# What happened on July 8 in history?

**Date:** July 8  
**Events recorded:** 48  
**Years spanned:** 1167 – 2022  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/july/8/

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## Featured Event

**2003** — Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_Airways_Flight_139)

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## Events on this date

- **1167** — The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army decisively at Sirmium, forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sirmium))
- **1283** — Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_of_Lauria))
- **1497** — Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama))
- **1579** — Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Kazan))
- **1663** — Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England))
- **1709** — Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great))
- **1716** — The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dynekilen))
- **1730** — An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1730_Valpara%C3%ADso_earthquake))
- **1741** — Reverend Jonathan Edwards preaches to his congregation in Enfield, Connecticut his most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"; an influence for the First Great Awakening. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)))
- **1758** — French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Carillon))
- **1760** — British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Restigouche))
- **1775** — The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Branch_Petition))
- **1776** — Church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell))
- **1822** — Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe))
- **1853** — The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Expedition))
- **1859** — King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XV))
- **1864** — Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishis planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikedaya_incident))
- **1874** — The Mounties begin their March West. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police))
- **1876** — The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_massacre))
- **1879** — Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jeannette_(1878)))
- **1889** — The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal))
- **1892** — St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador))
- **1898** — The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy_Smith))
- **1912** — Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_Mitchell_de_Paiva_Cabral_Couceiro))
- **1932** — The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average))
- **1933** — The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union))
- **1937** — Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saadabad))
- **1947** — Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object))
- **1948** — The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force))
- **1960** — Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers))
- **1962** — Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_Win))
- **1965** — Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Air_Lines_Flight_21))
- **1966** — King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Burundi))
- **1968** — The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Revolutionary_Union_Movement))
- **1970** — Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon))
- **1972** — Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad))
- **1980** — The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_State_of_Origin_game))
- **1980** — Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan), killing all 166 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_4225))
- **1982** — A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dujail_massacre))
- **1988** — The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala in India killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Express_(train)))
- **1990** — West Germany win the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team))
- **1994** — Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong_Il))
- **1994** — Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia))
- **2003** — Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_Airways_Flight_139))
- **2011** — Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis))
- **2014** — Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel))
- **2014** — The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team))
- **2022** — Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo_Abe))

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## Notable births on July 8

- **1999** — **İpek Öz** — Turkish tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0pek_%C3%96z))
- **1998** — **Maya Hawke** — American actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Hawke))
- **1998** — **Jaden Smith** — American actor and rapper ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaden_Smith))
- **1997** — **Bryce Love** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Love))
- **1996** — **Marlon Humphrey** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Humphrey))
- **1993** — **David Corenswet** — American actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Corenswet))
- **1992** — **Ariel Camacho** — Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Camacho))
- **1992** — **Son Heung-min** — Korean footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Heung-min))
- **1991** — **Virgil van Dijk** — Dutch footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_van_Dijk))
- **1990** — **Kevin Trapp** — German footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Trapp))

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## Notable deaths on July 8

- **2025** — **Edward D. DiPrete** — American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._DiPrete))
- **2025** — **Paulette Jiles** — American writer (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Jiles))
- **2022** — **Shinzo Abe** — Japanese politician (born 1954) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinzo_Abe))
- **2022** — **Larry Storch** — American actor and comedian (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Storch))
- **2022** — **Luis Echeverría** — Mexican lawyer and politician (born 1922) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Echeverr%C3%ADa))
- **2022** — **Tony Sirico** — American actor (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sirico))
- **2020** — **Naya Rivera** — American actress, model and singer (born 1987) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naya_Rivera))
- **2020** — **Alex Pullin** — Australian snowboarder (born 1987) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Pullin))
- **2018** — **Tab Hunter** — American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (born 1931) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Hunter))
- **2016** — **Abdul Sattar Edhi** — Pakistani philanthropist (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Sattar_Edhi))

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