August 8th (1981) 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 1981
» Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
» Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
» Meagan Good, American actress and producer
» Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Tanpopo, and Dream Morning Musume)
» Bradley McIntosh, English singer and actor (S Club and Upper Street (band) known as Upper Street)
» Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
August 8th Famous Deaths for 1981
» Thomas McElwee, Irish activist (b. 1957)
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)