Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 08 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 08 AUGUST
1843 | Natal (in South Africa) was made a British colony.
1938 | Centenary celebrations of the Great Great Trek began; The Great Trek was a migration that involved Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa.
2016 | Over 70 people died and around 130 were injured when terrorists attacked a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting.
2013 | At least 31 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
2010 | Over 1 400 people died in China’s mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China caused by floods.
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BIRTHDAYS
1980 | German tennis player, Sabine Klaschka.
1964 | American blogger and author, Anastasia M. Ashman.
1976 | American singer and dancer, JC Chasez.
1947 | Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician, Ken Dryden.
1990 | South African dancer, Oti Mabuse.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2013 | American actress, Karen Black, 74.
2005 | American baseball player and manager, Gene Mauch, 80.
2014 | Israeli director and producer, Menahem Golan, 85.
2017 | American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, Glen Campbell, 81.
2013 | Dutch bishop, Johannes Bluyssen, 87.
SPORTS
2006 | On this day Huddersfield Town’s Gary Taylor-Fletcher scored the 500 000th goal in the history of the Football League in the League 1 match between Huddersfield v Rotherham.
ENTERTAINMENT
2014 | In the U.S., “Into the Storm” was released on this day for the first time.
AFRICA FACT
Sudan is the world’s largest exporter of gum arabic, producing 75%-80% of the world’s total output.
