1st » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in 2008 K2 disaster named the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
7th » The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
8th » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic Studénka train accident called strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, kil
8th » The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony e.g opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing.
13th » 2008 South Ossetia war South Ossetian War: Russian units Occupation of Gori occupy the Georgian city of Gori, Georgia Gori.
17th » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
18th » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf e.g threat of impeachment.
20th » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Madrid-Barajas Airport named Barajas Airport. One hundred forty-six people are killed in the crash, and eight more die later. Only 18 people survive.
Famous Deaths for August 2008
1st » Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
1st » Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
2nd » Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)