TODAY, AUG. 08, 2020

On this day...

1609-Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope

1876-Thomas Edison patents mimeograph

1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence

1945-President Harry S. Truman signs UN Charter

1945-USSR declares war against Japan in WWII

1945-USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea

1949-Bhutan, land of the Dragon, became an independent monarchy

1953-U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact

1955-Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy

1988-Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years

1988-Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war

1989-U.S. space shuttle STS-28 launched

1991-Shite Muslims release British hostage John McCarthy