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	'''August 8''' is the 220th day of the year in the ] (221st in ]s), with 145 days remaining.		'''August 8''' is the 220th day of the year in the ] (221st in ]s), with 145 days remaining.

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August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining.

1647 - The Battle of Dangan Hill, Irish forces are defeated by British Parliamentary forces
1786 - Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat
1844 - Brigham Young named head of the Mormon Church
1876 - Thomas Edison patents the mimeograph
1915 - Battle of Sari Bair
1916 - Battle of Mouquet Farm
1918 - Battle of Amiens begins
1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight
1940 - Battle of Britain begins
1945 - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan
1949 - Bhutan becomes independent
1960 - Ivory Coast declares its independence
1963 - Great Train Robbery in England
1964 - The first Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands is ended after only 15 minutes because fans are breaking down the place.
1974 - President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9)
1990 - Iraq annexes Kuwait