It happened on 08/08

It happened on 08/08

08/08 Birthdays

A collection of "famous" people born on 08/08

In 1763 Charles Bullfinch, first US professional architect
In 1865 Matthew A. Henson, a discoverer of the North Pole.
In 1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
In 1884 Sara Teasdale, poet
In 1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author.
In 1902 Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist, here too
In 1907 Benny Carter, jazz musician & composer.
In 1908 Arthur Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice
In 1910 Sylvia Sidney, actress, a link page here
In 1913 Robert Theodore Stafford, VT Senator.
In 1919 Dino DeLaurentis, producer.
In 1922 Rudi Gernreich, designed first women's topless swimsuit and the miniskirt
In 1922 Rory Calhoun
In 1923 Esther Williams, actress, swimmer
In 1927 Jim Weaver, Oregon Representative (D)
In 1927 Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, the Little Rascal with the hair standing up
In 1930 Andy Warhol, artist, movie producer
In 1930 Joan Adams Mondale, wife of Walter.
In 1932 Mel Tillis, singer
In 1937 Dustin Hoffman, actor (Graduate, Death of a Salesman)
In 1938 Connie Stevens (in Brooklyn, NY), actress, singer
In 1938 Vada Pinson
In 1942 James J. Blanchard, former Michigan Governor.
In 1944 Peter Weir, movie director.
In 1947 Jose Cruz.
In 1948 Svetlana Y. Savitskaya, second woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12)
In 1949 Keith Carradine, actor
In 1953 Donny Most
In 1954 Don Asse
In 1956 Maurice Cheeks, guard - Philadelphia 76ers
In 1958 Deborah Norville.
In 1961 The Edge, musicians.
In 1978 Odie, Garfield's sidekick.
In 1988 Princess Beatrice.

Non-"famous" people born on 08/08

08/08 Events

In 1579 Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory.
- also this great site: Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy
In 1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.
- also see the Galileo Project.
In 1709 First known ascent in a hot-air balloon,
- by Father Bartolomeu de Gusmao of Portugal (indoors!).
In 1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium.
In 1829 1st steam-powered locomotive (Stourbridge Lion) operated in US.
In 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony.
In 1844 Brigham Young chosen to head the Mormon church.
In 1860 The Queen of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City, the first queen to visit the United States.
In 1864 Red Cross Anniversary.
In 1876 Mimeograph patented (Edison - Menlo Park, NJ).
In 1876 Thomas Edison received a patent for the mimeograph
- Edison bibliography
In 1882 Snow showers over Lake Michigan (6" on ships).
In 1883 First official visit by a US president to Indians of the West.
In 1900 First Davis Cup tennis matches, held in Boston. The U.S. defeats Britain.
In 1914 Montenegro declared war on Germany.
In 1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes.
In 1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated.
In 1937 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River begins producing power.
In 1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launched air attacks.
In 1940 German Luftwaffe began daylight raids on Britain.
In 1942 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower given command of Allied invasion of N. Africa.
In 1942 Six convicted saboteurs were executed in Washington, D.C.
In 1945 Russia declared war on Japan.
In 1963 Britain's Great Train Robbery: 2.6 million pounds in bank notes stolen.
In 1968 Richard Nixon got Republican Presidential Nomination.
In 1972 Yanks sign a 30 year lease with New York City.
In 1974 Richard Nixon announced resignation.
In 1978 Pioneer Venus probe launched. Split into 5 and explored Venus' atmosphere on Dec 9.
In 1980 LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open.
In 1988 First night game held at Wrigley Field.
Bonza Bottler Day.

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