August 8th (1005) was a Thursday. It's the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days left to the end of the year.
August 8th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
» Cyriacus
» Saint Dominic or Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.
» Pope Hormisdas e.g Hormisdas
» Scribonius Largus called Largus
» Mary MacKillop
» Smaragdus (and companions)
» August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in August. (Turkmenistan)
» List of holidays by country Tanzania known as Farmer’s Day or 'Nane Nane', Swahili for "8-8". (Tanzania)