Summary of the Day ✨ 8 August (08/08)
Tragedy struck globally as wildfires in Hawaii killed 101 people and terrorists attacked a Pakistani hospital, claiming up to 94 lives in separate incidents. Meanwhile, the FBI searched former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence while Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as Bangladesh’s interim leader.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
- 2023: Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
- 2022: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
- 2019: An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
- 2016: Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
- 2015: Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
- 2013: A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
- 2010: China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
- 2009: A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
- 2008: A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
- 2008: The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
- 2007: An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
- 2007: Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
- 2004: A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
- 2001: Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.
Famous Births 👶
- 2005: Alysa Liu, American figure skater
- 2000: Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
- 1999: Xiaojun, Chinese singer
- 1998: Ryan Garcia, American boxer
- 1998: Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1997: Karim Walid, Egyptian footballer
- 1997: Panipak Wongpattanakit, Thai taekwondo athlete
- 1996: A’ja Wilson, American basketball player
- 1995: S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer
- 1994: Cameron Payne, American basketball player
- 1993: Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician
- 1992: Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
- 1992: Casey Cott, American actor
- 1991: Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player
- 1991: Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946)
- 2024: Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)
- 2024: Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)
- 2024: Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938)
- 2023: Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)
- 2022: Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
- 2021: Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929)
- 2020: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929)
- 2020: Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)
- 2018: Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)
- 2017: Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
- 2015: Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)
- 2015: Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
- 2014: Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)
- 2014: Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Christian Feast Day:
Altmann of Passau - Christian Feast Day:
Cyriacus - Christian Feast Day:
Dominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order. - Christian Feast Day:
Four Crowned Martyrs - Christian Feast Day:
Largus - Christian Feast Day:
Mary MacKillop - Christian Feast Day:
Saint Smaragdus (and companions) - Christian Feast Day:
Severus of Vienne - Christian Feast Day:
August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Father’s Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for “father” and “8-8”, or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
- Happiness Happens Day
- International Cat Day
- Namesday of the Queen (Sweden)
- Nane Nane Day (Tanzania)