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Notable Historical Events for August 8th

1990Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher

1990Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp

1974US President Richard Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9

198264th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa

2004John Elway is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

1609Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope

1579Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory

1844Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following the death of Joseph Smith

1876Thomas Edison patents mimeograph

1968Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Richard Nixon for president

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Notable Birthdays on August 8th

1981Roger Federer, Basel Switzerland, tennis player (17 grand slams)

1937Dustin Hoffman, LA, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer)

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Notable Weddings on August 8th

1778Naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (34) weds Marie Anne Rosalie Delaporte

1925China's Premier Zhou Enlai (27) weds Deng Yingchao (21) in Guangzhou

1942Journalist Ben Bradlee (20) weds Jean Saltonstall

1996NBA Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon (33) weds Dalia Asafi (18) in Houston, Texas

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Notable Divorces on August 8th

1968Actor Jack Nicholson (31) divorces Sandra Knight (28) after 6 years of marriage

1946Esta Krakower divorces mobster Bugsy Siegel (40) after 17 years of marriage

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Notable Deaths on August 8th

2010Patricia Neal, American actress, dies at 84

1965Shirley Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45

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