August 8th, this day in history  

I am continuing my day of history posts each day, perhaps you might find some of them interesting. So throughout the years on August 8th, these events have happened:
1588- English forces attacked the Spanish Armada, permanently crippling Spain's "invincible" fleet.
1815- Napoleon Bonaparte went to St. Helena to live the rest of his days in exile
1899- The refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall
1945- President Harry S. Truman signed the United Nations Charter,
Also in 1945 The Soviet Union declared war against Japan in WWII
1968- Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president
1969- Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family"
1974- President Richard Nixon announced he would resign after the uncovering of the Watergate Scandal
1978- The United States launched Pioneer Venus II, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus
1988- U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq
I hope you enjoyed these historical facts! I'll post more tomorrow. Thanks for checking them out.