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On This Day · The 220th day of the year

August 8

As calendar dates go, August 8 keeps a short memory — its record stays close to the present. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♌ZodiacLeo ◈BirthstonePeridot ❀Birth flowerGladiolus

Leo is the sign for August 8 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on August 8?

August 8 is the 220th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1786 and 2008. Famous people born on August 8 include Roger Federer, Mohamed Morsi and Anita Włodarczyk.

Released on August 8

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Cat Quest III
  • Game SteamWorld Heist II
  • Game Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
  • Game Deathbound

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1786

    Mont Blanc

  2. 1918

    World War I

  3. 1929

    LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

  4. 1945

    World War II

  5. 1956

    Marcinelle mining disaster

  6. 1969

    Zebra crossing

  7. 1988

    8888 Uprising

  8. 1991

    Warsaw radio mast

  9. 1998

    Mazar-i-Sharif

  10. 2008

    EuroCity

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 8

Roger Federer

b. 1981

Mohamed Morsi

b. 1951

Anita Włodarczyk

b. 1985

Nigel Mansell

b. 1953

Bruce Matthews

b. 1961

Emiliano Zapata

b. 1879

Dustin Hoffman

b. 1937

Dominic de Guzmán

b. 1170

Deaths

  • 2012Kurt Maetzig
  • 1944Erwin von Witzleben
  • 1944Michael Wittmann
  • 1897Jacob Burckhardt
  • 1828Carl Peter Thunberg

Holidays & observances

  • —Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Altmann of Passau
  • —Christian Feast Day: Cyriacus
  • —Christian Feast Day: Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
  • —Christian Feast Day: Four Crowned Martyrs
  • —Christian Feast Day: Largus
  • —Christian Feast Day: Mary MacKillop
  • —Christian Feast Day: Saint Smaragdus (and companions)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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