August 8

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013) ; Richard Anderson–89 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–83 Donald P. Bellisario–80 Dustin Hoffman–78 Concetta Ingolia("Connie Stevens")–77 Larry Wilcox–68 Keith Carradine–66 Donald Most–62 Joshua "J.C." Chasez–39 ; 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph ; 1974 – Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.