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Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)

On August 8, in the year 0, Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of August 8, a notable event in this corner of history.

This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on August 8, 0 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 4 April 2026.

On This Date in History

Type Year Date Event
Historical Events 2024 Aug 8 Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
Notable Deaths 2024 Aug 8 Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2024 Aug 8 Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2024 Aug 8 Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2024 Aug 8 Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938)
Historical Events 2023 Aug 8 Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others…
Notable Deaths 2023 Aug 8 Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)
Historical Events 2022 Aug 8 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in…
Notable Deaths 2022 Aug 8 Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2021 Aug 8 Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2020 Aug 8 Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2020 Aug 8 Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)
Historical Events 2019 Aug 8 An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
Notable Deaths 2018 Aug 8 Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)
Notable Deaths 2017 Aug 8 Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
Historical Events 2016 Aug 8 Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and…
Historical Events 2015 Aug 8 Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 8 Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)
Notable Deaths 2015 Aug 8 Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 8 Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 8 Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 8 Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 8 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 Aug 8 Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929)
Selected Events 2014 Aug 8 The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a…
Historical Events 2013 Aug 8 A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 8 Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 8 Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 8 Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 8 Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985)
Notable Deaths 2013 Aug 8 Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 8 Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 8 Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 8 Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2012 Aug 8 Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911)
Historical Events 2010 Aug 8 China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
Notable Deaths 2010 Aug 8 Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
Selected Events 2010 Aug 8 A massive mudslide in the Chinese province of Gansu killed at least 1,471 people.
Historical Events 2009 Aug 8 A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
Notable Deaths 2009 Aug 8 Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (born 1983)
Selected Events 2009 Aug 8 Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New…
Historical Events 2008 Aug 8 A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge…
Historical Events 2008 Aug 8 The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
Notable Deaths 2008 Aug 8 Orville Moody, American golfer (born 1933)
Selected Events 2008 Aug 8 A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka…
Historical Events 2007 Aug 8 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to…
Historical Events 2007 Aug 8 Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavour takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
Notable Deaths 2007 Aug 8 Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2007 Aug 8 Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
Notable Births 2005 Aug 8 Alysa Liu, American figure skater

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