Is there any Meaning behind the number 8 ?

Question

Need Ideas for a Birthday happening on 8-8-08?

My daughter is turning 23 years old, on

8-8-08

she wants to do something or throw a party that "relates" to the 8 aspect of the date.

Any Ideas ?

This would be with a group of friends in the same age group. or something really cool like

skydiving with a few select friends.

What activity ( if any) relate to 8-8-08 ?

Thanks

Answer 1

Skydiving? do you want eight friend being death on 08-08-08?

Better to go a bowling alley, and play eight times each.

Ideas:

There is a brand of chocolates filled with peppermint-flavoured cream called "After Eight", referring to the time 8 p.m.

V8 juice

Decorate everything with octogones, or 8 point stars

Make all tables for 8 people

Answer 2

L'chiam  ( ת)   means "to life" in Hebrew.  It also is the number 8 in Hebrew.  Jews will tithe in multiples of eight.

Answer 3

1220 - Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.

1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.

1576 - The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.

1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage.

1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - The naval engagement ends, thus ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.

1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.

1647 - The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.

1786 - Mont Blanc on the French- Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.

1793 - The insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution.

1794 - Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.

1810 - Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi.

1839 - Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.

1844 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church).

1863 - American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).

1863 - American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Gov. Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.

1870 - The Republic of Ploieşti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It's the Wright Brothers' first public flight and the French public goes wild.

1910 - The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.

1911 - The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.

1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.

1918 - World War I: Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines.

1929 - The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.

1931 - Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam

1938 - The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.

1940 - "Aufbau Ost" directive was signed by Wilhelm Keitel.

1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed.

1942 - Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India

1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.

1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.

1946 - First flight of the Convair B-36.

1947 - Pakistan's National Flag is approved.

1949 - Bhutan becomes independent.

1960 - South Kasai secedes from the Congo.

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

1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.

1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.

1973 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland.

1973 - Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

1974 - Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.

1980 - The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurred in Ireland.

1986 - Altaf Hussain's address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM.

1988 - The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.

1988 - The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games. (The game, against the Philadelphia Phillies, is rained out after three-and-a-half innings.)

1989 - Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.

1990 - Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.

1991 - Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built

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

2000 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.

2007 - An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.

1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor born

Answer 4

There is a lot of meaning for the Asian culture and the color red. check out the web page and happenings around the world on 08-08-08, maybe an idea will pop into your head...oriental resturaunt...red ballons, red candles, red streamers....Mmmm, the possibilities...red parachutes....mmmm