| General Information for August 8th 2017 |
| There are 4 public holidays today. |
| Day 220 of 2017 |
| 145 days left in 2017 |
| Week 32 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1988 - The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma. |
| 1974 - President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. |
| 1973 - Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. |
| 1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight. |