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8 August 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
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.Specialized agency of the United Nations
Anniversary
2010 - A massive mudslide in the Chinese province of Gansu killed at least 1,471 people.Mudslide in China
Anniversary
2009 - Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.Fatal aviation accident
Anniversary
2008 - A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station and derailed, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.Network of train services in Europe
Anniversary
1998 - The Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, was raided by Taliban leading to the death of 10 Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist.Provincial capital in Balkh, Afghanistan
Historical events
History
2024 - Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.Bangladeshi economist and statesman (born 1940)
History
2023 - 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.Natural disasters in the USA
History
2022 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.U.S. federal law enforcement agency
History
2019 - An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.2019 radiation accident in Russia
History
2016 - 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.Terror attack in Pakistan
History
2015 - Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.Familicide in Texas, U.S.
History
2013 - A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.Terror attack at a funeral in Pakistan
History
2010 - China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.Series of natural disasters throughout China
History
2009 - A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.Single engine series of the Ecureuil light helicopter family
History
2008 - A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.Network of train services in Europe
Notable births
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Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated
Lunar age: 17.4 days
Sun zodiac
Leo
16.46 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Moon zodiac
Pisces
21.10 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
Moon
Moon at ApogeeThe Moon reaches a relatively distant point in its orbit around Earth.