1900<\/strong> – In Boston, the first Davis Cup series began. The U.S. team defeated Great Britain three matches to zero.<\/p>\n 1911<\/strong> – The number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives was established at 435. There was one member of Congress for every 211,877 residents.<\/p>\n 1940<\/strong> – The German Luftwaffe began a series of daylight air raids on Great Britain.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – The United Nations Charter was signed by U.S. President Truman.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – During World War II, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.<\/p>\n 1950<\/strong> – Whataburger opened its restaurant in Corpus Christi, TX.<\/p>\n 1953<\/strong> – The U.S. and South Korea initiated a mutual security pact.<\/p>\n 1956<\/strong> – Japan launched an oil tanker that was 780 feet long and weighed 84,730 tons. It was the largest oil tanker in the world.<\/p>\n 1966<\/strong> – Michael DeBakey became the first surgeon to install an artificial heart pump in a patient.<\/p>\n 1974<\/strong> – U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.<\/p>\n 1978<\/strong> – The U.S. launched Pioneer Venus II<\/i>, which carried scientific probes to study the atmosphere of Venus.<\/p>\n 1988<\/strong> – It was announced that a cease-fire between Iraq and Iran had begun.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – The space shuttle Columbia took off from Cape Canaveral, FL. The trip was said to be a secret five-day military mission.<\/p>\n 1990<\/strong> – American forces began positioning in Saudia Arabia.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – John McCarthy, a British TV producer, was released by his Lebanese kidnappers. He had been held captive for more than five years. A rival group abducted Jerome Leyraud in retaliation and threatened to kill him if any more hostages were released.<\/p>\n 1991<\/strong> – The U.N. Security Council approved North and South Korea for membership.<\/p>\n 1992<\/strong> – The “Dream Team” clinched the gold medal at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beat Croatia 117-85.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – The first road link between Israel and Jordan opened.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – Representatives from China and Taiwan signed a cooperation agreement.<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – Saddam Hussein’s two eldest daughters, their husbands, and several senior army officers defected.<\/p>\n 1999<\/strong> – Wade Boggs (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) got the 3,000th hit of his major league baseball career.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – The submarine H.L. Hunley<\/i> was raised from ocean bottom after 136 years. The sub had been lost during an attack on the U.S.S. Housatonic<\/i> in 1864. The Hunley<\/i> was the first submarine in history to sink a warship.<\/p>\n 2007<\/strong> \u2013 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.<\/p>\n 2008<\/strong> \u2013 A EuroCity express train en route from Krak\u00f3w, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Stud\u00e9nka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.<\/p>\n 2008<\/strong> \u2013 The 29th Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n 2010<\/strong> \u2013 China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.<\/p>\n 2014<\/strong> \u2013 The World Health Organization declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in regards to the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> \u2013 Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.<\/p>\n 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.<\/p>\n History of 8 August 1900 – In Boston, the first Davis Cup series began. 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