TV actor Jimmy Jean Louis

Events in 1968 and 8-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Jimmy Jean Louis

• North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
• North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War (Jan.-Feb.).
• American soldiers massacre 347 civilians at My Lai (March 16). Background: Vietnam War
• Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime (Aug. 20).

Birthday Jimmy Jean Louis (8-8) in history

• Day 8-8 year 1588: British naval forces attacked the Armada fleet, permanently crippling the "invincible" Spanish fleet.
• Day 8-8 year 1786: Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first people to climb Mont Blanc.
• Day 8-8 year 1876: Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
• Day 8-8 year 1900: The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
• Day 8-8 year 1963: In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
• Day 8-8 year 1969: Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
• Day 8-8 year 1974: President Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
• Day 8-8 year 2008: The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.