August 8 in History

• 1969

  August 8, 1969:

  The Beatles take the photo for the cover of their album titled “Abbey Road”. It took place in front of the studio where the band were recording their work.

• 1970

  August 8, 1970:

  The Stooges, an American music band, sacks Dave Alexander when he forgot how to perform some of their songs at the Goose Lake International Music Festival hosted in Michigan.

• 1974

  August 8, 1974:

  "Feel Like Makin' Love", the 5th solo album of Roberta Flack, gets gold certification.

• 1983

  August 8, 1983:

  American athlete, Carl Lewis is awarded the gold medal after finishing first in the 100m event at the first edition of the Athletics World Championships.

• 1987

  August 8, 1987:

  "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", a song by Irish band U2, hits number one in the United States. It became their second single to achieve this feat.

• 1988

  August 8, 1988:

  Rap group, N.W.A. releases an album titled “Straight Outta Compton”. This project includes the controversial hit song named "F--k Tha Police".

• 1990

  August 8, 1990:

  MLB player, Pete Rose starts serving his five months jail sentence after he was found guilty of tax-related crimes.

• 1991

  August 8, 1991:

  Award-winning English actor, Gary Oldman, known for his role as Sirius Black in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, is grabbed by the police for driving under the influence of alcohol.

• 1995

  August 8, 1995:

  American rapper, Coolio releases his hit song titled "Gangster's Paradise". It would later be named “Song of the Year, by Billboard.

• 2005

  August 8, 2005:

  American comedy series titled “Weeds” makes its debut on the Showtime television network. It stars Mary-Louise Parker and Tonye Patano.