- What happened on August 8?
Current Calendar Page for August 8, 2024
Name Day
Cyriakus, Dominikus, Famian
Historical Events
1994 - Israel's Prime Minister, Izchak Rabin, visits Jordan. It is the first official visit of an Israeli head of government to the neighboring Arab country.
1969 - The German Cooperative Association of Wells decides to introduce a new reusable bottle for mineral water, the so-called Normbrunnen bottle designed by industrial designer Günter Kupetz.
1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, Peter Graf Yorck von Wartenburg, Erich Hoepner, Paul von Hase, and four other officers are sentenced to death and executed in Berlin for their involvement in the July 20 coup attempt.
1924 - The "regular electric suburban train service" begins for the first time from Berlin to Bernau. The inauguration of the 22-kilometer-long track is considered the birth of the Berlin S-Bahn. It receives its name six years later.
1884 - In the USA, George Eastman patents the first roll film. The gelatin-coated paper film is soon replaced by celluloid film.
Birthdays
1974 - Andy Priaulx (50), British motorsport racer, FIA Touring Car World Champion 2005, 2006, and 2007
1964 - Giuseppe Conte (60), Italian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister 2018-2021
1964 - Jan Josef Liefers (60), German actor (Münster "Tatort", "Das Wunder von Lengede", "Der Untergang der Pamir", "Rossini")
1949 - Keith Carradine (75), American actor ("Thieves Like Us", "Pretty Baby"), singer, and composer, Oscar 1976 for song "I'm Easy" in the film "Nashville"
Deaths
1964 - Marie Baum, German social scientist and social politician in the Weimar Republic, born 1874
The history of mineral water bottling in Germany was significantly shaped in 1969 with the introduction of the Normbrunnen bottle. One can delve deeper into the history of Israel-Jordan relations by studying the events of 1994 when Prime Minister Rabin visited Jordan, marking the first official visit of an Israeli head of government to a neighboring Arab country.
