Holidays on August 8, 2024: name days, signs

Today, August 8, is the Day of Signal Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are 145 days left before the New Year.

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• International Cat Day.

• International Mountaineering Day or Mountaineer’s Day.

• Signal Corps Day.

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What happened on August 8

• 449 – The second Council of Ephesus is convened.

• 1648 – Janissaries dethrone and kill the mentally ill Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim.

• 1786 – Michel Paccard was the first to climb the highest peak in Europe – Mont Blanc.

• 1815 – Napoleon went into exile on the island of St. Helena.

• 1899 – American A. Marshall received a patent for a refrigerator.

• 1949 – The first session of the Council of Europe takes place in Strasbourg.

• 1965 – a rally was held in Sheshory (Ivano-Frankivsk region) to mark the opening of the monument to Taras Shevchenko.

• 1974 – US President Richard Nixon announced that he was resigning over the Watergate scandal.

• 1998 – American Michael Kearney became the youngest Master of Science (in biochemistry) – he received his diploma at the age of 14 years 8 months.

• 2000 – scientists in the UK, USA and Italy officially announced the start of human cloning experiments.

• 2004 – the second power unit of the Khmelnytsky NPP was put into operation.

• 2012 – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signs the anti-Ukrainian Kolesnichenko-Kivalov Language Law.

• 2017 – The Coca-Cola company installs the first 3D billboard.

Who was born on August 8

• 1949 – Vasily Chubur, Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, journalist, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

• 1972 – Vladimir Shamenko, Ukrainian gymnast, Olympic medalist.

• 1986 – Ekaterina Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player, Honored Master of Sports.

• 1989 – Taras Stepanenko, Ukrainian football player, midfielder.

Whose birthday is today?: Aleman, Gregory, Emelyan, Joseph, Leonid, Miron, Moses, Nikolai, Fedor.

Folk signs and traditions for August 8

• There are many berries on the rowan tree – frost will come early.

• Frost in the morning – expect a big harvest next year.

• What is the weather today – it will be in January.

• Good weather – sunny and warm September.

• Rain – it will continue until the Indian summer.

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