What happened on 8 August?

11 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1967 ASEAN founded Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
2. 1918 Hundred Days Offensive Allied advance from Amiens to the Armistice; ends WW1.
3. 1588 Battle of Gravelines Off the Flemish coast the English fleet finally closes to killing range, battering the scattered Armada for nine hours with faster ships and faster guns. Five ships are lost, the r
4. 1942 Quit India Movement Congress demands an immediate British departure; Gandhi and Nehru jailed.
5. 1914 Shackleton's Endurance expedition The Pole won, Shackleton sets out to cross the whole continent — and never sets foot on it: the Endurance is trapped and crushed by pack ice, and the story becomes the greatest sur
6. 1988 8888 Uprising in Burma Nationwide pro-democracy protests against military rule sweep Burma before the army kills thousands in the crackdown; the rising makes Aung San Suu Kyi the face of the opposition.
7. 1981 Born: Roger Federer Swiss tennis champion; 20 Grand Slam singles titles.
8. 1918 Battle of Amiens Black Day of the German Army; opens the Hundred Days.
9. 1879 Born: Emiliano Zapata Peasant leader of the Mexican Revolution, champion of land reform.
10. 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics China's coming-out party as a global power.
11. 2023 Maui wildfires 2023 (Lahaina) Wildfires devastate Lahaina, Hawaii.