August 8 in history
Events on August 8
Notable events that happened on August 8 in past years.
- 2024
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
Wikipedia article: Muhammad Yunus - 2016
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
Wikipedia article: August 2016 Quetta attacks - 2008
A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
Wikipedia article: EuroCity - 2004
A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
Wikipedia article: Dave Matthews Band - 1993
The 7.8 Mw Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
Wikipedia article: 1993 Guam earthquake - 1988
The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
Wikipedia article: History of Wrigley Field - 1967
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Wikipedia article: ASEAN - 1945
The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
Wikipedia article: Nuremberg trials - 1929
The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
Wikipedia article: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - 1903
Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
Wikipedia article: Black Saturday (1903) - 1863
Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee, despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.
Wikipedia article: Tennessee - 1786
Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
Wikipedia article: Mont Blanc - 1588
Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
Wikipedia article: Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) - 1264
Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces take the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.
- 685 BC
Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.
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