World Plastic Surgery Day
- The first plastic surgery was done to the warrior Walter Eyo of the World War I.
- On August 8, 1917, he was treated by Sir Herald Gillis.
- This is the world’s first plastic surgeon.
- So Herald Gilles is the father of a plastic surgeon.
World Cat Day
- Cats in all places of the world due to human activities has been accustomed to are grown in the House.
- Cats are living in friends relationship with man for about 9500 years.
- Cats are have Best Night Vision and Best Hearing Skills and more gaming skills.
- The cat can not feel sweet flavor.
- World Cat Day was first launched in 2014.
Svetlana Savitskaya Birth Day
Birth:
- She was born on August 8, 1948 in Russia.
Honours:
- Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a retired Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982 becoming the second woman in space.
- On her 1984 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
- She set several FAI world records as a pilot.
- Between 1969 and 1977 she was a member of the Soviet national team for aerobatics.
- Savitskaya retired in 1993 from the Russian Air Force with the rank of Major.
- In 1994/95 she worked as an Assistant Professor in Economics and Investment at the Moscow State Aviation Institute.
- In 1996, she was elected a deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and has been re-elected four times since then.
- She presently serves as Deputy Chair of the Committee on Defence and is also a member of the Coordination council presidium of the National Patriotic Union.
Awards:
- Hero of the Soviet Union – 1982 & 1984
- Orders of Lenin -1982 & 1984)
- Order of the Badge of Honour – 1976
- Gold Medal and 18 degrees FAI
- 16 gold medals, sports of the USSR
Time in space: 19 days 17 hours 06 minutes
Vulimiri Ramalinga swami Birth Day
Birth:
- He was born on August 8, 1921 in Andhra Pradesh.
Honours:
- He was an Indian medical scientist.
- His pioneering research on nutrition got him elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of London.
- He was also the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences and later on director general of Indian Council of Medical Research and President of the Indian National Science Academy.
Awards:
- He has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1967.
- Padma Shri in 1969.
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Vibhushan
- KK Birla National Award and Basanti Devi Amirchand Prize (ICMR) in 1966.
- Leon Bernard Foundation Award
Death:
- He died on May 28, 2001.
Events
- 1509 – Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
- 1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
- 1942 – Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi’s call for swaraj or complete independence.