Event:
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
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
