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July 8
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 189th day of the year (190th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining.
Events
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1099 -
First Crusade: 15,000 starving
Christianity Christian soldiers march in religious procession around
Jerusalem as its
Islam Muslim defenders mock them.
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1283 -
Battle of Malta
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1497 -
Vasco da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to
India.
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1663 -
Charles II of England grants
John Clarke (1609-1676) John Clarke a
Royal Charter to
Rhode Island.
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1680 - The first confirmed
tornado in America kills a servant at
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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1709 -
Battle of Poltava:
Peter I of Russia defeats
Charles XII of Sweden at
Poltava thus effectively ending
Sweden's role as a major power in
Europe.
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1716 -
Battle of Dynekilen
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1758 -
French and Indian War:
France French forces hold
Fort Carillon against
Kingdom of Great Britain British at
Ticonderoga, New York.
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1760 -
French and Indian War:
Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in
New France.
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1775 - The
Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the
Continental Congress of the
Thirteen Colonies.
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1776 - The
Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania for the reading of the
Declaration of Independence (United States) Declaration of Independence by the
Continental Congress.
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1822 -
Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in
Ontario to the
United Kingdom.
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1859 - King
Charles XV of Sweden Charles XV /
Charles XV of Sweden Carl IV accedes to the throne of
Sweden-Norway.
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1889 - The first issue of the ''
Wall Street Journal'' is published.
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1889 - At the last championship bare-knuckle
boxing match,
John L. Sullivan defeats
Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.
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1892 -
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's,
Newfoundland was devastated in the
The Great Fire of 1892 Great Fire of 1892.
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1896 -
William Jennings Bryan delivers his
Cross of Gold speech in
Chicago, Illinois.
*
1932 - The
Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the
Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
*
1933 - The
Pittsburgh Steelers are found by Arthur Joseph Rooney. The team is the 5th oldest in the
NFL.
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1947 - Reports are broadcast that a
Unidentified flying object UFO has crash landed in
Roswell, New Mexico.
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1966 -
List of Kings of Burundi King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of
Burundi was deposed by his son
Ntare V Prince Charles Ndizi.
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1969 -
IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360
mainframe computer.
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1980 -
State of Origin, Rugby League is born.
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1982 -
Senegalese
Trotskyist political party Communist Workers League (Senegal) LCT is legally recognized.
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1990 - At 12:34:56 (both AM and PM) the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90.
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1992 -
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe Helsinki Summit creates the office of
High Commissioner on National Minorities (
HCNM).
*
1997 -
Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the
dieting-drug "
fen-phen" can cause severe
heart and
lung damage.
*
1997 -
NATO invites the
Czech Republic,
Hungary, and
Poland to join the alliance in
1999.
*
1999 -
Allen Lee Davis is executed by
electrocution by the state of
Florida. That is the last use of the
Electric Chair for
capital punishment in
Florida.
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2000 - ''
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', the fourth book in
J.K. Rowling's hugely popular
Harry Potter series, is published.
*
2003 - Australian singer
Delta Goodrem is diagnosed with
Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Births
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1528 -
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d.
1580)
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1545 - Prince
Don Carlos of Spain (d.
1568)
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1593 -
Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d.
1653)
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1621 -
Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d.
1695)
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1760 -
Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d.
1826)
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1766 -
Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d.
1842)
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1819 -
Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d.
1907)
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1836 -
Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d.
1914)
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1838 -
Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German inventor (d.
1917)
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1839 -
John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist (d.
1937)
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1851 -
Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d.
1941)
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1867 -
Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and graphic artist (d.
1945)
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1878 -
Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d.
1945)
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1882 -
Percy Grainger, Australian composer (d.
1961)
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1885 -
Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (d.
1977)
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1892 -
Richard Aldington, English poet (d.
1962)
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1895 -
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1971)
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1904 -
Henri Cartan, French mathematician
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1906 -
Philip Johnson, American architect (d.
2005)
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1908 -
Louis Jordan, American singer and saxophonist (d.
1975)
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1908 -
Nelson A. Rockefeller,
Vice President of the United States (d.
1979)
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1914 -
Jyoti Basu, Indian politician
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1914 -
Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer and bandleader (d.
1993)
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1918 -
Craig Stevens (actor) Craig Stevens, American actor (d.
2000)
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1919 -
Walter Scheel, German politician
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1923 -
Harrison Dillard, American athlete
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1926 -
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d.
2004)
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1932 -
Jerry Vale, American singer
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1933 -
Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d.
1982)
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1935 -
Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer
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1935 -
Vitali Sevastyanov, cosmonaut
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1941 -
Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager
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1942 -
Phil Gramm, American politician
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1947 -
Kim Darby, American actress
*
1948 -
Raffi Cavoukian, Armenian children's entertainer
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1949 -
Frank Delima, American comedian
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1951 -
Anjelica Huston, American actress
*
1958 -
Kevin Bacon, American actor
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1961 -
Toby Keith, American singer
*
1968 -
Billy Crudup, American actor
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1970 -
Beck, American singer
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1972 -
Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
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1975 -
Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
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1976 -
Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
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1977 -
Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
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1980 -
Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
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1981 -
Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
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1982 -
Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
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1984 -
Alexis Dziena, American actress
*
1985 -
Preet Gill, Australian Hero
Deaths
*
810 -
Pepin, King of Italy (b.
773)
*
975 - King
Edgar of England
*
1153 -
Pope Eugene III
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1538 -
Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b.
1475)
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1623 -
Pope Gregory XV (b.
1554)
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1689 -
Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b.
1622)
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1695 -
Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist (b.
1629)
*
1716 -
Robert South, English churchman (b.
1634)
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1721 -
Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b.
1649)
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1726 -
John Ker, Scottish spy (b.
1673)
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1784 -
Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b.
1735)
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1822 -
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b.
1792)
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1826 -
Luther Martin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States (b.
1748)
*
1850 -
Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b.
1774)
*
1855 - Sir
William Edward Parry, British admiral and Arctic explorer (b.
1790)
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1859 - King
Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (b.
1799)
*
1905 -
Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer (b.
1834)
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1917 -
Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b.
1877)
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1933 -
Anthony Hope, British author (b.
1863)
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1934 -
Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b.
1848)
*
1939 -
Havelock Ellis, British physician and psychologist (b.
1859)
*
1943 -
Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b.
1899)
*
1950 -
Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (b.
1878)
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1956 -
Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist, novelist, and poet (b.
1881)
*
1957 -
Grace Coolidge,
First Lady of the United States (b.
1879)
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1973 -
Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b.
1877)
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1979 -
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1906)
*
1979 -
Robert Burns Woodward Robert B. Woodward, American chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1917)
*
1986 -
Skeeter Webb, baseball player (b.
1909)
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1987 -
Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b.
1896)
*
1988 -
Ray Barbuti, American athlete (b.
1905)
*
1990 -
Howard Duff, American actor (b.
1913)
*
1994 -
Kim Il Sung, North Korean leader (b.
1912)
*
1999 -
Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b.
1930)
*
2001 -
John O'Shea (director) John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b.
1920)
*
2002 -
Ward Kimball, American animator (b.
1914)
*
2004 -
Paula Danziger, American author (b.
1944)
Holidays and observances
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Feast day of
Saint Grimbald
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Feast day of
Saint Killian
External links
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BBC: On This Day
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August 8 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
{{months}}
af:8 Julie
ar:8 يوليو
an:8 de chulio
ast:8 de xunetu
bg:8 юли
be:8 ліпенÑ?
bs:8. juli
ca:8 de juliol
ceb:Hulyo 8
cv:Утă, 8
co:8 di lugliu
cs:8. Ä?ervenec
cy:8 Gorffennaf
da:8. juli
de:8. Juli
et:8. juuli
el:8 Ιουλίου
es:8 de julio
eo:8-a de julio
eu:Uztailaren 8
fo:8. juli
fr:8 juillet
fy:8 july
fur:8 di Lui
ga:8 Iúil
gl:8 de xullo
ko:7ì›” 8ì?¼
hr:8. srpnja
io:8 di julio
id:8 Juli
ia:8 de julio
is:8. júlÃ
it:8 luglio
he:8 ביולי
jv:8 Juli
ka:8 ივლისი
csb:8 lëpinca
ku:8'ê tîrmehê
lt:Liepos 8
lb:8. Juli
li:8 juli
hu:Július 8
mk:8 јули
mr:ज�लै ८
ms:8 Julai
nap:8 'e luglio
nl:8 juli
nds:8. Juli
ja:7月8日
no:8. juli
nn:8. juli
oc:8 de julhet
pl:8 lipca
pt:8 de Julho
ro:8 iulie
ru:8 июлÑ?
sco:8 Julie
sq:8 Korrik
scn:8 di giugnettu
simple:July 8
sk:8. júl
sl:8. julij
sr:8. јул
fi:8. heinäkuuta
sv:8 juli
tl:Hulyo 8
tt:8. Yül
te:జూలై 8
th:8 �ร�ฎาคม
vi:8 tháng 7
tr:8 Temmuz
uk:8 липнÑ?
wa:8 di djulete
war:Hulyo 8
zh:7月8日
pam:Juliu 8
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