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August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 685 BC ...
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Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2024 Kursk offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to confirm ordering a major cross-border operation inside Russia, saying that "Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done".
August's birthstones are the peridot, sardonyx, and spinel. [9] Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy , meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. [ 10 ] The Western zodiac signs are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onward).
In total, August Eighth netted about 10,000,000 dollars in Russian theaters, much less than the gross of Faiziyev's previous film, Turkish Gambit. The début of the film with English subtitles took place in Australia on 1 September 2012 under the title August 8th at the Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2012.
Events. 1794 – Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.; 1839 – Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.
August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 125 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 475 ...
The 2008 Summer Olympics starts with the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony at the Beijing National Stadium. (The Christian Science Monitor)2008 South Ossetia War: . Around 0:30 AM (local time), Georgia begins a full-scale attack on the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, using tanks, military aircraft, artillery, and infantry.