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Birthday August 08, 1763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect |
Birthday August 08, 1839 General Nelson Miles is born |
Birthday August 08, 1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader |
Birthday August 08, 1879 Emiliano Zapata born |
Birthday August 08, 1884 Sara Teasdale, poet |
Birthday August 08, 1902 Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist |
Birthday August 08, 1908 Arthur Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice |
Birthday August 08, 1910 Sylvia Sidney, Actress |
Birthday August 08, 1922 Rudi Gernreich, designer of 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt |
Birthday August 08, 1923 Esther Williams, Actress, swimmer in Inglewood Cal |
Birthday August 08, 1927 Jim Weaver, (D-rep-Ore) |
Birthday August 08, 1930 Andy Warhol, artist, movie producer |
Birthday August 08, 1932 Mel Tillis, singer |
Birthday August 08, 1937 Dustin Hoffman, (Graduate, Death of a Salesman) LA |
Birthday August 08, 1938 Connie Stevens, Bkln |
Birthday August 08, 1948 Svetlana Y. Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12) |
History August 08, 1579 Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory |
History August 08, 1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope |
History August 08, 1709 1st known ascent in a hot-air balloon by Father Bartolomeu de Gusmao of Portugal (indoors!) |
History August 08, 1775 Morgan and Virginians arrive in Cambridge |
History August 08, 1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent Belgium |
History August 08, 1818 Keats returns from walking tour |
History August 08, 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony |
History August 08, 1863 Lee offers resignation |
History August 08, 1864 Red Cross Anniversary |
History August 08, 1900 1st Davis Cup tennis matches held in Boston |
History August 08, 1918 Battle of Amiens |
History August 08, 1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game 73 minutes |
History August 08, 1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated |
History August 08, 1937 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River begins producing power |
History August 08, 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launched air attacks |
History August 08, 1942 German saboteurs executed in Washington |
History August 08, 1945 Soviets declare war on Japan; invade Manchuria |
History August 08, 1945 Truman signs United Nations Charter |
History August 08, 1956 Fire traps 262 miners |
History August 08, 1963 Great Train Robbery in England |
History August 08, 1963 Land Rovers used in famous Great Train Robbery |
History August 08, 1968 Nixon and Agnew receive the Republican Party nomination |
History August 08, 1972 Yanks sign a 30 year lease with NY City |
History August 08, 1973 Vice President Agnew under attack |
History August 08, 1974 Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency |
History August 08, 1974 Nixon resigns |
History August 08, 1978 US launches Pioneer Venus probe |
History August 08, 1980 LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open |
History August 08, 1986 Spike Lee’s first feature, She’s Gotta Have It, premieres |
History August 08, 1988 Lights go on at Wrigley |
History August 08, 1988 Gangsta rap hits the mainstream with the release of N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton |