An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people. Date: August 8, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida. Date: August 8, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2022 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: August 8, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh. Date: August 8, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Date: August 7, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This…
The first British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands. Date: August 7, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1926 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. Date: August 7, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are murdered. Date: August 7, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre. Date: August 7, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day…
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. Date: August 7, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On…