What day of the week was August 8, 2008?

The day of the week August 8th, 2008 fell on was a Friday.

Orville Moody the American golfer (b. 1933) died on this day in 2008. As did Leonard Pagliero the English dog breeder (b. 1913) .

A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków the Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.