August 8th (2005) was a Monday. 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 Famous Deaths for 2005
» Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress and author (b. 1922)
» Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
» John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)
» Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
» Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
» Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)
» Ilse Werner, Indonesian-German actress and singer (b. 1921)
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)