Croton Blog: Historically Speaking of August 8th

Today is the 220th day of the year – there are 145 days remaining in 2006

Notable events from this date:

• 1988 - Chicago’s Wrigley Field installs lights but tonight’s 1st ever night game is rained out
• 1974 - President Richard M. Nixon becomes first president in American history to resign
• 1970 - The NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel and retire his number 37
• 1945 - President Harry Truman signs the United Nations Charter
• 1945 - The U.S. drops its second atomic bomb on Japan, this time on Nagasaki
• 1863 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee sends his resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis – Davis refuses it
• 1786 - Mont Blanc in Switzerland is climbed for the 1st time by Balmat and Paccard

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