August 8th, this day in history

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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.