Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 8
August 8, 2025 is the 220th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 8
- 1220 –Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
- 1503 –King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1786 –Mont Blanc on the French – Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
- 1793 –The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
- 1870 –The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
- 1942 –Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for swaraj or complete independence.
- 1967 –The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
- 1980 –The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran, Ireland.
- 2000 –Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence and 5 years after being filmed by a dive team funded by novelist Clive Cussler.
- 2010 –2010 China floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
Who were born on August 8?
- 1882 –Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
- 1898 –Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)
- 1907 –Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1920 –Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
- 1937 –Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (d. 1987)
- 1956 –Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
- 1976 –Drew Lachey, American singer
- 1980 –Michael Urie, American actor and director
- 1984 –Martrez Milner, American football player
- 1989 –Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian/Kazakhstani tennis player
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