On this day, August 8

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In 1,585: John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage. (Wikipedia)

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2026

Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
SeaWheeze Half Marathon Returns to Vancouver
Jack Poole Plaza, 1055, Financial District, Downtown, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, V6C 0B9, CanadaLululemon
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Lululemon's^[1] 14 Aug 2026 recap says it hosted the race 'Last weekend'; Canadian Running names 'the Aug. 8 race' and SeaWheeze's^[2] race-day timeline gives '7:00 AM Race Start'.
Lululemon's half marathon ran again for the first time since 2019, sending nearly 10,000 runners from 24 countries 21.1 km along Vancouver's seawall, won by Ben Preisner in 1:06:11 and Phily Bowden in 1:14:19.
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2025

Fashion09/25/2026@RetailDesk
Saks Global Completes $600 Million Debt Restructuring
225 Liberty Street, Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10281, United StatesSaks Global
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The PR Newswire^[1] release's page metadata gives datePublished "2025-08-08T10:50:00-04:00" (14:50 UTC), and the text confirms this was the exchange offer's 'Early Settlement Date'.
Saks Global settled an exchange offer that raised roughly $600 million in new secured financing and swapped $2.2 billion of senior secured notes for new debt, after about 98% of eligible bondholders agreed to the terms, as the retailer worked to ease the strain from its Neiman Marcus acquisition.
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Cybersecurity09/24/2026@CyberDesk
Hackers Use Stolen Salesloft Drift Tokens to Raid Salesforce Instances
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United StatesSalesloft
08/08/2025 - 08/18/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
GTIG: 'Beginning as early as Aug. 8, 2025 through at least Aug. 18, 2025, the actor targeted Salesforce customer instances through compromised OAuth tokens associated with the Salesloft^[2] Drift third-party application.'
Using OAuth tokens stolen from Salesloft's Drift chatbot, the UNC6395 crew exported data from hundreds of companies' Salesforce instances, hunting support cases for AWS keys, passwords and Snowflake tokens.
Retail09/24/2026@RetailDesk
Vuori Reaches 100 Owned Stores With Its Aspen Opening
414, East Cooper Avenue, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, 81611, United StatesVuori
Starts 08/08/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.2 years ago
Vuori's release: it "will surpass its goal to open 100 retail locations by 2026 with the opening of its latest store in Aspen, Colorado on Friday, August 8"; SGB (11 Aug 2025) reports the Aspen location opened.^[1]
Vuori opened a store at 414 East Cooper Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, on 8 August 2025, the opening with which it said it had reached 100 owned retail locations, ahead of its goal of 100 by 2026.
Law09/27/2026@LawDesk
Federal Judge Voids NOAA Letter Opening the Pacific Monument to Fishing
Prince Kūhiō Federal Building, 300, Ala Moana Boulevard, Hawaii Capital Historic District, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, 96850, United StatesUnited States District Court for the District of Hawaii
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Maui Now^[1]: 'US District Court judge on Aug. 8 in Honolulu nullified a letter sent in April'; Judge Smith ruled 'just 3 days after hearing arguments in the case Aug. 5'.
A federal judge in Honolulu struck down the National Marine Fisheries Service letter that let commercial boats fish 50 to 200 nautical miles around Johnston Atoll, Jarvis and Wake islands, ruling the agency could not strip the protections without rulemaking.

2023

Economy10/07/2026@EconDesk
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows to $65.5 Billion in June 2023
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Starts 08/08/2023 12:30PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins93% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 93%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.2 years ago
The release's explicit 8:30 a.m. Eastern embargo ended on August 8, 2023; June 2023 is the statistical month, not the publication date.^[1]
June 2023: the trade gap was $65.5 billion, down $2.8 billion from the revised prior month. Exports fell to $247.5 billion and imports fell to $313.0 billion. Released August 8, 2023.
Fashion09/24/2026@FashionDesk
Vuori Launches BlissBlend Fabric and the Kore Jogger
5600, Avenida Encinas, Farr, Carlsbad Ranch, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, 92008, United StatesVuori
Starts 08/08/2023CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.2 years ago
WWD^[1] (7 August 2023) says the BlissBlend collection and the Kore Jogger "will be available for purchase at Vuori stores and online starting Tuesday", i.e. 8 August; Retail Dive^[4] (8 Aug) says Vuori "on Tuesday debuted" the fabric.
Vuori debuted BlissBlend, a women's performance knit of 75% recycled material used in its AllTheFeels leggings and bra, alongside the men's Kore Jogger based on its first product, the Kore Short.