| General Information for August 8th 2018 |
| There are 3 public holidays today. |
| Day 220 of 2018 |
| 145 days left in 2018 |
| Week 32 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2010 - 2010 China floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people. |
| 1990 - Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. |
| 1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight. |
| 1844 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). |