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Dollar / Telescope / United Nations / Night Games

On This Day (August 8): Your quick daily trip back in time.

Fatih Taskiran
August 08, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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Good morning. It's —Happy—Friday, Aug. 8, and we're discovering about the dollar becoming a monetary unit, the beginning of the Hundred Days Offensive, Galilei's telescope, N.W.A.'s hip-hop revolution, and much more.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1509

The Vijayanagara Empire in southern India is revitalized with the crowning of Krishnadevaraya.

-1609

The Venetian Senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.

-1786

Continental Congress unanimously chose the dollar as the nation's monetary unit.

-1918

The Battle of Amiens started the Allied offensive operations on the Western Front during World War I.

-1945

The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria the next day in World War II.

-1945

President Harry S. Truman signed the United Nations Charter, and the United States became the first nation to ratify it.

-1974

U.S. President Nixon announces he will resign at noon the following day.

-1988

Eight years of war between Iran and Iraq ended with a ceasefire.

-1988

N.W.A.-"Niggaz With Attitude" launch their debut album, Straight Outta Compton. The triple platinum recording revolutionized hip-hop, introducing hard-edged, profane "gangsta" rap to a wider audience.