It’s been a long time since my last post about some Geek Trivia and since this is the triple eight dates which some Chinese say is a lucky day on almost everything, the wedding bell is a non-stop sounds ringing on your ears the whole day today why not make some eight (8) trivia that happen on this day, August 8.

So let’s bring back some memory and let’s back to the future.

Here is the Top Eight:

8. Aug. 8, 1876: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

7. Aug. 8, 1908: Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It’s the wright Brother’s first public flight and the French public goes wild.

6. Aug. 8, 1947: Pakistan National Flags is approved.

5. Aug. 8, 1949, Bhutan becomes independent.

4. Aug. 8, 1963, Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.

3. Aug. 8, 1991, John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released.

2. Aug. 8, 2008, The start of 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China.

1. Aug. 8, 1969 the cover photo is taken for the Beatle’s Abbey Road.

Beatles Abbey Road