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What Happened On 8th August 1942 In History

August 8th (1942) was a Saturday. It's the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on August 8 in 1942

  • » Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
  • » John Gustafson (musician) John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band, The Big Three (band) The Big Three, Quatermass (band) Quatermass, and Episode Six) (d. 2014)
  • » Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist

August 8th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • » Cyriacus
  • » Saint Dominic or Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order.
  • » Pope Hormisdas e.g Hormisdas
  • » Scribonius Largus called Largus
  • » Mary MacKillop
  • » Smaragdus (and companions)
  • » August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in August. (Turkmenistan)
  • » List of holidays by country Tanzania known as Farmer’s Day or 'Nane Nane', Swahili for "8-8". (Tanzania)

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World History for the 8th August