August 8

Happy Birthday RIP Esther Williams(1921–2013) ; Richard Anderson–90 Lonnie Melvin Tillis–84 Donald P. Bellisario–81 Dustin Hoffman–79 Concetta Ingolia("Connie Stevens")–78 Larry Wilcox–69 Keith Carradine–67 Donald Most–63 Joshua "J.C." Chasez–40 ; 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