08 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 08, the day number in a year is 220 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 221. August 08 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 08 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1173 | Construction began on a campanile, which would eventuallybecome the Leaning Tower of Pisa. |
| 1509 | Maharaja Krishnadeva Raya was crowned as Emperor of the Vijay Nagar Empire. |
| 1609 | The Senate of Venice inspected the telescope prepared by Galileo. |
| 1700 | Denmark and Sweden signed the peace treaty. |
| 1771 | The first record city cricket match was played at Horsham in England. |
| 1786 | Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat completed the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps, an act considered to be the birth of modern mountaineering. |
| 1786 | The US Congress accepted the silver dollar and the decimal system for currency. |
| 1788 | For the first time since 1614, King Louis XVI of France agreed in May 1789 to convene the first estates-general meeting. |
| 1839 | Beta Thita Pi was established in Oxford, Ohio. |
| 1862 | American Civil War-After nearly being driven from the field inthe early part of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate troopscounterattacked and achieved a victory. |
| 1864 | Red Cross was established in Geneva. |
| 1887 | Antonio Gazman Blanco Venezuela completed his term as President of France. |
| 1899 | At Marshall patented the refrigerator. |
| 1900 | The first Davis Cup series began in Boston. |
| 1918 | The Battle of Amiens began in Amiens, France, marking the startof the Allied Powers' Hundred Days Offensive through the German frontlines that ultimately led to the end of World War I. |
| 1929 | German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin embarked on a flight to circumnavigate the world. |
| 1940 | Arjuna Awardee cricketer Dilip Narayan Sardesai was born in Madgaon, Goa. |
| 1942 | Following a speech by Mohandas K. Gandhi, the All IndiaCongress Committee passed the Quit India Resolution, calling for theimmediate independence of India from the United Kingdom. |
| 1942 | The Indian National Congress passed the India Resolution session in Bombay (now Mumbai). |
| 1947 | Pakistan approved its national flag. |
| 1949 | A destructive earthquake startled Ecuador in 1949, killing 4,600 people and incurring an estimated damage of 20 million dollars. In addition, a rescue plane crashed and killed 34 people. In the plane crash were four government dignitaries, 28 Shell Oil Company employees, and the crew. |
| 1950 | Florence Chadwick set a 13-hour, 22-minute swim in the English Channel. |
| 1956 | A fire in a coalmine in Marcinelle, Belgium kills 262 miners. |
| 1959 | 20,000 people died in a Taiwan flood. |
| 1963 | The Zimbabwe African National Union was formed when NdabaningiSithole, Robert Mugabe, and others decided to split from the ZimbabweAfrican People's Union. |
| 1963 | Train robbery in Buckinghamshire, England. |
| 1967 | Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailandfounded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. |
| 1969 | At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan tookthe photo that was used for the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road,one of the most famous album covers in recording history. |
| 1973 | South Korean politician Kim Dae-jung was kidnapped by KCIA in Tokyo. |
| 1988 | A series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots, whichbecame known as the 8888 Uprising, began against the one-party state ofthe Burma Socialist Programme Party. |
| 1990 | Iraq formally announced the integration of Kuwait. |
| 1991 | The United Nations Security Council approved the membership of North and South Korea. |
| 1994 | Link connecting Israel and Jordan) Road open. |
| 2001 | A company by the name, Clonaid in the Bahamas has revealed that they might be cloning human beings. Clonaid debates that it is ethical to clone human genetic material and the complications of cloning, like congenital defects or fetal death do not scare Ms. Boisseller, president of the company. She will abstain from confirming whether a human has been cloned in her laboratory. |
| 2002 | The International Monetary Fund has publicized the details of an added $30 billion dollar loan to Brazil in order to help stabilize their economy; this is an addition to the last $15 billion. Brazil is among the recent South American Economies to face effects on it’s economy because of super inflation in South America, which began in 1999 and went as high as 1,000% to 5,000% per year. |
| 2005 | Iran continues with its nuclear program at the uranium facility near the city of Isfahan. |
| 2007 | According to scientists a rare type of dolphin was near extinction. The Yangtze River dolphins, called Baijis, were not found in researchers’ surveys of the river. The extinction of the Yangtze River dolphin would become the first extinction of the race in about fifty years. |
| 2008 | Beijing commemorated the 2008 Summer Olympic Games with a large opening ceremony that was four hours, which also consisted of a light show and fireworks. |
| 2008 | Eight people died and 64 more were injured when a Euro City express train en route to Prague, Czech Republic struck a part of amotorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station inthe Czech Republic and derailed. |
| 2009 | Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small privateairplane collided over the Hudson River near Frank Sinatra Park inHoboken, New Jersey, US. |
| 2010 | Officials say the World Sauna Championships will not happen again after the death of a Russian competitor, Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy in Heinola, Finland. |
| 2010 | A massive mudslide of 1.8 million cubic metres (2,400,000cu yd) of mud and rocks in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China,killed 1,471 people. |
| 2011 | Stock markets in Australia, Asia and the United States diminish even more after the credit rating of the United States is brought down with the average falling by over 634 points, 5.55% |
| 2012 | Anthropologists have discovered the skeleton of a woman within a burial in Templo Mayor, confined by 1,789 human bones. This finding is 'unprecedented for the Aztec culture.' |
| 2013 | A suicide attack in Quetta, Pakistan, killed 28 people. |
Famous Birthdays of August 08:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1989 | Anthony Rizzo / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1980 | Denisse Guerrero / Writer / Mexico |
| 1951 | Mamoru Oshii / Producer / Japan |
| 1954 | Nick Holtam / Bishop / United Kingdom |
| 1927 | Maia Wojciechowska / Author / United States of America |
| 1974 | Scott D'Amore / Wrestler / Canada |
| 1939 | Viorica Viscopoleanu / Jumper / Romania |
| 1985 | Anita Włodarczyk / Athlete / Poland |
| 1922 | Károly Reich / Illustrator / Hungary |
| 1694 | Francis Hutcheson / Academic / Ireland |
| 1963 | Ron Karkovice / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1928 | Don Burrows / Saxophonist / Australia |
| 1938 | Connie Stevens / Actress / United States of America |
| 1972 | Andrea de Rossi / Rugby Player / Italy |
| 1965 | El Hefe / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1952 | Sudhakar Rao / Cricketer / India |
| 1956 | Chris Foreman / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1940 | Dennis Tito / Astronaut / United States of America |
| 1605 | Cecil Calvert / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1985 | James Morgan / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1974 | Manjul Bhargava / Academic / United States of America |
| 1758 | Friedrich Georg Weitsch / Painter / Germany |
| 1790 | Ferenc Kölcsey / Poet / Hungary |
| 1985 | Toby Flood / Rugby Player / United Kingdom |
| 1952 | Anton Fig / Drummer / United States of America |
| 1956 | David Grant / Singer / United Kingdom |
| 1935 | Donald P. Bellisario / Producer / United States of America |
| 1902 | Paul Dirac / Academic / United States of America |
| 1964 | Scott Sandelin / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 1915 | James Elliott / Runner / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 08 अगस्त की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं