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July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 176 days remaining.
Events
- soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mock them.
- 1283 - Battle Of Malta
- 1497 - Vasco Da Gama sets sail on first direct European voyage to India .
- 1663 - Charles II Of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island .
- 1680 - The first confirmed Tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts .
- defeats Charles XII Of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden 's role as a major power in Europe .
- 1716 - Battle Of Dynekilen
- forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York .
- - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France .
- 1775 - The Olive Branch Petition is adopted by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies .
- 1776 - The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration Of Independence by the Continental Congress .
- 1822 - Chippewas turn over huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom .
- 1859 - King Charles XV / Carl IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway .
- 1889 - The first issue of the '' Wall Street Journal '' is published.
- 1889 - At the last championship bare-knuckle Boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds.
- 1892 - St. John's , Newfoundland was devastated in the Great Fire Of 1892 .
- 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.
- 1947 - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico .
- 1966 - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi was deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi .
- 1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 Mainframe computer.
- 1982 - Senegal ese Trotskyist Political Party LCT is legally recognized.
- 1992 - Conference For Security And Co-operation In Europe Helsinki Summit creates the office of High Commissioner On National Minorities ( HCNM ).
- 1996 - Wannabe the first single by the Spice Girls is released.
- 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 .
Births
- 1528 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke Of Savoy (d. 1580 )
- 1545 - Prince Don Carlos Of Spain (d. 1568 )
- 1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi , Italian painter (d. 1653 )
- 1621 - Jean De La Fontaine , French writer (d. 1695 )
- 1760 - Christian Kramp , French mathematician (d. 1826 )
- 1766 - Dominique Jean Larrey , French surgeon (d. 1842 )
- 1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock , British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907 )
- 1836 - Joseph Chamberlain , British politician (d. 1914 )
- 1838 - Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin , German inventor (d. 1917 )
- 1839 - John D. Rockefeller , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1937 )
- 1851 - Arthur Evans , English archaeologist (d. 1941 )
- 1857 - Alfred Binet , French psychologist
- 1867 - Käthe Kollwitz , German painter and graphic artist (d. 1945 )
- 1878 - Jimmy Quinn , Scottish footballer (d. 1945 )
- 1882 - Percy Grainger , Australian composer (d. 1961 )
- 1885 - Ernst Bloch , German philosopher (d. 1977 )
- 1892 - Richard Aldington , English poet (d. 1962 )
- 1895 - Igor Tamm , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971 )
- 1904 - Henri Cartan , French mathematician
- 1906 - Philip Johnson , American architect (d. 2005 )
- 1908 - Louis Jordan , American singer and saxophonist (d. 1975 )
- 1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller , Vice President Of The United States (d. 1979 )
- 1914 - Jyoti Basu , Indian politician
- 1914 - Billy Eckstine , American jazz singer and bandleader (d. 1993 )
- 1918 - Craig Stevens , American actor (d. 2000 )
- 1919 - Walter Scheel , German politician
- 1923 - Harrison Dillard , American athlete
- 1926 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004 )
- 1932 - Jerry Vale , American singer
- 1933 - Marty Feldman , English comedian and actor (d. 1982 )
- 1935 - Steve Lawrence , American entertainer and singer
- 1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov , cosmonaut
- 1941 - Dario Gradi , Italian-born football manager
- 1942 - Phil Gramm , American politician
- 1947 - Kim Darby , American actress
- 1948 - Raffi Cavoukian , Armenian children's entertainer
- 1949 - Frank Delima , American comedian
- 1951 - Anjelica Huston , American actress
- 1958 - Kevin Bacon , American actor
- 1961 - Toby Keith , American singer
- 1968 - Billy Crudup , American actor
- 1968 - Michael Weatherly , American actor
- 1970 - Beck , American singer
- 1972 - Saurav Ganguly , Indian cricketer
- 1975 - Kathleen Robertson , Canadian actress
- 1976 - Talal El Karkouri , Moroccan footballer
- 1977 - Wang Zhizhi , Chinese basketball player
- 1980 - Robbie Keane , Irish footballer
- 1981 - Anastasia Myskina , Russian tennis player
- 1982 - Hakim Warrick , American basketball player
- 1982 - Sophia Bush , American actress
- 1984 - Alexis Dziena , American actress
Deaths
- 810 - Pepin, King Of Italy (b. 773 )
- 975 - King Edgar Of England
- 1153 - Pope Eugene III
- 1538 - Diego De Almagro , Spanish explorer (b. 1475 )
- 1623 - Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554 )
- 1689 - Edward Wooster , English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622 )
- 1695 - Christiaan Huygens , Dutch scientist (b. 1629 )
- 1716 - Robert South , English churchman (b. 1634 )
- 1721 - Elihu Yale , American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649 )
- 1726 - John Ker , Scottish spy (b. 1673 )
- 1784 - Torbern Bergman , Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735 )
- 1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley , English poet (b. 1792 )
- 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 )
- 1859 - King Oscar I Of Sweden and Norway (b. 1799 )
- 1905 - Walter Kittredge , American musician and composer (b. 1834 )
- 1917 - Tom Thomson , Canadian painter (b. 1877 )
- 1933 - Anthony Hope , British author (b. 1863 )
- 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 )
- 1956 - Giovanni Papini , Italian essayist, novelist, and poet (b. 1881 )
- 1957 - Grace Coolidge , First Lady Of The United States (b. 1879 )
- 1967 - Vivien Leigh , English actress (b. 1913 )
- 1973 - Wilfred Rhodes , English cricketer (b. 1877 )
- 1979 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga , Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906 )
- 1979 - Robert B. Woodward , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917 )
- 1986 - Skeeter Webb , baseball player (b. 1909 )
- 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 , New Zealand film director (b. 1920 )
- 2002 - Ward Kimball , American animator (b. 1914 )
- 2004 - Paula Danziger , American author (b. 1944 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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