July 8

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 8. From 1900 until now. July 8 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include Jaden Smith (1998), Sophia Bush (1982) and Kevin Bacon (1958). Several movies were released around July 8 over the years, such as Dunkirk in 2017 directed by Christopher Nolan and The Pride of the Yankees in 1942 directed by Sam Wood.
But much more happened on July 8 over the years: find out below

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Annual Soapy Smith wake, held each year in Skagway, Alaska in the Gold Rush Cemetery and in Hollywood, California at the Magic Castle
Feast day of Saint Kilian
Feast day of Saint Grimbald

Events

2019 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen: The United Arab Emirates announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Yemen as part of a "strategic redeployment". (CNN)
2018 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Air Defense Force damages an Israeli aircraft and thwarts an Israeli missile strike on the Tiyas Military Airbase (T-4 Airbase) in the Homs Governorate. (Reuters)
2017 Tropical Storm Nanmadol (2017): The death toll from flooding on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu rises to 15, with six others missing. (AP via The Telegraph)
2016 Insurgency in the North Caucasus: At least eight unidentified militants and one security officer are killed in ongoing clashes in rural Dagestan, Russia. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 Boko Haram insurgency, Timeline of Boko Haram insurgency: Suspected militants from the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed 26 people in attacks on two villages on Lake Chad, Chad. (Daily Star via Reuters)
2014 Gaza–Israel conflict: The Israeli cabinet approves the call up of 40,000 reserve soldiers as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a ground operation against Palestinian rockets attacks and infiltration attempts into Israel. (The Times of Israel)The Israel Defense Forces launch an air and artillery offensive in the Gaza Strip to quell rocket attacks and the Israeli Air Force conducts more air strikes against the Gaza Strip after Hamas fires rockets into Israel. (BBC) (AP)
2013 Aftermath of the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état:: At least 42 people have been killed and hundreds injured after the Army raids a sit-in by supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi in the Nasr City district of Cairo. (BBC)
2012 Syrian uprising (2011–present):
2011 Former First Lady Betty Ford, wife of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, dies at 93. (''USA Today'')
2010 The first 24-hour flight by a solar-powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.
2009 The European Commission fines GDF Suez and E.ON €553nbspmillion each over arrangements on the MEGAL pipeline. (Reuters)
2008 The United States and the Czech Republic sign an initial agreement to base a United States missile defense system in the Czech Republic. (AP via Google News)
2007 Boeing launches the new Boeing 787.
2006 USS ''Mustin'', which has surface-to-air and Tomahawk cruise missiles is deployed to a Japanese port. This is regularly scheduled and not in response to North Korea's missile test. (Associated Press)
2005 Following general elections in May, Ethiopia releases the first round of official results for 307 of 527 parliamentary seats. The ruling EPRDF has won 139 seats, while opposition parties CUD and UEDF won 93 and 42, respectively. Smaller parties and independent candidates won the remaining 33 seats. CUD and UEDF announced plans to form a coalition government. (BBC News)
2004 (to July 9) Bowers and Merena Auctions conduct the auction of Jim Gray's North Carolina Collection.
2003 A worker at a Lockheed Martin aircraft parts factory in Meridian, Mississippi, shoots 13 co-workers, killing five, before committing suicide. Investigators are unsure of the motive. (Washington Post)
2002 Organization of African Unity disbanded, African Union created.
1999 A major flash flood in Las Vegas swamps hundreds of cars, smashes mobile homes and kills 2 people.
1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1996 A schizophrenic man armed with a machete wounds three children and four adults at a primary school in Wolverhampton, England. Teacher Lisa Potts received the George Medal for protecting her pupils, despite being severely injured.
1995 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
1992 Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
1990 12:34:56 on 7 / 8 / 90 (1234567890)
1988 Miami Arena opens
1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1986 Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1982 7 Brides for 7 Brothers opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 performances
1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks / plane / steel industry in France
1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
1979 Congo adopts constitution
1978 Alessandro Pertini elected President of Italy
1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1975 Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
1973 Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
1972 English Prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
1970 Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American Self-Determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination Act.
1969 Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
1968 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1967 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1966 US airline strike (until August 19th)
1965 Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1964 U.S. military personnel announce that U.S. casualties in Vietnam have risen to 1,387, including 399 dead and 17 MIA.
1963 US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
1961 Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
1960 Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
1956 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 US stops aid to Persia
1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
1951 Yankee Joe DiMaggio and mgr Casey Stengel feud
1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
1949 Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants
1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
1946 Tidbits of 1946 opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
1945 WWII: Harry S. Truman is informed that Japan will talk peace if it can retain the reign of the Emperor.ref name=quotnuclearfiles1940quot/
1944 British troops march into Caen
1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: General Model uses last tank reserve
1942 Turkish prime minister Refik Saydam died while working in office. For one day he is succeeded by Ahmet Fikri Tüzer
1941 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1939 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1933 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
1923 Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen / Oostland
1922 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
1919 President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference.
1916 July 16- Massive flooding caused by 2 different hurricanes devastates western North Carolina.
1912 G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles vs. Cambridge
1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center.
1902 John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
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