What Happened on this Date in history – August 8th
1900—First Davis Cup tennis match held in Boston
1940 – Battle of Britain begins with German air attacks
1945 – Truman signs the United Nations Charter
1963 – Great Train robbery in England
1974 – Nixon announces his resignation
1978 – US launches Pioneer Venus probe
2009 – Sonia Sotomayor sworn in as Associate justice of the Supreme Court