August 8th (2014) was a Friday. 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 2014
» Ralph Bryans, Irish-Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1942)
» Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)
» Charles Keating (actor) called Charles Keating, English-American actor (b. 1941)
» Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)
» Danny Murphy (actor) named Danny Murphy, American actor (b. 1955)
» Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
» Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (b. 1929)
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)