August 8
1588 - English forces attacked the Spanish Armada, permanently crippling Spain's "invincible" fleet.
1786 - Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first to climb Mont Blanc in the Alps.
1814 - During the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile.
1876 - Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph.
1911 - President William Howard Taft signed a measure raising the number of U.S. representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next Congress, with a proviso to add two more when New Mexico and Arizona became states.
1942 - During World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S. were executed in Washington, D.C.; two others who cooperated with authorities were spared.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman signed the U.S. instrument of ratification for the United Nations Charter.
1945 - The Soviet Union declared war on Japan during World War II.
1953 - The United States and South Korea initialed a mutual security pact.
1963 - In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
1969 - Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
1973 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew branded as "damned lies" reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing.
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he would resign from office the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
1994 - Israel and Jordan opened the first road link between the once-warring countries.
2000 - The wreckage of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which sank in 1864 after attacking the Union ship Housatonic, was recovered off the South Carolina coast and returned to port.
2009 - Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice.
2018 - The United States announced that it would impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain.
2018 - A Montana coroner said the death of "Superman" actor Margot Kidder had been ruled a suicide from a drug and alcohol overdose.
2022 - Former President Donald Trump said the FBI conducted a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate as the Justice Department investigated the discovery of boxes of records containing classified information that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump's presidency ended.
2022 - The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Birthdays
22 - Aubrey Miller (actress)
22 - Faith Schroder (actress)
25 - Shawn Mendes (singer)
25 - Peyton List (actress)
27 - Dani Dyer (actress)
30 - Jen Selter (model)
34 - Anthony Rizzo (baseball player)
34 - Ken Baumann (actor)
36 - Katie Leung (actress)
39 - Jackie Cruz (actress)
42 - Meagan Good (actress)
42 - Roger Federer (tennis player)
43 - Michael Urie (actor)
43 - Shayna Baszler (MMA fighter/professional wrestler)
45 - Countess Vaughn (actress)
46 - Lindsay Sloane (actress)
46 - Marsha Ambrosius (singer)
47 - Drew Lachey (singer)
47 - Tawny Cypress (actress)
47 - JC Chasez (singer)
50 - Mark Wills (singer)
55 - Suzy Favor Hamilton (runner)
70 - Donny Most (actor)
71 - Robin Quivers (TV/Radio personality)
74 - Keith Carradine (actor)
76 - Larry Wilcox (actor)
85 - Connie Stevens (actress)
86 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
93 - Nita Talbot (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 8
1900 - The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1903 - Joe McGinnity (New York) pitched two complete games in one day. He won 6-1 and 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1920 - Howard Ehmke (Detroit Tigers) set an American League record when he defeated the New York Yankees 1-0 in 1 hour and 13 minutes.
1970 - The New York Yankees retire Casey Stengel's #37.
1972 - The New York Yankees signed a 30-year lease with the City of New York which called for Yankee Stadium to be completely modernized in time for the 1976 season.
1982 - Doug DeCinces hit three home runs against the California Angels. He had hit three home runs against Minnesota five days earlier.
1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics as the U.S. men's basketball team beat Croatia 117-85. The "Dream Team," considered by many to be the greatest team ever assembled, consisted of Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and John Stockton and was coached by Chuck Daly, P.J. Carlesimo, Mike Krzyzewski and Lenny Wilkens.
1998 - Paul Molitor (Minnesota Twins) stole his 500th career base.
2002 - Major league baseball players and owners agreed to a $100,000 increase in baseball's minimum salary. The minimum was set at $300,000 starting in 2003.
2004 - Quarterback John Elway is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2005 - It was announced that Wayne Gretzky would be the next head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.
2008 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
2021 - The U.S. women's basketball team won its record seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan in the championship game of the Summer Games in Tokyo; Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each collect their fifth Olympic gold medals of their careers.
1588 - English forces attacked the Spanish Armada, permanently crippling Spain's "invincible" fleet.
1786 - Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first to climb Mont Blanc in the Alps.
1814 - During the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium.
1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile.
1876 - Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph.
1911 - President William Howard Taft signed a measure raising the number of U.S. representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next Congress, with a proviso to add two more when New Mexico and Arizona became states.
1942 - During World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S. were executed in Washington, D.C.; two others who cooperated with authorities were spared.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman signed the U.S. instrument of ratification for the United Nations Charter.
1945 - The Soviet Union declared war on Japan during World War II.
1953 - The United States and South Korea initialed a mutual security pact.
1963 - In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
1969 - Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
1973 - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew branded as "damned lies" reports he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to resign — which he ended up doing.
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he would resign from office the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
1994 - Israel and Jordan opened the first road link between the once-warring countries.
2000 - The wreckage of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which sank in 1864 after attacking the Union ship Housatonic, was recovered off the South Carolina coast and returned to port.
2009 - Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice.
2018 - The United States announced that it would impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain.
2018 - A Montana coroner said the death of "Superman" actor Margot Kidder had been ruled a suicide from a drug and alcohol overdose.
2022 - Former President Donald Trump said the FBI conducted a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate as the Justice Department investigated the discovery of boxes of records containing classified information that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump's presidency ended.
2022 - The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood were sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Birthdays
22 - Aubrey Miller (actress)
22 - Faith Schroder (actress)
25 - Shawn Mendes (singer)
25 - Peyton List (actress)
27 - Dani Dyer (actress)
30 - Jen Selter (model)
34 - Anthony Rizzo (baseball player)
34 - Ken Baumann (actor)
36 - Katie Leung (actress)
39 - Jackie Cruz (actress)
42 - Meagan Good (actress)
42 - Roger Federer (tennis player)
43 - Michael Urie (actor)
43 - Shayna Baszler (MMA fighter/professional wrestler)
45 - Countess Vaughn (actress)
46 - Lindsay Sloane (actress)
46 - Marsha Ambrosius (singer)
47 - Drew Lachey (singer)
47 - Tawny Cypress (actress)
47 - JC Chasez (singer)
50 - Mark Wills (singer)
55 - Suzy Favor Hamilton (runner)
70 - Donny Most (actor)
71 - Robin Quivers (TV/Radio personality)
74 - Keith Carradine (actor)
76 - Larry Wilcox (actor)
85 - Connie Stevens (actress)
86 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
93 - Nita Talbot (actress)
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Today in Sports History - August 8
1900 - The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1903 - Joe McGinnity (New York) pitched two complete games in one day. He won 6-1 and 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1920 - Howard Ehmke (Detroit Tigers) set an American League record when he defeated the New York Yankees 1-0 in 1 hour and 13 minutes.
1970 - The New York Yankees retire Casey Stengel's #37.
1972 - The New York Yankees signed a 30-year lease with the City of New York which called for Yankee Stadium to be completely modernized in time for the 1976 season.
1982 - Doug DeCinces hit three home runs against the California Angels. He had hit three home runs against Minnesota five days earlier.
1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics as the U.S. men's basketball team beat Croatia 117-85. The "Dream Team," considered by many to be the greatest team ever assembled, consisted of Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and John Stockton and was coached by Chuck Daly, P.J. Carlesimo, Mike Krzyzewski and Lenny Wilkens.
1998 - Paul Molitor (Minnesota Twins) stole his 500th career base.
2002 - Major league baseball players and owners agreed to a $100,000 increase in baseball's minimum salary. The minimum was set at $300,000 starting in 2003.
2004 - Quarterback John Elway is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2005 - It was announced that Wayne Gretzky would be the next head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.
2008 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
2021 - The U.S. women's basketball team won its record seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan in the championship game of the Summer Games in Tokyo; Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each collect their fifth Olympic gold medals of their careers.
