Event:
The Pentagon will furlough 650,000 civilian employees without pay for six days this year after receiving warnings that mandatory budget cuts might idle defense workers for a longer period of time
More Notable Events on August 8:
1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter
1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight
1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva
