Editing August 8 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Black Saturday (1903)|Black Saturday]] occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in [[Philadelphia]].<ref name=EFQ>{{cite web|last=Warrington|first=Robert D.|title=Baseball's Deadliest Disaster: "Black Saturday" in Philadelphia|url=http://www.efqreview.com/NewFiles/v25n1/onhistoricalground.html|access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Wright brothers|Wilbur Wright]] makes his first flight at a racecourse at [[Le Mans]], France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines ([[Hundred Days Offensive]]).
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919]] is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the [[Durand line]] as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Anglo-Afghan+Treaties+and+Agreements+of+the+19th+and+20th+Centuries|title=Anglo-Afghan Treaties and Agreements of the 19th and 20th Centuries}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The German airship ''[[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]]'' begins a round-the-world flight.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The "[[Aufbau Ost (1940)|Aufbau Ost]]" directive is signed by [[Wilhelm Keitel]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Quit India Movement]] is launched in India against the British rule in response to [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]]'s call for [[swaraj]] or complete independence.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Nuremberg Charter|London Charter]] is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the [[Nuremberg trials]].   
*[[1946]] &ndash; First flight of the nuclear capable [[Convair B-36]], heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Marcinelle mining disaster]] in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Il y a 65 ans, 262 mineurs y perdaient la vie: le Bois du Cazier à Marcinelle se souvient de la catastrophe du 8 août 1956 |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/il-y-a-65-ans-262-mineurs-y-perdaient-la-vie-le-bois-du-cazier-a-marcinelle-se-souvient-de-la-catastrophe-du-8-aout-1956-10820654 |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=RTBF |agency=Belga |date=8 August 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]]: In England, a gang of 15 [[train robbery|train robbers]] steal £2.6&nbsp;million in bank notes.
*  1963   &ndash; The [[Zimbabwe African National Union]] (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the [[Zimbabwe African People's Union]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) is founded by [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]] and [[Thailand]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; At a [[zebra crossing]] in London, photographer [[Iain Macmillan]] takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of [[the Beatles]]' album ''[[Abbey Road]]''.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Kim Dae-jung]], a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is [[Kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung|kidnapped]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; President [[Richard Nixon]], in a nationwide television address, [[Richard Nixon's resignation speech|announces his resignation]] from the office of the [[President of the United States]] effective noon the next day.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[8888 Uprising]] begins in [[Yangon|Rangoon (Yangon)]], [[Myanmar|Burma (Myanmar)]]. Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On [[September 18]], the [[demonstration (protest)|demonstrations]] end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
*  1988  &ndash; [[History of Wrigley Field#Night baseball (1988)|The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field]] (game was rained out in the fourth inning).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Jason |title=8/8/88: Remembering the first night game at Wrigley Field |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/wrigley-field-first-night-game-aug-8-1988-cubs-phillies-rained-out-video/mq7xlxyamatz1imdsptvn3ko2 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=The Sporting News |date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-28]] Mission: [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Iraq]] occupies [[Kuwait]] and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the [[Gulf War]] shortly afterward.
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Warsaw radio mast]], then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
*[[1993]] &ndash; The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1993 Guam earthquake|Guam earthquake]] shakes the island with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
*[[1998]] &ndash; Iranian consulate in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]] is [[1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan|raided]] by [[Taliban]] leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a [[Mahmoud Saremi|journalist]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; Confederate submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley (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]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; Albanian rebels [[Karpalak ambush|ambush]] a convoy of the [[Army of North Macedonia|Army of the Republic of Macedonia]] near [[Tetovo]], killing 10 soldiers.<ref name="Marusic&Bosilkovski">{{cite web|last1=Marusic|first1=Sinisa Jakov|last2=Bosilkovski|first2=Igor|date=8 August 2016|title=Macedonia Marks Karpalak Ambush Massacre Anniversary|website=Balkan Insight|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2016/08/08/macedonia-marks-karpalak-massacre-anniversary-08-08-2016/|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A tour bus belonging to the [[Dave Matthews Band]] [[Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident|dumps]] approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-03-09 |title=Dave Matthews' Driver: I Dumped |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dave-matthews-driver-i-dumped/ |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; An EF2 [[2007 Brooklyn tornadoes|tornado]] touches down in [[Brooklyn|Kings County]] and [[Staten Island|Richmond County, New York]], the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
*2007   &ndash; Space Shuttle program: [[STS-118]] Mission: ''[[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Endeavor]]'' takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harwood |first=William |date=August 8, 2007 |title=Shuttle Endeavour thunders into space; Griffin comments on astronaut medical probe |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/118/STS-118_Archive.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122011921/http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/118/STS-118_Archive.html |archive-date=November 22, 2010 |access-date=August 29, 2009 |work=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[EuroCity]] express train en route from [[Kraków]], Poland to [[Prague]], Czech Republic [[2008 Studénka train wreck|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   &ndash; The [[2008 Summer Olympics|29th modern summer Olympic Games]] took place in Beijing, China until August 24.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IOC|date=2018-04-23|title=Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2008|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Olympics.com|language=en}}</ref> 
*  [[2009]] &ndash; A [[Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil]] and [[Piper PA-32R]] [[2009 Hudson River mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Hudson River]], killing nine people.<ref name="nytmain">{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert |date=August 9, 2009 |title=9 Dead After Copter and Plane Collide Over Hudson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/continuous/09crash.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206114959/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/continuous/09crash.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=August 14, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 China floods|China Floods]]: [[2010 Gansu mudslide|A mudslide]] in [[Zhugqu County]], [[Gansu]], [[China]], kills more than 1,400 people.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[8 August 2013 Quetta bombing|suicide bombing]] at a funeral in the [[Pakistan]]i city of [[Quetta]] kills at least 31 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; Eight people are killed in a [[2015 Harris County shooting|shooting in Harris County, Texas]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; Terrorists [[August 2016 Quetta attacks|attack]] a government hospital in [[Quetta|Quetta, Pakistan]] with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
*[[2019]] &ndash; An [[Nyonoksa radiation accident|explosion]] at the [[State Central Navy Testing Range]] in [[Nyonoksa]], Russia, kills five people.<ref name="kramer">{{cite news |author=Kramer |first=Andrew E. |date=10 August 2019 |title=Russia Confirms Radioactive Materials Were Involved in Deadly Blast |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/europe/russia-explosion-radiation.html |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) [[FBI search of Mar-a-Lago|executes a search warrant]] at former president [[Donald Trump]]'s residence in [[Mar-a-Lago]], [[Palm Beach, Florida]].<ref name="Staff_8/9/2022">{{cite magazine |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Trump Says the FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago and Broke Into His Safe |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/donald-trump-says-the-fbi-raided-his-home-at-mar-a-lago.html |url-status=live |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809031543/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/donald-trump-says-the-fbi-raided-his-home-at-mar-a-lago.html |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=August 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=August 8, 2022 |title=FBI searches Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and seizes documents |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/08/trump-says-fbi-raided-his-mar-a-lago-home |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Hawaii wildfires|Hawaii wildfires]]: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of [[wildfire]]s break out on the island of [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maui police confirm identity of 101st wildfire victim, a 76-year-old who boated from California in the 1970s |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/maui-police-confirm-identity-101st-wildfire-victim-76-year-old-who-boated-from-california-1970s |website=Fox News |date=14 February 2024 |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; Nobel laureate [[Muhammad Yunus]] takes oath as [[Chief Adviser (Bangladesh)|Chief Adviser]] to form an [[Yunus interim government|interim government]] in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh's interim government|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government|date=8 August 2024|accessdate=14 August 2024|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>