August 8th in History
August 8th in History
- 1786: Mt Blanc, the tallest mountain in Europe, climbed for the first time
- 1940: Battle of Britain
- 1960: Militray coup in Laos
- 1963: The Great Train Robbery, in which 2.5 million pounds are stolen
- 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as US President, the first to do so
- 1981: US announce plans to produce the neutron bomb
- 1983: Militray coup in Guatemala
August 8th birthdays
- 1901: Ernest Lawrence, US physicist
- 1937: Dustin Hoffman, American actor
