On this day: August 8
POSTED: 03:25 PM PDT Aug 06, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Aug 07, 2012
Napoleon goes into exile, Wrigley gets lights, the "Dream Team" clinches gold in Barcelona and the United States' debt rating takes a hit, all on this day.
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1900: The first Davis Cup tennis series begins in Boston. The tournament is named after Dwight F. Davis, a Harvard tennis player who plays in the first tournament and bought the original sterling silver trophy with $1,000 of his own money. The U.S. team defeats Great Britain three matches to zero.
