July 8

2023 Calendar

July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events Edit

Up to 1900 Edit

1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1283 - War of the Sicilian Vespers: Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta in the Battle of Malta.
1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail for his first voyage to India.
1579 - Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
1663 - Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
1709 - Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava - Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XIII of Sweden at Poltava, ending Sweden's role as a major European power.
1716 - Great Northern War: The naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
1730 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages 1,000 kilometers of Chile's coastline.
1760 - French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche - British forces defeat the French in the last battle in New France.
1776 – The Declaration of Independence is read out for the first time and the Liberty Bell is rung, in Philadelphia.
1808 - Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as King of Spain.
1822 - Chippewas turn over a large section of land in present-day Ontario over to the United Kingdom.
1853 - US Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrives at Edo Bay (present-day Tokyo) with a treaty requesting trade.
1859 - Charles XV of Sweden/IV of Norway becomes King of Sweden-Norway.
1879 - Sailing ship USS Jeannette leaves San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
1889 – The Wall Street Journal is first published.
1892 - The city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador is largely damaged by fire.
1898 – Crime boss Soapy Smith is killed in Skagway, Alaska.

1901 – 2000 Edit

1927 - Heavy rain in the night to July 9 causes major flooding in Saxony, Germany, killing 160 people.
1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, at 41.22.
1937 - Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
1948 - The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a programme called Women In the Air Force.
1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1966 - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is removed from power by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1982 - Assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
1986 - Kurt Waldheim becomes President of Austria.
1989 - Carlos Menem becomes President of Argentina.
1990 – Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 1-0.
1992 - Thomas Klestil becomes President of Austria.
1994 – Kim Il-Sung dies. His son Kim Jong-Il takes over the role of supreme leader.
1997 – NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to join.

From 2001 Edit

2001 - Goran Ivanisevic, as a rank outsider, wins the Men's Singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Patrick Rafter in the final.
2003 - The first attempted separation of conjoined twins, carried in Singapore, fails, as Ladan and Laleh Bijani die of complications from the operation to separate them.
2004 – Heinz Fischer becomes President of Austria, two days after the death of his predecessor, Thomas Klestil.
2005 – The G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, concludes, with promises of aid to developing countries.
2007 – Roger Federer wins his fifth consecutive Wimbledon Men's Singles tennis title, defeating Rafael Nadal in five sets.
2011 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches in the last launch of the Space Shuttle programme.
2014 - Israel launches Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip, following the killing of Israeli teenagers which had led to tensions between Israel and Hamas.
2014 - Brazil v Germany: In the semi finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the Brazil national football team is beaten 7-1 by the Germany national football team in a shock result. Several footballing and World Cup records are beaten in this match, in which Germany's Miroslav Klose scored his record-breaking 16th World Cup goal.
2016 - The New European, a new British pro-European newspaper, publishes its first weekly edition, in response to the Brexit vote.
2018 - In the British Government, David Davis resigns as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

Births Edit

Deaths Edit

Up to 1900 Edit

810 - Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
901 - Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827)
975 - Edgar the Peaceful, English King (b. 943)
1153 - Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)
1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer and general (b. 1475)
1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer and scientist (b. 1629).
1721 – Elihu Yale, American university benefactor (b. 1649).
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792).
1832 - Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (b. 1756)
1850 - Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
1855 – William Edward Parry, English arctic explorer (b. 1790).
1859 – King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (b. 1799).
1864 - David Hazzard, American politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1781)
1873 - Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter (b. 1805)
1893 - Abraham K. Allison, American politician, 6th Governor of Florida (b. 1810)
1897 - Isham G. Harris, American politician, 18th Governor of Tennessee (b. 1818)
1898 – Soapy Smith, American outlaw (b. 1860).

1901 – 2000 Edit

1905 - Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
1930 – Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
1933 - Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
1934 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
1939 - Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
1941 - Moses Schorr, Polish historian, rabbi and politician (b. 1874)
1942 - Refik Saydam, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
1943 – Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b. 1899)
1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist and philosopher (b. 1878)
1956 - Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author and critic (b. 1881)
1957 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879).
1962 – Georges Pataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897).
1967 – Fatimah Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (b. 1893).
1971 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpeter (b. 1920)
1973 - Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
1973 - Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician (b. 1884)
1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1975 - Lennart Skoglund, Swedish footballer (b. 1929)
1979 – Shin'ichiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist (b. 1906).
1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist (b. 1917)
1985 - Simon Kuznets, Russian-American economist (b. 1901)
1985 - Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French movie director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1909)
1986 - Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
1987 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
1987 - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
1988 – Ray Barbuti, American sportsman (b. 1905)
1990 - Howard Duff, American actor, director and producer (b. 1913)
1994 – Kim Il-Sung, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
1994 - Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
1995 - Aleksander Arulaid, Estonian chess player (b. 1924)
1999 - Peter Conrad, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1930)

From 2001 Edit

2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
2003 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
2004 – Paula Danziger, American writer (b. 1944)
2006 – June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
2007 - Chandra Shekhar, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
2011 – Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917)
2014 - Ben Pangelinan, American-Guamanian politician (b. 1955)
2014 - John V. Evans, American politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)
2015 - Irwin Keyes, American actor (b. 1952)
2016 - Javed Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1940)
2016 - Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, activist and humanitarian (b. 1928)
2016 - Harold A. Linstone, German-American mathematician and futurist (b. 1924)
2016 - William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
2016 - Jacques Rouffio, French director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2017 - Nelsan Ellis, American actor (b. 1977)
2017 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress and model (b. 1935)
2017 - Don Johns, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1937)
2018 - Alan Gilzean, Scottish footballer (b. 1938)
2018 - Tab Hunter, American actor and musician (b. 1931)
2018 - M. M. Jacob, Indian politician (b. 1927)
2018 - Oliver Knussen, Scottish composer (b. 1952)
2018 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball plauer (b. 1931)
2018 - Robert D. Ray, American politician, 38th Governor of Iowa (b. 1928)
2022 – Shinzō Abe, 2-time Prime Minister of Japan, assassinated (b. 1954)

Observances Edit

Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

July 8

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