On this day: August 8

POSTED: 4:25 PM Aug 06 2012   UPDATED: 12:00 AM Aug 08 2012
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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.

OTD August 8 - Napoleon Saint Helene
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1815: Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St. Helena in the south Atlantic Ocean more than 11,000 miles off the west coast of Africa. He would spend the rest of his life in exile before dying in 1821.



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