08-08-2007, 04:58 AM
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August 8th
1844 ~ Brigham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons following the killing of Joseph Smith.
1879 ~ Birthday of Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary.
1902 ~ Birthday of P.A.M. Dirac, Physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1933.
1937 ~ Birthday of Dustin Hoffman, Actor (The Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs. Kramer).
1945 ~ The U.S. ratified the United Nations Charter.
1963 ~ Britain's ''Great Train Robbery'' took place when thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes.
1966 ~ The Beatles' released “Revolver”
1974 ~ U.S. President Nixon announced his resignation effective August 9.
1988 ~ U.N. Secretary-General Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq.
1996 ~ Death of Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine.
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