July 8
July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. Events1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders mocked them. 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 killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.1709 - 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. 1758 - French and Indian War: French forces hold Fort Carillon against British at Ticonderoga, New York. 1760 - French and Indian War: Battle of the Ristigouche - British defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France. 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-Norway1889 - The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published. 1889 - During the last championship bare-knuckle boxing match, John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain after 75 rounds. 1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech, Chicago.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.1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer1990 - At 12:34:56 PM the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90.1997 - 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 executed by electrocution by the state of Florida. Last use of the Electric Chair for capital punishment in Florida.2000 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published.
Births1545 - Don Carlos of Spain, son of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, painter (d. 1651)1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, fablist1760 - Christian Kramp, mathematician.1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock, naval officer and explorer1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor of rigid dirigibles (d. 1917)1839 - John D. Rockefeller, capitalist, founder of Standard Oil (d. 1937)1851 - Arthur Evans, archaeologist (d. 1941)1867 - Käthe Kollwitz, painter and graphic artist (d. 1945)1882 - Percy Grainger, composer (d. 1961)1885 - Ernst Bloch, philosopher (d. 1977)1904 - Henri Cartan, French mathematician1908 - Louis Jordan, singer, saxophonist (d. 1975) 1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller, United States vice president during Gerald Ford's presidency (d. 1979)1918 - Craig Stevens, actor (d. 2000)1919 - Walter Scheel, politician1923 - Harrison Dillard, American athlete1932 - Barbara Loden, actress1933 - Marty Feldman, comedian, actor1935 - Steve Lawrence, entertainer, singer 1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov, cosmonaut1941 - Dario Gradi, football manager1942 - Phil Gramm, politician1945 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, member of the Swiss Federal Council1951 - Anjelica Huston, actress1958 - Kevin Bacon, actor1961 - Andy Fletcher, musician (Depeche Mode) 1961 - Toby Keith, country music singer1968 - Billy Crudup, actor1970 - Beck, rock and roll singer1972 - Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricket player1975 - Kathleen Robertson, actress1977 - Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player1980 - Robbie Keane, Irish international footballerer1981 - Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
Deaths810 - Pepin, King of Italy (b. 773)975 - King Edgar of England1153 - Pope Eugene III1623 - Pope Gregory XV1695 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch scientist1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (b. 1792)1826 - Luther Martin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States 1850 - Prince Adolphus of the United Kingdom, 1st Duke of Cambridge1859 - King Oscar I of Sweden-Norway1905 - Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer during the Civil War.1917 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter1933 - Anthony Hope, author1939 - Havelock Ellis, physician, psychologist (b. 1859).1943 - Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance in WW II1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist1957 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States1959 - Major Dale R. Buis, US Army, first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, Yorkshire and England cricketer and highest first-class wicket taker (b. 1877)1986 - Skeeter Webb, baseball player (b. 1909)1988 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete1990 - Howard Duff, actor1994 - Kim Il Sung, North Korean leader (b. 1912).2001 - John O'Shea, New Zealand director (b. 1920)2002 - Ward Kimball, Disney animator 2003 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian twins2004 - Paula Danziger, author
Holidays and observancesFeast day of Saint Grimbald
External links BBC: On This Day
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