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August 8, 1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox August 8, 1995 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning August 8, 1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40) August 8, 1993 Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt August 8, 1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed August 8, 1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas August 8, 1992 Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR August 8, 1991 Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor August 8, 1991 Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge August 8, 1991 Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy August 8, 1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) August 8, 1990 Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) August 8, 1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher August 8, 1990 Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province August 8, 1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp August 8, 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-28 launched August 8, 1988 Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed August 8, 1988 9th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player August 8, 1988 Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty August 8, 1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl August 8, 1988 Goose Gossage registers 300th career save August 8, 1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar August 8, 1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season August 8, 1988 Matt Biondi swims U.S. record 200m freestyle (1:47.72) August 8, 1988 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year and beat Cleveland 6-2 August 8, 1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years August 8, 1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war August 8, 1988 Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia August 8, 1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola August 8, 1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City August 8, 1988 Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 August 8, 1987 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game August 8, 1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait August 8, 1987 Pakistan all out 708 vs. England at The Oval, Botham 3-217 August 8, 1986 Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets and Dwyer-Orioles) August 8, 1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 August 8, 1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet August 8, 1984 "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 204 performances August 8, 1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer August 8, 1984 Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends August 8, 1983 Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela August 8, 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) August 8, 1983 Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees August 8, 1982 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa August 8, 1982 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic August 8, 1980 LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open August 8, 1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents August 8, 1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus August 8, 1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi August 8, 1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's) August 8, 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts August 8, 1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 August 8, 1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!) August 8, 1972 New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium August 8, 1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 8, 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open August 8, 1970 New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) August 8, 1968 Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos August 8, 1968 Race riot in Miami, Florida August 8, 1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres August 8, 1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) August 8, 1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) August 8, 1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open August 8, 1965 Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation August 8, 1964 "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 330 performances August 8, 1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam August 8, 1964 Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert August 8, 1963 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene August 8, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs August 8, 1963 Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ August 8, 1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario August 8, 1961 Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ August 8, 1960 "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1 August 8, 1957 U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid August 8, 1956 Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium August 8, 1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins August 8, 1955 Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement" August 8, 1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy August 8, 1953 Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb August 8, 1953 U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact August 8, 1952 Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea August 8, 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open August 8, 1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy August 8, 1948 "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances August 8, 1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles August 8, 1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million August 8, 1945 England and Aust Services draw 4th Victory Test August 8, 1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter August 8, 1945 U.S., U.S.S.R., England and France sign Treaty of London August 8, 1945 U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II August 8, 1945 U.S.S.R. establishes a communist government in North Korea August 8, 1944 Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan August 8, 1944 Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family August 8, 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans August 8, 1943 Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec August 8, 1943 U.S. amphibians land at St. Agata on North coast of Sicily August 8, 1943 Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland August 8, 1942 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein August 8, 1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C. August 8, 1942 Dianthus sinks U-379 August 8, 1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko August 8, 1941 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman August 8, 1940 31 German aircraft shot down over England August 8, 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks August 8, 1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power August 8, 1931 Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0 August 8, 1930 St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant August 8, 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight August 8, 1929 Salem, Oregon airport dedicated August 8, 1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. August 8, 1924 British-Russian trade agreement signed August 8, 1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terror August 8, 1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) August 8, 1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes August 8, 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence August 8, 1918 Canada/Australian/British breakthrough with 600 tanks at Amiens August 8, 1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road August 8, 1914 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance" August 8, 1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas August 8, 1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany August 8, 1913 Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia August 8, 1903 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) August 8, 1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game August 8, 1902 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2) August 8, 1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later August 8, 1890 Daughters of American Revolution organizes August 8, 1876 Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m August 8, 1876 Thomas Edison patents mimeograph August 8, 1870 Magic (U.S.) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup August 8, 1868 Quake destroyes Arica, Chile August 8, 1864 Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth August 8, 1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva August 8, 1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama August 8, 1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City August 8, 1854 Smith and Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges August 8, 1853 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan August 8, 1844 Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death August 8, 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony August 8, 1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army August 8, 1829 French government of De Polignac forms August 8, 1816 Bavarian joins Saint Alliance August 8, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena August 8, 1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium August 8, 1809 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine) August 8, 1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members August 8, 1788 King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together August 8, 1786 Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money August 8, 1786 Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc August 8, 1758 British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg August 8, 1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) August 8, 1700 Denmark and Sweden sign peace treaty August 8, 1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City August 8, 1619 Duke Maximilian I and Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen August 8, 1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope August 8, 1588 Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada August 8, 1585 Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) August 8, 1579 Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory August 8, 1570 Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots August 8, 1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium August 8, 1549 France declares war on England August 8, 1502 Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor August 8, 1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect August 8, 936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned August 8, 870 Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans August 8, 70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans |