Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On the auspicious date of 8-8-08, China unveiled a four-hour opening spectacle that announced its arrival on the world stage.
Cornered by the Watergate scandal, Nixon went on live television to become the only US president ever to quit the office.
In the dark hours of August 8, 1963, a 15-man gang stopped a Royal Mail train and made off with a then-record fortune in used banknotes.
In 1786 two Chamonix men cracked the Alps' highest peak, lighting the spark that would ignite modern mountaineering.
