August 8th (1942) was a Saturday. 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.
Famous Birthdays on August 8 in 1942
» Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
» John Gustafson (musician) John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band, The Big Three (band) The Big Three, Quatermass (band) Quatermass, and Episode Six) (d. 2014)
» Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist
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)