A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers. Date: August 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station. Date: August 8, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 8, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day…
The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24. Date: August 8, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 8, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people. Date: August 8, 2009 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2009 📅 On This Day (Today)
China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people. Date: August 8, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people. Date: August 8, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas. Date: August 8, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 8, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)