* 1943 – World War II: The U. S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

In February 1943, his authority was extended as commander of AFHQ across the Mediterranean basin to include the British 8th Army, commanded by General Bernard Law Montgomery.

The 8th Army had advanced across the Western Desert from the east and was ready for the start of the Tunisia Campaign.

Chuikov, as commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army, commanded the Soviet forces in central Berlin.

* 1943 – World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army.

CPC agreed to form the New Fourth Army and the 8th Route Army which were nominally under the command of the National Revolutionary Army.

* 1899 – Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army ( d. 1986 )

** The British 8th Army, together with Slovene partisan troops and a motorized detachment of the Yugoslav 4th Army, arrives in Carinthia and Klagenfurt.

* August 17 – WWII: The US 7th Army under General George S. Patton meets the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery in Messina, Sicily, completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

* February 6 – Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army ( b. 1899 )

Under Fascism with the Podestà Genoese-Zerbi, in 1927 the city became an administrative centre for the surrounding municipalities and was called Grande Reggio (‘ Greater Reggio ’), but because of its strategic military position, it suffered a devastating air raid by the British 8th Army in 1943.

He stayed there until 1941 when his unit was transferred into the regular army forces as the 48th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, which became a part of the 42nd Mobile Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and went with the 8th Army to Northern Africa.

Before the German counterattack, the beach landings took place unopposed and the First Airlanding Brigade was relieved by the 8th Army as it swept inland towards Catania and Messina.

The British First Parachute Brigade's initial target was to capture the Primosole bridge and the high ground around it, providing a pathway for the 8th Army, but heavy anti-aircraft fire shot down many of the Dakotas before they reached their target.

They held the high ground until relieved by the 8th Army, which re-took the bridge at dawn of 16 July.

It was generally believed that it was Lady Astor who, during a World War II speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army who were fighting in the Italian campaign as the " D-Day Dodgers ".

Here young Dick Groves met Grace ( Boo ) Wilson, the daughter of Colonel Richard Hulbert Wilson, a career Army officer who had served with Chaplain Groves with the 8th Infantry in Cuba.

The 8th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army were stationed in Aomori from 1896.

The British 8th Army in the east — commanded by General Bernard Montgomery — stopped around Tripoli to allow reinforcements to arrive and build up the Allied advantage.

He was placed in a juvenile home in Mason in 1939 and completed 8th grade at Mason High School, where historical accounts indicate he received straight -" A " grades.

He ran unsuccessfully as a Libertarian for the United States House of Representatives in Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2006 and received 1. 9 % of the vote.

After the Apostolic Vicars had received guarantees from the Manchukuo Government that confirmed the mere " civil " characteristics of the so called " chinese rites ", the Holy See released, on Dec. 8th 1939, a new decree, known as " Plane Compertum ", stating that:

* Eiji 1, on the 7th day of the 12th month ( 永治元年 ; 1141 ): In the 18th year of Sutoku-tennōs reign ( 崇徳天皇18年 ), the emperor abdicated ; and the succession ( senso ) was received by a younger brother, the 8th son of former Emperor Toba.

* Tokuji 3, in the 8th month ( 1308 ): In the 8th year of Go-Nijo-tennōs reign ( 後二条天皇8年 ), the emperor died at the young age of 24 ; and the succession ( senso ) was received by his cousin.

In 1975, Suzuki received his 8th dan, the highest grade ever given ( at the time ) by the Federation of All Japan Karate-dō Organizations, and was named Hanshi-Go by the uncle of Emperor Higashikuni.

* In May 2010 Varda received Directors ' Fortnight's 8th Carosse d ' Or award for lifetime achievement at the Cannes Film Festival.

It is one of the first Chinese universities to run a graduate school and received privileged fund from the Chinese government in “ the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Five Year Plan .” BIT is also one of the national “ Project 211 ” and “ Project 985 ” universities, which were given priority for development by the Chinese government, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Education ( MOST ) and the Beijing Municipal Government.

On the 8th November 2011, he received an honorary award from University of East London.

At the end of October the 8th received movement orders to Camp Kilmer, New York in preparation for shipment overseas.

The 8th received orders on 27 March to secure the road running from Hamm to Soest.

The 8th received orders on 1 April from XIX Corps to set up two spearheads for an attack to the east, the 2nd Armored and 30th Infantry in one and the 8th Armored and 83rd Infantry in the other.

He married Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes ( d. 1700 ), daughter of the noted statesman John Leslie, 1st Duke of Rothes, who had received a re-grant of the earldom of Rothes in 1663 which allowed it to be passed on to his daughter ( see the Earl of Rothes for earlier history of this title ).

Lindsey German received 0. 68 % of the vote ( 16, 796 ), compared to 3. 21 % when standing for Respect in 2004, coming 8th out of 10 candidates

In 1943, the 5th and 8th King's ( Liverpool Irish ) received specialist training at Ayrshire in preparation for a planned invasion of France.

After his detachment to investigate reconnaissance issues in the United States ( see the Hughes scandal section below ), Elliott received command of the 8th Air Force ’ s reconnaissance wing in England: the 8th Provisional RW, later renamed the 325th Reconnaissance Wing.

On 12 February 2010 Uffe Ellemann-Jensen received the highest accolade of the Republic of Macedonia, the 8th of September Order for his contribution to the strengthening of Danish-Macedonian relations and for promotion of Macedonia in its initial years of independence in the early 1990s.

Out of the 821 entrants in the 2011 competition, Letterkenny came in 8th place overall and received a gold medal for the 9th consecutive year.

" Show Me the Way ", a track written by DeYoung for his son Matthew, received extensive radio play, peaking at # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart ( Styx's 8th top 10 single, and 7th written and sung by DeYoung ) particularly after a number of radio stations mixed it with voice tracks of parents headed off to fight in the first Persian Gulf War.

Petrova is currently playing in her final event of the US Open Series in New Havan at the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis where she received a wild-card to play as the 8th seed.

During Taylor's senior year ( 2003 – 2004 ), her UCSB Gaucho squad received their 8th consecutive Big West Conference Title with a 27 – 7 record and won the Big West Tournament, in which Taylor won her third consecutive MVP award.

Since 1998, the show has taped at the MTI Studios on the 8th Floor at 401 Fifth Avenue, where the courtroom received a makeover in 1998.