The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.
ClockHorizon daily selection“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
One highlighted entry is from 2014: The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.
People listed for August 8 include Alysa Liu (2005), Félix Auger-Aliassime (2000), and Xiaojun (1999).
Observances listed for August 8 include Christian Feast Day: Altmann of Passau, Christian Feast Day: August 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), and Christian Feast Day: Blessed Maria Anna Rosa Caiani.
