August 8th (1979) was a Wednesday. 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 1979
» Richard Harwood, English cellist
» Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
» Pooja Shah, English actress
» Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Icelandic handball player
August 8th Famous Deaths for 1979
» Nicholas Monsarrat, English author (b. 1910)
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)