her album Turn to Me Vanessa Joy Amorosi (born August 8, 1981) is a singer and recording artist. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Country: Switzerland Residence: Oberwil, SUI Height: 185 cm (61) Weight: 80 kg (177 lbs. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor) (born August 8, 1988) is a member of the British Royal Family. ...

Deaths

• 869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)
• 1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
• 1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
• 1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 - James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
• 1911 - William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
• 1933 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. 1870)
• 1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)
• 1944 - Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894)
• 1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1919)
• 1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
• 1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1985 - Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 - Danilo Blanusa, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
• 1991 - James Irwin, astronaut (b. 1930)
• 1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1997 - Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
• 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
• 2005 - Gene Mauch, American athlete and manager (b. 1925)
• 2005 - John H. Johnson, American publisher (b. 1918)
• 2005 - Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921)
• 2005 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 - Monica Sjoo, Swedish artist (cancer)

Events Western Emperor Louis II allies with eastern Emperor Basil I against the Saracens. ... Lothair (825 - August 8, 869), was the second son of the emperor Lothair I. On his fathers death in 855, he received for his kingdom a district lying west of the Rhine, between the North Sea and the Jura mountains, which was called Regnum Lotharii and early in the... Events Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (or de la Mer) (August 1622 - 8 August 1684) was a British peer. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808–August 8, 1887) was an American lawyer and soldier, born in Mason County, Kentucky. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Rivage de Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord by Eugène Boudin. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James Joseph Jacques Tissot ( October 15, 1836 – August 8, 1902) was a French painter. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... William Pierce Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830—August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia – August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early-20th-century Viennese modernist architect (associated with the International Style). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 - August 8, 1940) was a jazz clarinetist, and older brother of drummer Baby Dodds. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author who wrote short stories and novels. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) ([1 April [1948]] – 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley (September 15, 1928 - August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida was a jazz saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louise Brooks. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Danilo Blanuša (December 7, 1903 - August 8, 1987) was a Croatian mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Irwins Apollo 15 space suit James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 - August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Sir Nevill Francis Mott (September 30, 1905 – August 8, 1996) was a British physicist. ... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (Святосла́в Теофи́лович Ри́хтер) (March 20, 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet pianist of German extraction. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress, who was born Vina Fay Wray on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Gene William Mauch (November 18, 1925—August 8, 2005) was an American former Major League Baseball player and manager, and the holder of the record for most seasons managed without a pennant (breaking the record formerly held by Jimmy Dykes). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... John H. Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company John Harold Johnson (January 19, 1918 – August 8, 2005) was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, an international media and cosmetics empire that includes Ebony, and Jet magazines, Fashion Fair Cosmetics and EBONY Fashion Fair. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Ilse Werner (July 11, 1921 - August 8, 2005) was an actress and singer, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (present day Jakarta, Indonesia). ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress. ... Monica Sjoo Swedish painter, died 8 August 2005 of cancer. ...

Holidays and observances

• Taiwan: Father's Day. (In Mandarin, Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August 8).
• Sweden - Namesday of Queen Silvia, an Official Flag Day.

Fathers Day takes place on the 3rd Sunday in June in many countries, though some countries have different dates. ... Mandarin   listen?(Traditional: 北方話, Simplified: 北方话, Hanyu Pinyin: BÄ›ifānghuà, lit. ... Her Majesty Queen Silvia (Silvia Renate Sommerlath), styled Her Majesty The Queen, was born on 23 December 1943 in Heidelberg in Germany. ... By Swedish law a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag days. ...

Religious observances

• Catholic Church: Memorial of St Dominic de Guzman, priest, (1170-1221).

The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day

August 7 - August 9 - July 8 - September 8 -- listing of all days August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...