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.
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 machine.
1908 - Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers’ first public flying demonstration, at Le Mans racecourse in France.
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.
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 director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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 first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court and just the third female member of the high court.
2022 - FBI agents executed a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar al Lago in Palm Beach, Florida; over 13,000 government documents, including 103 classified documents, were seized.
2023 - A series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the town of Lahaina and killing more than 100 people.
Birthdays
23 - Aubrey Miller (actress)
23 - Bebe Wood (actress)
25 - Elys Hutchinson (reality star)
26 - Shawn Mendes (singer)
28 - Dani Dyer (actress)
28 - A'ja Wilson (basketball player)
35 - Anthony Rizzo (baseball player)
35 - Ken Baumann (actor)
36 - Princess Beatrice (member of British royal family)
37 - Katie Leung (actress)
40 - Jackie Cruz (actress)
43 - Meagan Good (actress)
43 - Roger Federer (tennis player)
44 - Michael Urie (actor)
44 - Shayna Baszler (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
46 - Countess Vaughn (actress)
47 - Lindsay Sloane (actress)
47 - Marsha Ambrosius (singer)
48 - Drew Lachey (singer)
48 - Tawny Cypress (actress)
48 - JC Chasez (singer)
51 - Mark Wills (singer)
56 - Suzy Favor Hamilton (distance runner)
63 - The Edge (musician)
66 - Deborah Norville (TV personality)
71 - Donny Most (actor)
72 - Robin Quivers (radio/TV personality)
75 - Keith Carradine (actor)
77 - Larry Wilcox (actor)
86 - Connie Stevens (actress)
87 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
94 - 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. (The U.S. would win the inaugural event over Great Britain three matches to none.)
1903 - Joe McGinnity (New York Giants) 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.
1988 - Chicago’s Wrigley Field hosted its first-ever night baseball game; the contest between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies would be rained out in the fourth inning.
1990 - Pete Rose begins a five-month prison term at Marion (Illinois) Federal Prison Camp for filing false income tax returns.
1992 - The United States men's basketball team (The "Dream Team") won the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics with a 117-85 win over Croatia.
1997 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson records 19 strikeouts in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
1999 - Wade Boggs recorded his 3,000th career hit.
2002 - MLB owners and players agreed to a $100,000 increase in the league's minimum salary, raising it to $300,000 starting in 2003.
2005 - Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was named head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.
2008 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
2021 - The U.S. women's basketball team wins a record seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan at the Tokyo Summer Games. Guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their fifth career Olympic gold.
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.
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 machine.
1908 - Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers’ first public flying demonstration, at Le Mans racecourse in France.
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.
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 director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
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 first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court and just the third female member of the high court.
2022 - FBI agents executed a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar al Lago in Palm Beach, Florida; over 13,000 government documents, including 103 classified documents, were seized.
2023 - A series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the town of Lahaina and killing more than 100 people.
Birthdays
23 - Aubrey Miller (actress)
23 - Bebe Wood (actress)
25 - Elys Hutchinson (reality star)
26 - Shawn Mendes (singer)
28 - Dani Dyer (actress)
28 - A'ja Wilson (basketball player)
35 - Anthony Rizzo (baseball player)
35 - Ken Baumann (actor)
36 - Princess Beatrice (member of British royal family)
37 - Katie Leung (actress)
40 - Jackie Cruz (actress)
43 - Meagan Good (actress)
43 - Roger Federer (tennis player)
44 - Michael Urie (actor)
44 - Shayna Baszler (professional wrestler/MMA fighter)
46 - Countess Vaughn (actress)
47 - Lindsay Sloane (actress)
47 - Marsha Ambrosius (singer)
48 - Drew Lachey (singer)
48 - Tawny Cypress (actress)
48 - JC Chasez (singer)
51 - Mark Wills (singer)
56 - Suzy Favor Hamilton (distance runner)
63 - The Edge (musician)
66 - Deborah Norville (TV personality)
71 - Donny Most (actor)
72 - Robin Quivers (radio/TV personality)
75 - Keith Carradine (actor)
77 - Larry Wilcox (actor)
86 - Connie Stevens (actress)
87 - Dustin Hoffman (actor)
94 - 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. (The U.S. would win the inaugural event over Great Britain three matches to none.)
1903 - Joe McGinnity (New York Giants) 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.
1988 - Chicago’s Wrigley Field hosted its first-ever night baseball game; the contest between the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies would be rained out in the fourth inning.
1990 - Pete Rose begins a five-month prison term at Marion (Illinois) Federal Prison Camp for filing false income tax returns.
1992 - The United States men's basketball team (The "Dream Team") won the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics with a 117-85 win over Croatia.
1997 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson records 19 strikeouts in a game against the Chicago White Sox.
1999 - Wade Boggs recorded his 3,000th career hit.
2002 - MLB owners and players agreed to a $100,000 increase in the league's minimum salary, raising it to $300,000 starting in 2003.
2005 - Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was named head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.
2008 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
2021 - The U.S. women's basketball team wins a record seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan at the Tokyo Summer Games. Guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their fifth career Olympic gold.
