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On this day - July 8
1167 — The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army decisively at ...
1283 — Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an ...
1497 — Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to ...
1579 — Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, ...
1663 — Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to ...
1709 — Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle ...
1716 — The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion ...
1730 — An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that ...
1741 — Reverend Jonathan Edwards preaches to his congregation in ...
1758 — French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at ...
1760 — British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle ...
1775 — The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental ...
1776 — Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung ...
1822 — Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the ...
1853 — The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty ...
1859 — King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of ...
1864 — Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishis planned Shinsengumi ...
1874 — The Mounties begin their March West.
1876 — The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States ...
1879 — Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ...
1889 — The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1892 — St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire ...
1898 — The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on ...
1912 — Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful ...
1932 — The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of ...
1933 — The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of ...
1937 — Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of ...
1947 — Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New ...
1948 — The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits ...
1960 — Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from ...
1962 — Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student ...
1965 — Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb ...
1966 — King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son ...
1968 — The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
1970 — Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message ...
1972 — Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
1980 — Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport ...
1980 — The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland ...
1982 — A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam ...
1988 — The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to ...
1990 — West Germany win the FIFA World Cup final against defending ...
1994 — Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science ...
1994 — Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea ...
2003 — Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport ...
2011 — Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the ...
2014 — The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst ...
2014 — Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions ...
2022 — Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed ...