8TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST DOMINIC; SAINTS CYRIACUS, LARGUS,
& SMARAGDUS; ST HORMIDAS THE MARTYR; & THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS." |
| 8TH |
117 |
‘HADRIAN’ BECAME EMPEROR OF ROME FOLLOWING THE
DEATH OF HIS FATHER ‘TRAJAN.’ |
| 8TH |
1709 |
"BARTOLOMEO de GUSMAO" MAKES
THE FIRST KNOWN ASCENT IN A HOT AIR BALLOON; INDOORS. |
| 8TH |
1786 |
"DR. MICHEL-GABRIEL PACCARD," & HIS PORTER,
"JACQUES BALMAT," MAKE THE FIRST ASCENT OF 4,708metre MT BLANC, EUROPES TALLEST
MOUNTAIN. |
| 8TH |
1789 |
THE FIRST POLICE FORCE, "NIGHT
WATCH," IS ESTABLISHED IN THE AUSTRALIAN COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. |
| 8TH |
1851 |
GOLD DISCOVERED IN THE BUNINYONG RANGE, NEAR BALLARAT. |
| 8TH |
1870 |
U.S. YACHT ‘MAGIC’ DEFEATS
ENGLAND’S ‘CAMBRIA’ IN THE 2ND AMERICA’S CUP. |
| 8TH |
1876 |
"THOMAS EDISON" PATENTS THE MIMEOGRAPH. |
| 8TH |
1895 |
55 DIED WHEN SS CATTERTHUN WAS
WRECKED NEAR SEAL ROCKS, NSW. |
| 8TH |
1899 |
IN THE U.S., "A.T. MARSHALL," OF MASSACHUSETTS,
PATENTS THE REFRIGERATOR. |
| 8TH |
1900 |
THE FIRST DAVIS CUP TENNIS COMPETITION
BEGINS IN BROOKLYN. |
| 8TH |
1909 |
"R.S. FALKINER," DEMONSTRATES THE FIRST ELECTRIC
SHEEP SHEARS IN NSW. |
| 8TH |
1940 |
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BEGAN; IT
CONTINUED INTO OCTOBER. |
| 8TH |
1962 |
THE BODY OF ACTRESS "MARILYN MOMROE" IS LAID TO
REST AT WESTWOOD MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, LOS ANGELES. THE HEARSE, WAS A 1960 CADILLAC
ROYALE LANDAULET. |
| 8TH |
1963 |
"RONALD BIGGS" AND OTHERS
TOOK PLACE IN THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY NEAR BLECHLEY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND; 2.5 MILLION
POUNDS WAS STOLEN. |
| 8TH |
1968 |
"JOH BJELKE-PETERSON" BECOMES PREMIER OF
QUEENSLAND. |
| 8TH |
1970 |
SINGER, "JANIS JOPLIN,"
BOUGHT A HEADSTONE FOR THE GRAVE OF BLUES SINGER, "BESSIE SMITH," WHO DIED
26-9-1937. |
| 8TH |
1974 |
U.S. PRESIDENT ‘RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON’ ANNOUNCES
HIS RESIGNATION TO TAKE EFFECT AT NOON ON AUGUST 9th. |
| 8TH |
1976 |
"JOHN ROSELLI" WHO WAS HIRED
BY THE C.I.A. TO KILL "CASTRO," WAS FOUND MURDERED. |
| 8TH |
1984 |
NSW LEGISLATES TO ALLOW FRIDAY NIGHT & SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SHOPPING. |
| 8TH |
1987 |
"LYNNE COX" BECAME THE FIRST
TO SWIM FROM U.S. TO RUSSIA ACROSS BERING STRAIT. |
| 8TH |
1988 |
ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE, THIS IS THE LUCKIEST DATE OF THE
DECADE, BECAUSE (8-8-88) IS A PALINDROME. |
| 8TH |
1991 |
"CARLOS SANTANA" PLEADS
GUILTY TO MARIJUANA POSSESSION. |
| 8TH |
1991 |
ACTOR, "GARY OLDMAN" IS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING. |
| 8TH |
1995 |
"DAVID BEGELMAN," FORMER
PRESIDENT OF MGM IS FOUND DEAD OF A GUNSHOT WOUND IN A LOS ANGELES HOTEL, AT AGED 73. |
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