August 8th (1969) was a Friday. 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.
Historical Events for 8th August, 1969
» At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album 'Abbey Road'.
Famous Birthdays on August 8 in 1969
» Dick Togo, Japanese wrestler
» Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
» Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
August 8th Famous Deaths for 1969
» Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
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)