The 8t o August is the 220t day o the year (221st in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 145 days tae come.
Events 1786: Mont Blanc 1991: Konstantynow Radio Mast 117 - Roman Emperor Trajan dees and is succeeded by Hadrian.
1503 - James IV o Scotland mairies Margaret Tudor.
1605 - The ceety o Oulu , Finland , is foondit.
1786 - Mont Blanc , the highest peak in the Alps , is successfully climbed for the first time.
1827 - George Canning dees, endin the shortest premiership in Breetish histerie (less nor fower month). Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscoont Goderich succeeds him.
1900 - The first Davis Cup tennis toornament stairts in Brookline, Massachusetts .
1942 - The "Quit Indie " muivement stairts in response tae Mahatma Gandhi 's call for unthirldom.
1945 - Warld War II : The Soviet Union declares war on Japan .
1967 - ASEAN is foondit bi Thailand , Indonesie , Malaysie , Singapore an the Philippines .
1974 - US Preses Richard Nixon propales his intention tae demit the next day after the Watergate scandal.
1975 - 62 dams break in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae , killin an estimatit 231,000 fowk.
1988 - The 8888 Uprisin stairts in Burma .
1990 - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein annexes Kuwait .
1991 - Ane o the tallest-ever structures, the Konstantynow Radio Mast in Poland , collapses.
1994 - Prime meenister o Israel Yitzhak Rabin visits Jordan .
1997 - The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque in Gibraltar is inauguratit.
2008 - The 2008 Simmer Olympics in Beijing begin at 8:08pm local time.
2010 - A landslide in Zhungqu Coonty, Gansu province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae , kills 1,400 fowk.
2013 - A suicide bombin in Quetta , Pakistan , kills 31 fowk.
2016 - Japanese Emperor Akihito indicates his possible intention tae abdicate.
2016 - A terrorist attack in Quetta , Pakistan , kills at least 70 fowk.
2017 - US Preses Donald Trump threatens North Korea wi "Fire an Fury" ower its nuclear testin, durin a staund-aff atween the twa kintras.
Births Paul Dirac Roger Federer Katie Leung 1170 - Saunt Dominic, Castilian priest (d. 1221)
1832 - Georg o Saxony (d. 1904 )
1851 - Alexander Fraser, 19t Laird Saltoun, Scots peer (d. 1933 )
1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919 )
1901 - Ernest Lawrence , American pheesicist (d. 1958)
1902 - Paul Dirac , Inglis pheesicist (d. 1984)
1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film director (d. 2010 )
1919 - Willie Woodburn, Scots fitbawer (d. 2001 )
1921 - Esther Williams, American soummer an actress (d. 2013 )
1925 - Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnie politeecian (d. 2003 )
1930 - Joan Mondale , Seicont Lady o the Unitit States (d. 2014)
1930 - Tommy Ring, Scots fitbawer (d. 1997 )
1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, Inglis mathematical pheesicist
1934 - Sarat Pujari , Indian actor, director an producer (d. 2014)
1937 - Dustin Hoffman , American actor
1942 - Dennis Canavan, Scots politeecian
1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Soviet-Roushie cosmonaut
1951 - Louis van Gaal, Dutch fitbaa manager
1951 - Mohamed Morsi , umwhile Preses o Egyp (d. 2019)
1953 - Nigel Mansell, Inglis racin driver
1961 - The Edge, Inglis-Erse muisicker (U2)
1964 - Giuseppe Conte , Italian politeecian, Prime meenister o Italy
1969 - Faye Wong , Cheenese sangster an actress
1972 - Steven Tweed, Scots fitbawer
1976 - Laura Kuenssberg, Scots jurnalist, BBC News poleetical eeditor
1981 - Roger Federer , Swiss profeesional tennis player
1982 - David Florence, Scots slalom canoeist
1984 - Kirk Broadfoot, Scots fitbawer
1987 - Katie Leung , Scots actress
1989 - Hannah Miley, Scots soummer
1997 - Scott Wright, Scots fitbawer
1998 - Shawn Mendes, Canadian sangster an sangwriter
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