Event:
Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned)
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