August 8
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[edit] Births
- 1879 - Emiliano Zapata
- 1961 - The Edge
- 1961 - Rikki Rocket
- 1976 - JC Chasez
- 1987 - Katie Leung, Scotish actress
[edit] Deaths
- 869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)
- 1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
- 1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
- 1902 - James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
- 1911 - William P. Frye, American politician
- 1940 - Johnny Dodds, jazz musician (b. 1892)
- 1944 - Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894)
- 1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1919)
- 1972 - Andrea Feldman, actor
- 1975 - Cannonball Adderley, American jazz saxophonist
- 1985 - Milton Greene, celebrity photographer
- 1985 - Louise Brooks, silent film actress
- 1987 - Danilo Blanusa, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
- 1991 - James Irwin, astronaut
- 1997 - Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress
[edit] Events
- 1974 - Richard Nixon announces his resignation.
