THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 8
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Zucchini Day and National Frozen Yogurt Day
1786 U.S. Congress adopted the silver dollar and decimal system of money
1854 Smith & Wesson patented metal bullet cartridges
1876 Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph
1899 The refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall
1911 The one millionth patent was filed in the U.S.
1921 Actress/swimmer Esther Williams was born
1937 Actor Dustin Hoffman was born – “The Graduate”
1937 The Japanese army occupied Beijing , China
1942 Six convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in the U.S.
1945 President Truman signed the United Nations Charter
1963 The “Great Train Robbery” in England
1966 South African Broadcasting banned the Beatles
1966 The first heart pump was given to a patient by Dr. DeBakey
1969 Sharon Tate and four other people were murdered by Charles Manson and his followers
1974 President Nixon announced he would resign from office
1990 Iraq Kuwait
2000 Confederate sub, H.L. Hunley, was raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor
2001 Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise were divorced
SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 8
2009 Albert Pujols gets his 100th RBI – 9th straight season of his career
2004 Tim Wakefield of Boston
2003 Eric Gagne sets MLB record with his 39th straight save to start the season
2002 John Smoltz gets his 40th save of the season – fastest ever to reach that mark
2000 Cubs pitcher Phil Norton makes his MLB debut – gave up 4 HRs in the 4th inning – 1st Cub in 124 year history of the organization to do so
1998 Paul Molitor gets his 500th steal – only 6th player in history to have 500 steals and 3,000 hits
1997 Seattle
1996 Darryl Strawberry hits his 5th HR in last 9 at bats
1992 NBA’s Dream Team wins Olympic Gold
1991 In a 14 inning game, Detroit
1990 Baltimore Oakland
1988 The Twins get their 2nd triple play of the season
1984 Carl Lewis wins his 3rd gold medal at the Olympics
1984 Milwaukee
1979 A’s Matt Keough loses to California
1973 Red Sox Orlando Cepeda ties MLB record with 4 doubles in the game
1955 Don Newcombe of the Dodgers loses o the Cubs 1-0 – his record now is 18-2 – both losses to Cubs
1954 Dodgers score 13 runs in the 8th – 12 unearned and 12 with 2 outs and no one on base
1922 Pirates set a record with 46 hits in a double header
1900 The first Davis Cup tennis matches are held – Boston
#1 SONGS on AUGUST 8
1962 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sadaka
1964 A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
1965 I’m Henry VIII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits
1967 Light My Fire – The Doors
1968 Hello, I Love You – The Doors
1969 In the Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
1970 (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
1971 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees
1972 Alone Again Naturally – Gilbert O’ Sullivan
1973 The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
1975 Jive Talkin’ – The Bee Gees
1976 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
1977 I Just Want to Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978 Three Times a Lady – The Commodores
1979 Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1980 Magic – Olivia Newton-John
1981 Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Every Breathe You Take – The Police
1984 Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
1985 Shout – Tears for Fears
1986 Glory of Love – Peter Cetera
1987 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
1990 Vision of Love – Mariah Carey
1991 Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams
1992 This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna
1993 Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40
1995 Waterfalls – TLC
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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