Historical Events on July 8, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on July 8th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated while giving a speech in Nara. |
| 2021 | President Joe Biden announces that the official conclusion of U.S. involvement in the War in Afghanistan will be on August 31, 2021. |
| 2014 | Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. |
| 2011 | Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program. |
| 2003 | Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board. |
| 1994 | Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung. |
| 1988 | The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more. |
| 1982 | A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. |
| 1980 | The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park. |
| 1980 | Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board. |
| 1972 | Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. |
| 1970 | Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. |
| 1968 | The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 1966 | King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. |
| 1962 | Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. |
| 1960 | Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. |
| 1948 | The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF). |
| 1947 | Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident. |
| 1937 | Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad. |
| 1933 | The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. |
| 1932 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. |
| 1912 | Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves. |
| 1898 | The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip. |
| 1892 | St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892. |
| 1889 | The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. |
| 1879 | Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole. |
| 1876 | The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant. |
| 1874 | The Mounties begin their March West. |
| 1864 | Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. |
| 1859 | King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway. |
| 1853 | The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade. |
| 1822 | Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. |
| 1808 | Promulgation of the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter Joseph Bonaparte intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain. |
| 1776 | Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. |
| 1775 | The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America. |
| 1760 | British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France. |
| 1758 | French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York. |
| 1730 | An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline. |
| 1716 | The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway. |
| 1709 | Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe. |
| 1663 | Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island. |
| 1579 | Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan. |
| 1497 | Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India. |
| 1283 | Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. |
| 1099 | Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. |
Famous People Born on July 8
Here is a random list who born on July 8. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Mark Butler, Australian politician |
| 1908 | Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979) |
| 1867 | Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (d. 1945) |
| 1915 | Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (d. 2019) |
| 1977 | Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player |
| 1925 | Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (d. 2019) |
| 1900 | George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959) |
| 1957 | Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter |
| 1944 | Jaimoe, American drummer |
| 1989 | Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2012) |
Famous People Deaths On July 8
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on July 8. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799) |
| 1934 | Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848) |
| 1933 | Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863) |
| 1942 | Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881) |
| 975 | Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943) |
| 689 | Kilian, Irish bishop |
| 1987 | Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903) |
| 901 | Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827) |
| 1991 | James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 2012 | Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934) |
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