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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 8 August.

1. Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory
2. Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
3. 1st known ascent in a hot-air balloon by Father Bartolomeu de Gusmao of Portugal (indoors!)
4. Peace negotiations begin in Ghent Belgium
5. Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
6. Red Cross Anniversary
7. 1st Davis Cup tennis matches held in Boston
8. Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game 73 minutes
9. Salem Oregon airport dedicated
10. Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River begins producing power
11. Battle of Britain began as Germany launched air attacks
12. Great Train Robbery in England
13. Yanks sign a 30 year lease with NY City
14. US launches Pioneer Venus probe
15. LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open

These famous people were born on 8 August.

1. 1763 - Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
2. 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
3. 1884 - Sara Teasdale, poet
4. 1902 - Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist
5. 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice
6. 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, Actress
7. 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, designer of 1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt
8. 1923 - Esther Williams, Actress, swimmer in Inglewood Cal
9. 1927 - Jim Weaver, (D-rep-Ore)
10. 1930 - Andy Warhol, artist, movie producer
11. 1932 - Mel Tillis, singer
12. 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, (Graduate, Death of a Salesman) LA
13. 1938 - Connie Stevens, Bkln
14. 1948 - Svetlana Y. Savitskaya, 2nd woman in space (Soyuz T-7, T-12)