August 8th, US President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of Watergate scandal

1786- The arrival of traveler Jean Palma to the top of the Alps.

1815 _ Napoleon Bonaparte leaves France to his exile in Saint Helena.

1918- Protests in Japan named “Rice Riots”.

1945- The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.

1953- The Soviet Union declares that it has a hydrogen bomb.

1974- US President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Born Today:

1902- British physicist Paul Dirac.

1937- American actor Dustin Hoffman.

Passed away:

1827- British Prime Minister George Canning.

1977- British doctor and Nobel Prize Laureate Edgar Adrian.

Occasions:

Father’s Day in Taiwan.

R.J/Mazen

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