8th of Ramadan
AH 83 (702): Jafar Al-Sadig is born. He was a polymath: an astronomer, alchemist, Imam, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, writer, philosopher, physician, physicist and scientist. He was also the teacher of the famous chemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber), and of Abu Hanifa, the founder of the Sunni Madh'hab
AH 1315 (1898 AD): The female magazine 'Anees Al-Jalees' is issued in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandra Mitadi headed the wide-reaching magazine, which only lasted 10 years
AH 1425 (2004 AD): Cleric Abbas Al-Sisi dies. Al-sisi was one of the prominent advocators of Islam, and a pupil of Hassan Al-Bana, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement