Daily Almanac: August 8, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:51 a.m.
SET: 8:55 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 82 °F
LOW: 63 °F

Today is…:
• International Cat Day
• The Date To Create
• National Frozen Custard Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1974 President Richard Nixon Resigns. In an evening televised address on August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign. With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House.
• 1975 The term “Global Warming” appears for the first time in print. The term “global warming” appears for the first time in print on August 8, 1975, with the publication of Wallace Smith Broecker’s paper “Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?” in the journal Science.
• 1945 Soviet Union declares war against Japan. On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the 700,000-strong Japanese army.

Births On This Day:

• 1937 Dustin Hoffman

American actor

• 1902 Paul Dirac

English physicist

Deaths On This Day:

• 2010 Patricia Neal

American Actress
• 1965 Shirley Jackson

American Authour