What happened on July 8? There are more than 240 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 8
July 8 is the 190th day of the year 2024. There are 176 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 28th week of the year 2024.
On this day in North Lakewood, Washington 98259 sunrise occured at 05:15 AM and sunset occured at 09:08 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 205 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 8
- 1099First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
- 1283War of the Sicilian Vespers: the naval Battle of Malta between the Aragonese and the Neapolitan fleets is fought.
- 1497Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
- 1579Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
- 1663Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
- 1709Great Northern War: 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.
- 1716Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
- 1758French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1760French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
- 1775The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1808Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
- 1822Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
- 1859King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- 1864Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
- 1874The Mounties begin their March West.
- 1876White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
- 1879Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- 1889The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1892St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- 1896William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- 1898The death of crime boss Soapy Smith (who is shot) releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- 1907Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
- 1912Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the Portuguese First Republic in Chaves.
- 1932The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
- 1937Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
- 1947Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
- 1948The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
- 1960Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
- 1962Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
- 1966King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
- 1970Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
- 1982Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
- 1988The 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.
- 1994Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
- 2011Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
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Who Were Born On July 8?
- 1490Albert, Duke of Prussia (d.1568)
- 1528Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580)
- 1545Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
- 1593Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- 1621Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)
- 1760Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826)
- 1766Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
- 1792Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)
- 1819Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)
- 1830Frederick William Seward, 6th and 11th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)
- 1830Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, German-born wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (d. 1911)
- 1831John Stith Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
- 1836Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)
- 1838Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (d. 1917)
- 1839John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1937)
- 1851Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d. 1941)
- 1857Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)
- 1867Käthe Kollwitz, German painter, printmaker and sculptor (d. 1945)
- 1878Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945)
- 1882Percy Grainger, Australian composer (d. 1961)
- 1885Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (d. 1977)
- 1892Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
- 1892Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962)
- 1895Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1898Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1904Henri Cartan, French mathematician (d. 2008)
- 1905Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
- 1906Philip Johnson, American architect (d. 2005)
- 1907George W. Romney, American businessman and politician (d. 1995)
- 1908Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1975)
- 1908Nelson A. Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1914Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993)
- 1914Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (d. 2010)
- 1917Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
- 1918Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1918Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (d. 2009)
- 1919Walter Scheel, German politician
- 1920Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish industrialist (Lego Group) (d. 1995)
- 1923Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1924Johnnie Johnson, American blues pianist (d. 2005)
- 1926Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004)
- 1927Maurice Hayes, Irish politician
- 1928Mladen Kerstner, Croatian journalist, author and humorist (d. 1991)
- 1931Roone Arledge, American sports broadcaster (d. 2002)
- 1932Jerry Vale, American singer
- 1933Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
- 1934Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive and politician
- 1934Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982)
- 1935Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer
- 1935Vitali Sevastyanov, Russian cosmonaut
- 1940Ben Chapman, English politician and civil servant
- 1941Dario Gradi, Italian-born English football manager
- 1942Janice Pennington, American game show model
- 1942Phil Gramm, American politician
- 1944Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer and percussionist (The Allman Brothers Band)
- 1944Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
- 1945Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician
- 1947Kim Darby, American actress
- 1947Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
- 1948Raffi, Egyptian born Canadian children’s entertainer
- 1949Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949Frank Delima, American comedian
- 1949Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
- 1949Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, the 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)
- 1951Alan Ashby, American baseball player
- 1951Anjelica Huston, American actress
- 1952Anna Quindlen, American newspaper columnist
- 1952Jack Lambert, American football player
- 1952Marianne Williamson, American spiritual activist and founder of the Peace Alliance
- 1955Alison Fraser, American actress
- 1955Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
- 1955Monty Don, TV presenter, gardener
- 1956Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player
- 1957Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian television personality
- 1957Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-born American guitarist (Quiet Riot, Ratt)
- 1958Andreas Carlgren, Swedish politician
- 1958Kevin Bacon, American actor
- 1958Neetu Singh, Indian actress
- 1958Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
- 1959Pauline Quirke, British actress
- 1959Robert Knepper, American actor
- 1960Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1961Andrew Fletcher, English vocalist and synth and bass player (Depeche Mode)
- 1961Toby Keith, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1962Carmen Nicole Moelders American atmospheric scientist
- 1962Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
- 1963Mark Christopher, American film director
- 1964Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1964Linda de Mol, Dutch actress and host
- 1965Lee Tergesen, American actor
- 1966Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor
- 1966Ralf Altmeyer, German virologist
- 1966Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
- 1967Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1968Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu
- 1968Billy Crudup, American actor
- 1968Michael Weatherly, American actor
- 1968Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player (also capped by Wales)
- 1968Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian film director
- 1969Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer (Luna Sea)
- 1970Beck, American singer
- 1971Amanda Peterson, American actress
- 1971John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
- 1971Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player
- 1972Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
- 1973Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
- 1973Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
- 1974Tami Erin, American actress and model
- 1974Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer
- 1975Elias Viljanen, Finnish guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
- 1976David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
- 1976Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
- 1977Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
- 1977Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
- 1977Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- 1978Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- 1978Rachael Lillis, American actress
- 1979André, Armenian singer
- 1979Mat McBriar, American football player
- 1980Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
- 1981Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
- 1981Iyari Limon, American actress
- 1982Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
- 1982Joshua Alba, American actor
- 1982Sophia Bush, American actress
- 1983Daniel Navarro García, Spanish cyclist
- 1983Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
- 1983John Bowker, American baseball player
- 1984Alexis Dziena, American actress
- 1985Jamie Cook, British guitarist (Arctic Monkeys)
- 1986Jake McDorman, American actor
- 1986Renata Costa (Kóki), Brazilian footballer
- 1987Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
- 1988Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player
- 1988Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
- 1992Benjamin Grosvenor, British pianist
- 1992Sky Ferreira, American singer
- 1998Jaden Smith, American actor
- 2000Sophie Nyweide, American actress
- 2001Yang Peiyi, Chinese singer
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Who Died On July 8?
- 810King Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (b. 773)
- 901Grimbald, Benedectine monk and Saint (b. 827)
- 975Edgar the Peaceful, King of England (b. 943)
- 1153Pope Eugene III (b. c. 1087)
- 1538Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
- 1623Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
- 1689Edward Wooster, English-born Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
- 1695Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist and horologist (b. 1629)
- 1716Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)
- 1721Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
- 1726John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
- 1784Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
- 1822Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792)
- 1826Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
- 1850Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
- 1855Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
- 1859King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (b. 1799)
- 1887Ben Holladay, American businessman and founder of the Overland Stagecoach Company (b. 1819)
- 1895Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
- 1898Soapy Smith, American con artist and gangster (b. 1860)
- 1905Walter Kittredge, American violinist and abolitionist (b. 1834)
- 1913Louis Hémon, French-born Canadian writer (b. 1880)
- 1917Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
- 1930Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
- 1933Anthony Hope, British author (b. 1863)
- 1934Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848)
- 1939Havelock Ellis, British physician (b. 1859)
- 1941Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (b. 1874)
- 1943Jean Moulin, French Resistance leader (b. 1899)
- 1950Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1956Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist (b. 1881)
- 1957Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
- 1961Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek medical doctor and politician, the 2nd Prime Minister of the collaborationist Hellenic State (b. 1878)
- 1962Georges Bataille, French writer and philosopher (b. 1897)
- 1967Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
- 1971Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920)
- 1973Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (b. 1884)
- 1973Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1979Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
- 1979Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
- 1979Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
- 1981Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
- 1986Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- 1987Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
- 1987Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
- 1988Ray Barbuti, American middle distance runner and football player (b. 1905)
- 1990Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1991James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)
- 1994Christian-Jaque, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1994Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1994Kim Il-sung, North Korean leader (b. 1912)
- 1994Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-born American entrepreneur and explorer (b. 1927)
- 1999Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- 2001John O'Shea, New Zealand film director (b. 1920)
- 2002Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
- 2004Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
- 2004Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
- 2005Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
- 2006June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2006Peter Hawkins, British actor and voice actor (b. 1924)
- 2008John Templeton, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
- 2011Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
- 2011Mary Fenech Adami, First Lady of Malta (b. 1933)
- 2011Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
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