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2018

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces that a new award category will be introduced at the Oscars: Best Popular Film.

2008

The IXXXth Olympic Games begin in Beijing, China.

1992

Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffers second- and third-degree burns in a pyrotechnic explosion during a concert at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

The original “Dream Team”—composed of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scotty Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing—wins the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics.

1974

U.S. President Richard Nixon announced on television that he would submit his resignation the following day at noon.

1966

Dr. Michael DeBakey implants the first artificial heart in a patient.

1955

Fidel Castro forms the “July 26 Movement,” a revolutionary organization.

1929

The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins its round-the-world flight.

1900

The first Davis Cup tennis tournament takes place in Boston between Great Britain and the United States.

1899

The refrigerator is invented by A.T. Marshall.

1641

Jeanne Mance arrives in New France. The following spring, she will found Ville-Marie and, later, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.

It happened on… August 8

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