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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[685 BC]] &ndash; [[Spring and Autumn period]]: [[Battle of Qianshi]]: Upon the death of the previous Duke of [[Qi (state)|Qi]], [[Wuzhi (Qi)|Gongsun Wuzhi]], Duke Zhuang of [[Lu (state)|Lu]] sends an army into the [[Qi (state)|Duchy of Qi]] to install the exiled [[Qi (state)|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]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zuo |first1=Qiuming |last2=Durrant |first2=Stephen |last3=Li |first3=Wai-yee |last4=Schaberg |first4=David |title=Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the 'Spring and Autumn Annals' |date=2016 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |isbn=9780295999159 |pages=156–157 |edition=1}}</ref>
* [[870]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Meerssen]]: King [[Louis the German]] and his half-brother [[Charles the Bald]] partition the [[Middle Francia|Middle Frankish Kingdom]] into two larger east and west divisions.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Philip Grierson|author2=Mark A. S. Blackburn|title=Medieval European Coinage: With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The early Middle Ages, 5th-10th centuries. 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WpQiZ8BX2q8C&pg=PA229|year=1986|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-03177-6|pages=229}}</ref>
*[[1220]] &ndash; Sweden is defeated by [[Estonians|Estonian]] tribes in the [[Battle of Lihula]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mati Laur|title=History of Estonia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPMgAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Avita|isbn=978-9985-2-0324-8|page=47}}</ref>
*[[1264]] &ndash; [[Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66|Mudéjar revolt]]: Muslim rebel forces took the [[Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera]] after defeating the [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] garrison.
*[[1503]] &ndash; King [[James IV of Scotland]] marries [[Margaret Tudor]], daughter of King [[Henry VII of England]] at [[Holyrood Abbey]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland.
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Krishnadeva Raya]] is crowned Emperor of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]] at [[Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh|Chittoor]].
*[[1576]] &ndash; The cornerstone for [[Tycho Brahe]]'s [[Uraniborg]] observatory is laid on the island of [[Hven]].
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]] enters [[Cumberland Sound]] in search of the [[Northwest Passage]].
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: [[Spanish Armada#Battle of Gravelines|Battle of Gravelines]]: The naval engagement ends, ending the [[Spanish Armada]]'s attempt to invade [[England]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; The [[Irish Confederate Wars]] and [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]: [[Battle of Dungan's Hill]]: [[Parliament of England|English Parliament]]ary forces defeat Irish forces.
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Mehmed IV]] (1648–1687) succeeds [[Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire|Ibrahim I]] (1640–1648) as [[Ottoman sultan]].
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão]] demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Mont Blanc]] on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by [[Jacques Balmat]] and Dr. [[Michel-Gabriel Paccard]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Joseph Whidbey]] leads an expedition to search for the [[Northwest Passage]] near [[Juneau, Alaska]].
*[[1831]] &ndash; Four hundred [[Shawnee]] people agree to relinquish their lands in [[Ohio]] in exchange for land west of the [[Mississippi River]] in the [[Treaty of Wapakoneta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Treaty_of_Wapakoneta_(1831)|title=Treaty of Wapakoneta (1831) – Ohio History Central|website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-04}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[Quorum of the Twelve]] Apostles, headed by [[Brigham Young]], is reaffirmed as the leading body of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Following his defeat in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], General [[Robert E. Lee]] sends a letter of resignation to [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] President [[Jefferson Davis]] (which is refused upon receipt).
*  1863   &ndash; [[Tennessee]] Military Governor [[Andrew Johnson]] frees his [[Andrew Johnson and slavery|personal slaves]] in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] despite them being exempt from the [[Emancipation Proclamation]], now commemorated as [[Emancipation Day#Kentucky and Tennessee – 8 August|Emancipation Day]] in the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Emancipation Day in Tennessee|url=https://tnmuseum.org/Stories/posts/the-history-of-emancipation-day-in-tennessee|author=Davis, Stephanie|website=TNMuseum.org|publisher=Tennessee State Museum|date=August 27, 2021|access-date=August 8, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; The ''[[Republic of Ploiești]]'', a failed [[Liberalism and radicalism in Romania|Radical-Liberal]] rising against [[Domnitor]] [[Carol I of Romania|Carol]] of [[Romania]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a patent for his [[mimeograph]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo [[Assassination of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo|assassinates Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Avilés Farré |first1=Juan |author-link=Juan Avilés Farré |title=La Daga y la dinamita: los anarquistas y el nacimiento del terrorismo |date=2013 |language=Spanish |isbn=978-84-8383-753-5 |publisher=Tusquets |location=Barcelona |oclc=892212465 |pages=324–325 }}
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===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Black Saturday (1903)|Black Saturday]] occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=EFQ>{{cite web|last=Warrington|first=Robert D.|title=Baseball's Deadliest Disaster: "Black Saturday" in Philadelphia|url=http://www.efqreview.com/NewFiles/v25n1/onhistoricalground.html|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Wright brothers|Wilbur Wright]] makes his first flight at a racecourse at [[Le Mans]], France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines ([[Hundred Days Offensive]]).
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919]] is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the [[Durand line]] as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Anglo-Afghan+Treaties+and+Agreements+of+the+19th+and+20th+Centuries|title=Anglo-Afghan Treaties and Agreements of the 19th and 20th Centuries}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The German airship ''[[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]]'' begins a round-the-world flight.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The "[[Aufbau Ost (1940)|Aufbau Ost]]" directive is signed by [[Wilhelm Keitel]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Quit India Movement]] is launched in India against the British rule in response to [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]]'s call for [[swaraj]] or complete independence.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Nuremberg Charter|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]].   
*[[1946]] &ndash; First flight of the nuclear capable [[Convair B-36]], heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Marcinelle mining disaster]] in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Il y a 65 ans, 262 mineurs y perdaient la vie: le Bois du Cazier à Marcinelle se souvient de la catastrophe du 8 août 1956 |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/il-y-a-65-ans-262-mineurs-y-perdaient-la-vie-le-bois-du-cazier-a-marcinelle-se-souvient-de-la-catastrophe-du-8-aout-1956-10820654 |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=RTBF |agency=Belga |date=8 August 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]]: In England, a gang of 15 [[train robbery|train robbers]] steal £2.6&nbsp;million in bank notes.
*  1963   &ndash; The [[Zimbabwe African National Union]] (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) is founded by [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]] and [[Thailand]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; At a [[zebra crossing]] in London, photographer [[Iain Macmillan]] takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of [[the Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]''.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Kim Dae-jung]], a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is [[Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung|kidnapped]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; President [[Richard Nixon]], in a nationwide television address, [[Richard Nixon's resignation speech|announces his resignation]] from the office of the [[President of the United States]] effective noon the next day.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[8888 Uprising]] begins in [[Yangon|Rangoon (Yangon)]], [[Myanmar|Burma (Myanmar)]]. Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On [[September 18]], the [[demonstration (protest)|demonstrations]] end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
*  1988  &ndash; [[History of Wrigley Field#Night baseball (1988)|The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field]] (game was rained out in the fourth inning).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Jason |title=8/8/88: Remembering the first night game at Wrigley Field |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/wrigley-field-first-night-game-aug-8-1988-cubs-phillies-rained-out-video/mq7xlxyamatz1imdsptvn3ko2 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=The Sporting News |date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-28]] Mission: [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Iraq]] occupies [[Kuwait]] and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the [[Gulf War]] shortly afterward.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Warsaw radio mast]], then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
*[[1993]] &ndash; The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1993 Guam earthquake|Guam earthquake]] shakes the island with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
*[[1998]] &ndash; Iranian consulate in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]] is [[1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan|raided]] by [[Taliban]] leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a [[Mahmoud Saremi|journalist]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; Confederate submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley (submarine)|H.L. Hunley]]'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer [[E. Lee Spence]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; Albanian rebels [[Karpalak ambush|ambush]] a convoy of the [[Army of North Macedonia|Army of the Republic of Macedonia]] near [[Tetovo]], killing 10 soldiers.<ref name="Marusic&Bosilkovski">{{cite web|last1=Marusic|first1=Sinisa Jakov|last2=Bosilkovski|first2=Igor|date=8 August 2016|title=Macedonia Marks Karpalak Ambush Massacre Anniversary|website=Balkan Insight|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2016/08/08/macedonia-marks-karpalak-massacre-anniversary-08-08-2016/|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A tour bus belonging to the [[Dave Matthews Band]] [[Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident|dumps]] approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-09 |title=Dave Matthews' Driver: I Dumped |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dave-matthews-driver-i-dumped/ |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; An EF2 [[2007 Brooklyn tornadoes|tornado]] touches down in [[Brooklyn|Kings County]] and [[Staten Island|Richmond County, New York]], the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
*2007   &ndash; Space Shuttle program: [[STS-118]] Mission: ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavor]]'' takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harwood |first=William |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Shuttle Endeavour thunders into space; Griffin comments on astronaut medical probe |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/118/STS-118_Archive.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122011921/http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/118/STS-118_Archive.html |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2009 |work=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[EuroCity]] express train en route from [[Kraków]], Poland to [[Prague]], Czech Republic [[2008 Studénka train wreck|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. 
*  2008   &ndash; The [[2008 Summer Olympics|29th modern summer Olympic Games]] took place in Beijing, China until August 24.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IOC|date=2018-04-23|title=Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2008|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref> 
*  [[2009]] &ndash; A [[Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil]] and [[Piper PA-32R]] [[2009 Hudson River mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Hudson River]], killing nine people.<ref name="nytmain">{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert |date=August 9, 2009 |title=9 Dead After Copter and Plane Collide Over Hudson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/continuous/09crash.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206114959/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/continuous/09crash.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 China floods|China Floods]]: [[2010 Gansu mudslide|A mudslide]] in [[Zhugqu County]], [[Gansu]], [[China]], kills more than 1,400 people.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[8 August 2013 Quetta bombing|suicide bombing]] at a funeral in the [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Quetta]] kills at least 31 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Eight people are killed in a [[2015 Harris County shooting|shooting in Harris County, Texas]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; Terrorists [[August 2016 Quetta attacks|attack]] a government hospital in [[Quetta|Quetta, Pakistan]] with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
*[[2019]] &ndash; An [[Nyonoksa radiation accident|explosion]] at the [[State Central Navy Testing Range]] in [[Nyonoksa]], Russia, kills five people.<ref name="kramer">{{cite news |author=Kramer |first=Andrew E. |date=10 August 2019 |title=Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly Blast |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/europe/russia-explosion-radiation.html |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago|executes a search warrant]] at former president [[Donald Trump]]'s residence in [[Mar-a-Lago]], [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref name="Staff_8/9/2022">{{cite magazine |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Trump Says the FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago and Broke Into His Safe |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/donald-trump-says-the-fbi-raided-his-home-at-mar-a-lago.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809031543/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/donald-trump-says-the-fbi-raided-his-home-at-mar-a-lago.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=August 8, 2022 |title=FBI searches Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and seizes documents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/08/trump-says-fbi-raided-his-mar-a-lago-home |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Hawaii wildfires|Hawaii wildfires]]: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of [[wildfire]]s break out on the island of [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maui police confirm identity of 101st wildfire victim, a 76-year-old who boated from California in the 1970s |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/maui-police-confirm-identity-101st-wildfire-victim-76-year-old-who-boated-from-california-1970s |website=Fox News |date=14 February 2024 |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; Nobel laureate [[Muhammad Yunus]] takes oath as [[Chief Adviser (Bangladesh)|Chief Adviser]] to form an [[Yunus interim government|interim government]] in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh's interim government|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government|date=8 August 2024|accessdate=14 August 2024|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[422]] &ndash; [[Casper (Maya ruler)|Casper]], ruler of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city of [[Palenque]]
*[[1079]] &ndash; [[Emperor Horikawa]] of Japan (d. 1107)
*[[1170]] &ndash; [[Saint Dominic]], founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
*[[1306]] &ndash; [[Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1353)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Matteo Tafuri]], Italian alchemist (d. 1582)
*[[1518]] &ndash; [[Conrad Lycosthenes]], French-German scholar and author (d. 1561)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Lux & Umbra : fine and rare books. |url=https://www.lux-et-umbra.com/descriptions/monsters.php |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=www.lux-et-umbra.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland]], English noble (d. 1605)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], English lawyer and politician, [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1675)
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Amalia Catharina]], German poet and composer (d. 1697)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Godfrey Kneller]], German-English painter (d. 1723)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[John Ker]], Scottish spy (d. 1726)
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Laurent Belissen]], French composer (d. 1762)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)|Francis Hutcheson]], Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Johan Augustin Mannerheim]], Swedish nobleman and military leader (d. 1778)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/biografica/akter-2/3428.htm|title=Johan Augustin Mannerheim|publisher=Gotlands Försvarshistoria och Gotlands Trupper|access-date=23 October 2024|language=sv|archive-date=15 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115152411/https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/biografica/akter-2/3428.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Hermann Anton Gelinek]], German-Italian monk and violinist (d. 1779)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Carl Fredrik Pechlin]], Swedish general and politician (d. 1796)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Hipólito Ruiz López]], Spanish botanist (d. 1816)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Georg Weitsch]], German painter (d. 1828)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Kölcsey]], Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (d. 1838)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Emilie Flygare-Carlén]], Swedish author (d. 1892)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Esther Hobart Morris]], American suffragette and judge (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Jessica |title=Overlooked No More: She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/overlooked-esther-morris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524050115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/overlooked-esther-morris.html |archive-date=2018-05-24 |url-access=limited |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[George Stoneman, Jr.]], United States Army cavalry officer (d. 1894)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Nelson A. Miles]], American general (d. 1925)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[George Turner (Australian politician)|George Turner]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1916)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Thomas Anstey Guthrie]], English journalist and author (d. 1934)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Cécile Chaminade]], French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Jean Leon Gerome Ferris]], American painter (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sgipt.org/politpsy/usa/kuk/paint/ferris.htm | title=J.L.G. Ferris (1863–1930) | publisher=Allgemeine und Integrative Psychotherapie | first=Rudolf | last=Sponsel | access-date=2010-08-01|language=de}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Matthew Henson]], American explorer (d. 1955)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield]], English businessman and politician, [[President of the Board of Trade]] (d. 1948)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Artur Bernardes]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1955)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly]], Indian-Syrian priest, founded the [[Sisters of the Destitute]] (d. 1929)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Bob Smith (doctor)|Bob Smith]], American physician and surgeon, co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. 1950)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Emiliano Zapata]], Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Earle Page]], Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |title=Earle Page |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/prime-ministers/earle-page |website=www.nma.gov.au |publisher=National Museum of Australia |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Earle Page – Prime Ministers |url=https://primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/earle-page |website=Australian Prime Ministers |publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist]], German field marshal (d. 1954)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Ladislas Starevich]], Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1965)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Sara Teasdale]], American poet and educator (d. 1933)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Hans Egede Budtz]], Danish actor (d. 1968)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Jack Ryder (cricketer)|Jack Ryder]], Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Adolf Busch]], German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]], American author and academic (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title= Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-08/#marjorie-kinnan-rawlings |website=Today in History - August 8 |publisher=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Bise]], French chef (d. 1965)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ernest Lawrence]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1958)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Paul Dirac]], English-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1984)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Achille Varzi]], Italian racing driver (d. 1948)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[André Jolivet]], French composer (d. 1974)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Benny Carter]], American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (d. 2003)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)]], lifelong militant and editor (d. 1970)<ref>Coogan, Tim, (1981),''The IRA'', William Collins & Sons Ltd, Glasgow, UK, p. 208.</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Arthur Goldberg]], American jurist and politician, 6th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (d. 1990)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham]], English cricketer and politician, 9th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (d. 1977)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Jack Renshaw]], Australian politician, 31st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1987)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Bill Voce]], England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Murphy (footballer)|Jimmy Murphy]], Welsh-English footballer and manager (d. 1989)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Sylvia Sidney]], American actress (d. 1999)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Rosetta LeNoire]], American actress (d. 2002)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Jumbo Elliott (coach)|James Elliott]], American runner and coach (d. 1981)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Dino De Laurentiis]], Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
*  1919   &ndash; [[John David Wilson]], English animator and producer (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Leo Chiosso]], Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], American jump blues singer (d. 1997)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[William Asher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Webb Pierce]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Esther Williams]], American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Rory Calhoun]], American actor (d. 1999)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Rudi Gernreich]], Austrian-American fashion designer, created the [[Monokini]] (d. 1985)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Gertrude Himmelfarb]], American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Károly Reich]], Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Alija Izetbegović]], Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina|President of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (d. 2003)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Aziz Sattar]], Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (d. 2014)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Richard Anderson]], American actor and producer (d. 2017)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Johnny Temple]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Maia Wojciechowska]], Polish-American author (d. 2002)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Don Burrows]], Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (d. 2020)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Larisa Bogoraz]], Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Luis García Meza Tejada]], Bolivian general and politician, 68th [[President of Bolivia]] (d. 2018)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Ronnie Biggs]], English criminal (d. 2013)<ref name=BBCObit>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10209584|title=Obituary: Ronnie Biggs|work=BBC News|date=18 December 2013|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Terry Nation]], Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Jerry Tarkanian]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Roger Penrose]], English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Mel Tillis]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Joe Tex]], American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Sarat Pujari]], Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Donald P. Bellisario]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1935   &ndash; [[John Laws]], Papua New Guinean-Australian singer and radio host
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2023)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Jan Pieńkowski]], Polish-English author and illustrator (d. 2022)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Dustin Hoffman]], American actor and director
*  1937   &ndash; [[Sheila Varian]], American horse breeder (d. 2016)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Cornelis Vreeswijk]], Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1987)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Jack Baldwin (chemist)|Jack Baldwin]], English chemist and academic (d. 2020)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Jacques Hétu]], Canadian composer and educator (d. 2010)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Connie Stevens]], American actress and businesswoman 
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jana Andrsová]], Czech actress and ballerina (d. 2023)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Viorica Viscopoleanu]], Romanian long jumper
*  1939   &ndash; [[Alexander Watson (diplomat)|Alexander Watson]], American diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Peru]]
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Dilip Sardesai]], Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Dennis Tito]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Wilshire Associates]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[James Blanchard]], American diplomat and politician, 45th [[Governor of Michigan]]
*  1942   &ndash; [[Dennis Canavan]], Scottish educator and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[John Gustafson (musician)|John Gustafson]], English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Vardo Rumessen]], Estonian pianist and musicologist (d. 2015)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[John Holmes (actor)|John C. Holmes]], American film actor (d. 1988)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Michael Johnson (singer)|Michael Johnson]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
*  1944   &ndash; [[John Renbourn]], English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (d. 2015)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Simon Taylor (journalist)|Simon Taylor]], English journalist and author
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Joe Bethancourt]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Ken Dryden]], Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Larry Wilcox]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Svetlana Savitskaya]], Russian engineer and astronaut
*  1948   &ndash; [[Margaret Urban Walker]], American philosopher
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Terry Burnham]], American actress (d. 2013)<ref>Rubin, Steven Jay (2018). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iSLXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT127&dq=%22elizabeth+teresa+burnham%22 Twilight Zone Encyclopedia]''. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press. {{ISBN|978-1-61373-888-7}}.</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Keith Carradine]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ricardo Londoño]], Colombian racing driver (d. 2009)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Willie Hall (drummer)|Willie Hall]], American drummer and producer 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Ken Kutaragi]], Japanese businessman, created [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Martin Brest]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1951   &ndash; [[Phil Carlson]], Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mohamed Morsi]], Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th [[President of Egypt]] (d. 2019)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mamoru Oshii]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1951   &ndash; [[Randy Shilts]], American journalist and author (d. 1994)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Louis van Gaal]], Dutch footballer and manager
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Anton Fig]], South African-American drummer 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Jostein Gaarder]], Norwegian author
*  1952   &ndash; [[Doug Melvin]], Canadian baseball player and manager
*  1952   &ndash; [[Robin Quivers]], American nurse, radio host/personality, and author  
*  1952   &ndash; [[Sudhakar Rao]], Indian cricketer
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Nigel Mansell]], English racing driver<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20EuAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-585-4|page=44}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Don Most]], American actor and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-celebrity-celebrity-birthdays-5219830dda1cd6b4972ddf532e3d3714|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 8–14|website=[[Associated Press]] |date=2 August 2021 |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> 
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Nick Holtam]], English bishop
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Diddú]], Icelandic singer-songwriter
*  1955   &ndash; [[Herbert Prohaska]], Austrian footballer and manager
*  1955   &ndash; [[Michael Roe (racing driver)|Michael Roe]], Irish racing driver
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Chris Foreman]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1956   &ndash; [[David Grant (singer)|David Grant]], English singer 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Cecilia Roth]], Argentinian actress
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Dennis Drew]], American keyboard player 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Deborah Norville]], American journalist<ref name="AP" />
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Caroline Ansink]], Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Balbay]], Turkish journalist and politician
*  1960   &ndash; [[Ulrich Maly]], German politician, 16th [[List of mayors of Nuremberg|Mayor of Nuremberg]]
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[The Edge]], British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
*  1961   &ndash; [[Daniel House (musician)|Daniel House]], American bass player and producer 
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ron Klain]], American lawyer and politician, [[White House Chief of Staff]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[Bruce Matthews (American football)|Bruce Matthews]], American football player and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Rikki Rockett]], American glam rock drummer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Kool Moe Dee]], American musician, singer and actor
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Hur Jin-ho]], South Korean director and screenwriter
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ron Karkovice]], American baseball player and manager
*  1963   &ndash; [[Emi Shinohara]], Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2024)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Rika Fukami]], Japanese voice actress and singer<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |script-title=ja:深見 梨加｜日本タレント名鑑 |url=https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=W02-0519 |website=[[Nihon Tarento Meikan]] |access-date=21 February 2019 |language=ja |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328184005/https://www.vip-times.co.jp/?talent_id=W02-0519 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Jon Turteltaub]], American director and producer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Stephen Walkom]], Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Anastasia M. Ashman]], American blogger and author
*  1964   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Conte]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
*  1964   &ndash; [[Scott Sandelin]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1964   &ndash; [[Paul Taylor (cricketer, born 1964)|Paul Taylor]], English cricketer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Angus Fraser]], English cricketer, manager, and journalist
*  1965   &ndash; [[Kate Langbroek]], Australian talk show host
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Chris Eubank]], English boxer
*  1966   &ndash; [[John Hudek]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Marcelo Balboa]], American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Yūki Amami]], Japanese theater and film actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ken-on.co.jp/artists/amami/ |title=Actress Amami Yuki |publisher=Ken-on |website=ken-on.co.jp |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Yvie Burnett]], Scottish soprano
*  1968   &ndash; [[Aldo Calderón van Dyke]], Honduran journalist (d. 2013)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Abey Kuruvilla]], Indian cricketer and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Huey Morgan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Monika Tsõganova]], Estonian chess player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Faye Wong]], Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Trev Alberts]], American football player and journalist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Ben G. Davis]], English chemist and academic
*  1970   &ndash; [[José Francisco Molina]], Spanish footballer and manager
*  1970   &ndash; [[Chester Williams]], South African rugby player and coach (d. 2019)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Johnny Balentina]], Dutch baseball player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Joely Collins]], Canadian actress and producer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Andrea de Rossi]], Italian rugby player and coach
*  1972   &ndash; [[Axel Merckx]], Belgian cyclist
*  1972   &ndash; [[Steven Tweed]], Scottish footballer and manager
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Shane Lee (cricketer)|Shane Lee]], Australian cricketer and guitarist 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Gert Olesk]], Estonian footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Scott Stapp]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1973   &ndash; [[Mark Wills]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p182580/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Mark Wills Biography |access-date=December 24, 2010 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ilka Agricola]], German mathematician
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Manjul Bhargava]], Canadian-American mathematician and academic
*  1974   &ndash; [[Scott D'Amore]], Canadian wrestler and manager
*  1974   &ndash; [[Brian Harvey]], English singer-songwriter 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Andy Priaulx]], Guernseyan racing driver
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mick Moss]], English singer-songwriter 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[JC Chasez]], American singer and dancer<ref name="AP" />
*  1976   &ndash; [[Drew Lachey]], American singer and actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Lindsay Sloane]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1977   &ndash; [[Darren Manzella]], American sergeant (d. 2013)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Rocky Thompson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Nicolas Vogondy]], French cyclist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer)|Mohammad Wasim]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Alan Maybury]], Irish footballer and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Louis Saha]], French footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Miho Shiraishi]], Japanese actress
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Richard Harwood]], English cellist
*  1979   &ndash; [[Rashard Lewis]], American basketball player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Richard Lyons (racing driver)|Richard Lyons]], Northern Irish racing driver
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Shayna Baszler]], American mixed martial artist and wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Shayna Baszler |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2354567/shayna-baszler |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Craig Breslow]], American baseball pitcher and executive
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jack Cassel]], American baseball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Denisse Guerrero]], Mexican singer-songwriter
*  1980   &ndash; [[Sabine Klaschka]], German tennis player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Diego Markwell]], Dutch baseball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Pat Noonan]], American soccer player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Michael Urie]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Vanessa Amorosi]], Australian singer-songwriter
*  1981   &ndash; [[Roger Federer]], Swiss tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Meagan Good]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP" />
*  1981   &ndash; [[Harel Skaat]], Israeli singer-songwriter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[David Florence]], English canoe racer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Ross Ohlendorf]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Guy Burnet]], English actor and producer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Willie Tonga]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Kirk Broadfoot]], Scottish footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Norbert Michelisz]], Hungarian racing driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Martrez Milner]], American football player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Toby Flood]], English rugby player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ryan Koolwijk]], Dutch footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[James Morgan (actor)|James Morgan]], Welsh actor and producer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Brett Ratliff]], American football player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Anita Włodarczyk]], Polish track and field athlete
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Kateryna Bondarenko]], Ukrainian tennis player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jackie Cruz]], Dominican-American actress and singer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 8, 2022 includes celebrities Dustin Hoffman, Deborah Norville |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-8-2022-includes-celebrities-dustin-hoffman-deborah-norville.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 August 2023 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Pierre Garçon]], American football player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Chris Pressley]], American football player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Pierre Boulanger]], French actor
*  1987   &ndash; [[Katie Leung]], Scottish actress<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6890000/newsid_6896200/6896282.stm|title=Harry Potter Actors: Katie Leung (Cho Chang)|date=12 July 2007|work=[[Newsround|CBBC Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Tatjana Maria]], German tennis player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Princess Beatrice]], British royal<ref>{{cite book|author=Lincoln Hallinan|title=British Commemoratives: Royalty, Politics, War and Sport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UcsLAQAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|isbn=978-1-85149-129-2|page=291}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Danilo Gallinari]], Italian basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Rinku Singh (baseball)|Rinku Singh]], Indian baseball player and wrestler
*  1988   &ndash; [[Laura Slade Wiggins]], American actress and singer  
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ken Baumann]], American actor and author
*  1989   &ndash; [[Anthony Rizzo]], American baseball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Hannah Miley]], English-Scottish swimmer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Prajakta Mali]], Indian actress
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Vladimír Darida]], Czech footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Parker Kligerman]], American race car driver
*  1990   &ndash; [[Aleksandra Szwed]], Polish actress and singer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Kane Williamson]], New Zealand cricket captain
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Yandy Díaz]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yandy Díaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yandy-diaz-650490 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Nélson Oliveira]], Portuguese footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Tyrone Peachey]], Australian rugby league player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Joël Matip]], Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Joël Matip: Overview |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5375/Joel-Matip/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Josip Drmić]], Swiss footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Casey Cott]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2019|title=Have some big fun today! Happy birthday, @CaseyCott!|url=https://twitter.com/CW_Riverdale/status/1159494810375479296|url-status=live|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=[[Twitter]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518161849/https://twitter.com/CW_Riverdale/status/1159494810375479296 |archive-date=2021-05-18 }}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Emilie Mehl]], Norwegian politician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Emilie Enger Mehl |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=21 April 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Emilie_Enger_Mehl |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Cameron Payne]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cameron Payne Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/payneca01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=August 6, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[S.Coups]], South Korean rapper and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pledis.co.kr/en/artist/detail/seventeen/profile/|title=Seventeen Profile (Pledis)|access-date=January 17, 2024|archive-date=January 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117031303/https://www.pledis.co.kr/en/artist/detail/seventeen/profile/}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[A'ja Wilson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=A'ja Wilson WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/w/wilsoa01w.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=August 6, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Karim Walid]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/u-23africacupofnations/teamdetails/PlayerDetails?CompetitionPlayerID=f8oQPW5u0tFum9TBZ3ro8uA5gYT7QFfI5UBXqEZISTBRzOkhujubT73%2B%2BnRASJOv&TeamsIDs=MuM2AcKem%2BfAOqvO60gI4lu%2Fw9Txaot5Yw%2FoRoU%2B0kxn1p6zmn0xCeAalsWOFqpM |title=U-23 Africa Cup of Nations: Karim Waleed Sayed Saleh Hassan |website=CAFonline.com |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |year=2015 |access-date=2 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102194620/http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/u-23africacupofnations/teamdetails/PlayerDetails?CompetitionPlayerID=f8oQPW5u0tFum9TBZ3ro8uA5gYT7QFfI5UBXqEZISTBRzOkhujubT73%2B%2BnRASJOv&TeamsIDs=MuM2AcKem%2BfAOqvO60gI4lu%2Fw9Txaot5Yw%2FoRoU%2B0kxn1p6zmn0xCeAalsWOFqpM |archive-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Ryan Garcia]], American boxer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-05 |title=Ryan Garcia: Biography, record, fights and more |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/38582808/ryan-garcia-biography-boxing-record-fights-more |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Shawn Mendes]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Xiaojun]], Chinese singer<ref>{{cite web|title=WayV(웨이션브이) 샤오쥔, 햇살같은 비주얼이 빛나는 22번째 생일 [뉴스엔TV]|url=https://m.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202008081121301310|work=뉴스엔|language=ko|date=8 August 2020|access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Félix Auger-Aliassime]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview|title=Felix Auger-Aliassime|access-date=Aug 8, 2020}}</ref> 
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 117|117]] &ndash; [[Trajan]], Roman emperor (b. 53)
* [[753]] &ndash; [[Hildegar (bishop of Cologne)|Hildegar]], bishop of  Cologne
* [[869]] &ndash; [[Lothair II]], Frankish king (b. 835)
* [[998]] &ndash; [[Sŏ Hŭi]], Korean politician and diplomat (b. 942)
*[[1002]] &ndash; [[Almanzor]], chief minister and ''de facto'' ruler of Córdoba
*[[1171]] &ndash; [[Henry of Blois]], bishop of Winchester (b. 1111)
*[[1303]] &ndash; [[Henry of Castile the Senator]], Spanish nobleman (b. 1230)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Lucas van Leyden]], Dutch artist (b. 1494)
*[[1555]] &ndash; [[Oronce Finé]], French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Alonso Sánchez Coello]], Spanish painter (b. 1532)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Horio Tadauji]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1578)
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[Cornelis Ketel]], Dutch painter (b. 1548)
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Konstantinas Sirvydas]], Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer]], English politician (b. 1622)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]], German painter (b. 1665)<ref>{{NDB|1|98||Agricola, Christoph Ludwig|Braun-Ronsdorf, Margarete|122961714}}</ref>
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Madeleine de Verchères]], Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor-first=Kenneth H|editor-last=Pearson|title=Encyclopedia Canadiana|location=Toronto|publisher=Grolier of Canada|year=1972|volume=10|page=222|isbn=978-0-71721-600-0}}</ref>
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)|Francis Hutcheson]], Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Carl Heinrich Graun]], German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[George Canning]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1770)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Carl Peter Thunberg]], Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité|Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur]], Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Angus MacAskill]], Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Immanuel Hermann Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alexander William Doniphan]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Jacob Burckhardt]], Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Eugène Boudin]], French painter (b. 1824)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[James Tissot]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
*  1902   &ndash; [[John Henry Twachtman]], American painter and academic (b. 1853)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Mary MacKillop]], Australian nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Mary MacKillop |url=https://catholicsaints.info/saint-mary-mackillop/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=4 August 2020 |date=19 February 2010}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[William P. Frye]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Eduard Birnbaum]], Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/nr90018210|title=Birnbaum, Eduard, 1855-1920|access-date=Jan 31, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Juhani Aho]], Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Stjepan Radić]], Croatian politician (b. 1871)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Launceston Elliot]], Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Wilbert Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Jimmie Guthrie]], Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Johnny Dodds]], American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Erwin von Witzleben]], German field marshal (b. 1881)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Michael Wittmann]], German commander (b. 1914)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Fergus McMaster]], Australian businessman, founded [[Qantas]] (b. 1879)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Albert Namatjira]], Australian painter (b. 1902)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Shirley Jackson]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer]], German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Freddie Spencer Chapman]], English lieutenant (b. 1907)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Vilhelm Moberg]], Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Abegg]], German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1882)<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2002-01-01|title=Abegg, Elisabeth (1882–1974)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108130828/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300055.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-01-08}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Cannonball Adderley]], American saxophonist (b. 1928)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Paul Triquet]], Canadian general, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1910)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Thomas McElwee]], Irish republican, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (b. 1957)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Eric Brandon]], English racing driver and businessman (b. 1920)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Richard Deacon (actor)|Richard Deacon]], American actor (b. 1921)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Ellen Raskin]], American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Louise Brooks]], American actress (b. 1906)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Danilo Blanuša]], Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Félix Leclerc]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Alan Napier]], English actor (b. 1903)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[James Irwin]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]], Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Nevill Francis Mott]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Jüri Randviir]], Estonian chess player and journalist (b. 1927)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Mahmoud Saremi]], Iranian journalist (b. 1968)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Dirk Hoogendam]], Dutch-German [[SS]] officer (b. 1922)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Falaba Issa Traoré]], Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Leon Golub]], American painter and academic (b. 1922)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Fay Wray]], Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], American actress (b. 1922)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Ahmed Deedat]], South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
*  2005   &ndash; [[John H. Johnson]], American publisher, founded the [[Johnson Publishing Company]] (b. 1918)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Gene Mauch]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Dean Rockwell]], American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Monica Sjöö]], Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Ma Lik]], Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Melville Shavelson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Orville Moody]], American golfer (b. 1933)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Daniel Jarque]], Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Patricia Neal]], American actress (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patricia Neal {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patricia-Neal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]], German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ruth Etchells]], English poet and academic (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Surya Lesmana]], Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Kurt Maetzig]], German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Karen Black]], American actress (b. 1939)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Johannes Bluyssen]], Dutch bishop (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Fernando Castro Pacheco]], Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Igor Kurnosov]], Russian chess player (b. 1985)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Felice |first1=Gino Di |title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3361-9 |page=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Regina Resnik]], American soprano and actress (b. 1922)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Menahem Golan]], Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Charles Keating (actor)|Charles Keating]], English-American actor (b. 1941)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Leonardo Legaspi]], Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Peter Sculthorpe]], Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Red Wilson]], American football and baseball player (b. 1929)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Sean Price]], American rapper (b. 1972)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Gus Mortson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Glen Campbell]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Doyle|first1=Patrick|title=Glen Campbell, 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Singer Who Fused Country and Pop, Dead at 81|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Bett]], Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Nicholas Bett |date=2018-08-10|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Ochoa Uribe]], Colombian football player and manager (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|date=August 2020 |access-date=2020-12-30}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Alfredo Lim]], former [[List of senators of the Philippines|Philippine senator]] and [[Mayor of Manila]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim dies at 90 |url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/8/alfredo-lim-dies-at-90.html |access-date=2020-08-08 |work=CNN Philippines |date=2020-08-08 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808172429/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/8/8/alfredo-lim-dies-at-90.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Bill Davis]], Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Neufeld|first=Abby|date=2021-08-08|title=Former premier of Ontario William Davis dead at 92|work=[[CTV News]]|location=[[Toronto]]|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/former-premier-of-ontario-william-davis-dead-at-92-1.5539011|access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Olivia Newton-John]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Olivia Newton-John |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40105353 |website=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2022 |date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Sixto Rodriguez|Rodriguez]], American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title= Sixto Rodriguez, singer who was subject of "Searching for Sugarman" documentary, dies at 81 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/sixto-rodriguez-dies-age-81-singer-subject-searching-for-sugarman-documentary/ |website=CBS News |date=9 August 2023 |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Issa Hayatou]], Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou dies at 77 |url=https://apnews.com/article/issa-hayatou-fifa-ioc-olympic-ab10305e84624493a8e612602a868541 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Mitzi McCall]], American actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2024-08-09 |title=Mitzi McCall Dies: Film & TV Actress And Comedian Who Followed The Beatles On 'Ed Sullivan' Was 91 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/mitzi-mccall-dead-film-tv-actress-comedian-obituary-1236036246/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican professional golfer (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2024-08-09 |title=Chi Chi Rodriguez, the Golf World's Swashbuckling Champion, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/sports/golf/chi-chi-rodriguez-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Steve Symms]], American politician and lobbyist (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Brian |date=2024-08-11 |title=Steve Symms, senator who was voice of conservative ire, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/08/10/steve-symms-senate-dukakis-dies/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Ceasefire Day]] (end of [[Iran–Iraq War]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cabinet.gov.krd/p/p.aspx?l=12&p=212 |title=National holidays and key dates in the Kurdistan Region's history |access-date=2019-09-05 |archive-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418232225/http://cabinet.gov.krd/p/p.aspx?l=12&p=212 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ([[Iraqi Kurdistan]])
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
** [[Altmann of Passau]]
** [[Cyriacus]]
** [[Saint Dominic|Dominic de Guzmán]], founder of the [[Dominican Order]].
** [[Four Crowned Martyrs]]
** [[Cyriacus#Veneration|Largus]]
** [[Mary MacKillop]]
** [[Saint Smaragdus]] (and companions)
** [[Severus of Vienne]]
** [[August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Father's Day]] or ''Bā bā'' Day (爸爸節), ''Bā Bā'' is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. ([[Mongolia]], [[Taiwan]])
* [[Happiness Happens Day]] 
* [[International Cat Day]] 
* [[Namesday of the Queen]] ([[Sweden]])
* [[Nane Nane Day]] ([[Tanzania]]) 
* [[Signal Troops Day]] ([[Ukraine]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/8 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=08}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/8 |title=Historical Events on August 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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