August 8 Mark the Calendar

August 8 Mark the Calendar:

1953. Dr. Sam Beckett born in Elk Eidge, IN.
--Donald Bellisario: Quantum Leap.

Nazis sink a British troop ship.
--Robert D Andrews: Sherlock Holmes & The Voice Of Terror.

Prince Andrei's regiment retreats past Bald Hills.
--Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

(Famous) opening line:

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.