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A bit of August 8th history…
1609 - Venetian Senate examines Galileo’s telescope
1786 - US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as monetary unit for USA (pictured)
1815 - Napolean Bonaparte sets sail for St Helena, where he spends the rest of his life in exile
1898 - Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes
1945 - US, USSR, Britain, and France sign Treaty of London which sets down procedures for the Nuremberg War Trials of Nazi leaders
1975 - As a result of rainfall from Typhoon Nina, the Banqiao Dam in China fails, causing the collapse of almost 6 million buildings and 229,000 deaths
1992 - The original US ‘Dream Team’ wins basketball gold at Barcelona Olympics
2017 - Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix
Today In History: August 08