August 8th (1944) was a Tuesday. 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 1944
» Brooke Bundy, American actress
» Uli Derickson, Czech-American flight attendant (d. 2005)
» Michael Johnson (singer) or Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
» John Renbourn, English guitarist and songwriter (The John Renbourn Group and Pentangle (band) called Pentangle)
» Simon Taylor (journalist) e.g Simon Taylor, English journalist
August 8th Famous Deaths for 1944
» Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
» Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
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)