Highlights of this day in history: President Richard Nixon says he'll resign; Thieves stage Britain's 'Great Train Robbery'; Nazi saboteurs in the U.S. executed during World War II; Mexico's Emiliano Zapata and actor Dustin Hoffman born. (Aug. 8)
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