History for August 8

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Matthew Henson 1866 - Explorer, along with Robert Peary and their Eskimo guide, were the first people to reach the North Pole, Russell Markert 1899, Dino DeLaurentis 1919
   

Dustin Hoffman 1937, Connie Stevens 1938, Donny Most 1953


1844 - After the killing of Joseph Smith on June 27, Bringham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons.


1876 - Thomas Edison received a patent for the mimeograph. The mimeograph was a "method of preparing autographic stencils for printing."


1899 - The refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall.


1940 - The German Luftwaffe began a series of daylight air raids on Great Britain.


1966 - Michael DeBakey became the first surgeon to install an artificial heart pump in a patient.


1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.


1992 - The "Dream Team" clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.


2000 - The submarine H.L. Hunley was raised from ocean bottom after 136 years. The sub had been lost during an attack on the U.S.S. Housatonic in 1864. The Hunley was the first submarine in history to sink a warship.