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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1099]] – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|siege of Jerusalem]] by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. *[[1167]] – The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army [[battle of Sirmium|decisively at Sirmium]], forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Showalter |first1=Professor Dennis |title=Medieval Wars 500–1500 |date=16 September 2013 |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78274-119-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vCxAgAAQBAJ |access-date=1 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1283]] – [[Roger of Lauria]], commanding the [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] fleet, [[Battle of Malta|defeats]] an [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin]] fleet sent to put down a rebellion on [[Malta]]. *[[1497]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India. *[[1579]] – [[Our Lady of Kazan]], a holy [[icon]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], is discovered underground in the city of [[Kazan]], [[Tatarstan]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1663]] – [[Charles II of England]] grants [[John Clarke (Baptist minister)|John Clarke]] a [[Royal charter]] to [[Rhode Island]]. *[[1709]] – [[Peter the Great|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. *[[1716]] – The [[Battle of Dynekilen]] forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway. *[[1730]] – An estimated [[1730 Valparaíso earthquake|magnitude 8.7 earthquake]] causes a [[tsunami]] that damages more than {{convert|1000|km|mi|abbr=on}} of Chile's coastline. *[[1741]] – Reverend [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|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]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marsden|first=George M.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npmjj|title=Jonathan Edwards: A Life|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-300-09693-4|location=New Haven|jstor=j.ctt1npmjj}}</ref> *[[1758]] – French forces hold [[Fort Carillon]] against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] at [[Ticonderoga, New York]]. *[[1760]] – British forces defeat French forces in the [[Battle of Restigouche|last naval battle]] in [[New France]]. *[[1775]] – The [[Olive Branch Petition]] is signed by the [[Continental Congress]] of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] of North America. *[[1776]] – Church bells (possibly including the [[Liberty Bell]]) are rung after [[John Nixon (financier)|John Nixon]] delivers the first public reading of the [[Declaration of Independence of the United States]]. *[[1808]] – Promulgation of the [[Bayonne Statute]], a royal charter [[Joseph Bonaparte]] intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain. *[[1822]] – [[Chippewas]] turn over a huge tract of land in [[Ontario]] to the United Kingdom. *[[1853]] – The [[Perry Expedition]] arrives in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] Bay with a treaty requesting trade. *[[1859]] – King [[Charles XV of Sweden|Charles XV & IV]] accedes to the throne of [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden–Norway]]. *[[1864]] – [[Ikedaya Incident]]: The [[Chōshū Domain|Choshu Han]] [[Shishi (organization)|shishi]]'s planned [[Shinsengumi]] sabotage on [[Kyoto]], Japan at Ikedaya. *[[1874]] – The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Mounties]] begin their [[March West]]. *[[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. *[[1879]] – Sailing ship {{USS|Jeannette|1878|6}} departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole. *[[1889]] – The first issue of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' is published. *[[1892]] – [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] is devastated in the [[Great Fire of 1892]]. *[[1898]] – The death of crime boss [[Soapy Smith]], killed in the [[Shootout on Juneau Wharf]], releases [[Skagway, Alaska]] from his iron grip. ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro]] leads [[Royalist attack on Chaves|an unsuccessful royalist attack]] against the [[First Portuguese Republic]] in [[Chaves Municipality, Portugal|Chaves]]. *[[1932]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its lowest level of the [[Great Depression]], closing at 41.22. *[[1933]] – The first [[rugby union]] [[Test match (rugby union)|test match]] between the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies of Australia]] and the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks of South Africa]] is played at [[Newlands Stadium]] in [[Cape Town]]. *[[1937]] – Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the [[Treaty of Saadabad]]. *[[1947]] – Reports are broadcast that a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] crash-landed in [[Roswell, New Mexico]] in what became known as the [[Roswell UFO incident]]. *[[1948]] – The [[United States Air Force]] accepts its first female recruits into a program called the [[Women's Air Force]] (WAF). *[[1960]] – [[Francis Gary Powers]] is charged with [[espionage]] resulting from his flight over the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1962]] – [[Ne Win]] [[1962 Rangoon University protests|besieges and blows up]] the [[University of Yangon|Rangoon University]] Student Union building to crush the [[Student activism|Student Movement]]. *[[1965]] – [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21]] is destroyed by a bomb near [[100 Mile House]], Canada, killing 52.<ref name="sun">{{Cite news |last=McMartin |first=Pete |date=July 7, 1995 |title=The day the sky exploded: 52 people plunged to their deaths on July 8, 1965, and nobody knows why it happened |pages=B.3 |newspaper=The [[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[List of Kings of Burundi|King]] [[Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi]] is deposed by his son Prince [[Ntare V of Burundi|Charles Ndizi]]. *[[1968]] – The [[Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement|Chrysler wildcat strike]] begins in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. *[[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]]. *[[1972]] – Israeli [[Mossad]] assassinate Palestinian writer [[Ghassan Kanafani]]. *[[1980]] – The inaugural [[1980 State of Origin game]] is won by [[Queensland Rugby League team|Queensland]] who defeat [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]] 20–10 at [[Lang Park]]. * 1980 – [[Aeroflot Flight 4225]] crashes near [[Almaty International Airport]] in the then [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (present day [[Kazakhstan]]) killing all 166 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B-2 CCCP-85355 Alma-Ata Airport (ALA)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800708-0|access-date=2021-06-08|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1982]] – A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the [[Dujail Massacre]] over the next several months. *[[1988]] – The [[Island Express (train)|Island Express]] train travelling from [[Bangalore]] to [[Kanyakumari]] [[Peruman railway accident|derails on the Peruman bridge]] and falls into [[Ashtamudi Lake]], [[Kerala]] in [[India]] killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more. *[[1994]] – [[Kim Jong Il]] begins to assume [[List of leaders of North Korea|supreme leadership]] of [[North Korea]] upon the [[Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung|death]] of his father, [[Kim Il Sung]]. *1994 – [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-65|an international science mission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STS-65 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-65/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=NASA}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Sudan Airways Flight 139]] crashes near [[Port Sudan New International Airport|Port Sudan Airport]] during an [[emergency landing]] attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030708-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2J8C ST-AFK Port Sudan|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched in the [[STS-135|final mission]] of the U.S. [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=NASA Content|date=2015-04-07|title=NASA'S Final Space Shuttle Mission Begins With Atlantis' Launch|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-216_STS-135_Launch.html|access-date=2021-07-08|website=NASA|language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Israel]] launches an [[2014 Gaza War|offensive]] on Gaza amid rising tensions following the [[2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers|kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-07|title=Three Israelis 'confess to killing Palestinian teenager'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/07/reported-confessions-israel-mohammed-abu-khdeir-killing|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *2014 – The worst historical defeat of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] against the [[Germany national football team|Germany]] with a result of 1-7 in the semi-finals of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] that has been dubbed the [[Mineirazo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/2014/07/09/969758|title=Trágico 'Mineirazo'; Alemania destroza a Brasil |newspaper=Excelsior |date=9 July 2014 |language=es |trans-title=Tragical 'Mineirazo': Germany destroys Brazil}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1478]] – [[Gian Giorgio Trissino]], Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (d. 1550)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Hochman|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88xIQiXVMCQC&pg=PA43|year=1984|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-07-079169-5|pages=43–}}</ref> *[[1528]] – [[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy]] (d. 1580)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexandre Dumas|title=The page of the Duke of Savoy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUgRAQAAMAAJ|year=1910|publisher=P. F. Collier|page=67}}</ref> *[[1538]] – [[Alberto Bolognetti]], Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1585)<ref>{{cite book |first=Gaspare |last=De Caro |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alberto-bolognetti_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |chapter=Alberto Bolognetti |title=Dizionario biografico degli italiani |volume=11 |location=Rome |publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana |year=1969 |language=it}}</ref> *[[1545]] – [[Carlos, Prince of Asturias]] (d. 1568)<ref>{{cite book|author=Juan Antonio Llorente|title=The History of the Inquisition of Spain: From the Time of Its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII., Composed from the Original Documents of the Archives of the Supreme Council and from Those of Subordinate Tribunals of the Holy Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nTUvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138|year=1843|publisher=James M. Campbell & Company|pages=138–}}</ref> *[[1593]] – [[Artemisia Gentileschi]], Italian painter (d. 1653)<ref>{{cite book|author=Delia Gaze|title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVOPnrEcKKsC&pg=PA315|date=3 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-59901-9|pages=315–}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Jean de La Fontaine]], French author and poet (d. 1695)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|title=Montaigne, Rabelais, Corneille, Rochefoucauld, Moliere, La Fontaine, Pascal, Madame De Sévigné, Boileau, Racine, Fénélon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSzBJGDQuJMC&pg=PA165|year=1840|publisher=Lea and Blanchard|pages=165}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Christian Kramp]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1826) *[[1766]] – [[Dominique Jean Larrey]], French surgeon (d. 1842) *[[1779]] – [[Giorgio Pullicino]], Maltese painter and architect (d. 1851) *[[1819]] – [[Francis Leopold McClintock]], Irish admiral and explorer (d. 1907) *[[1830]] – [[Frederick W. Seward]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (d. 1915) *[[1831]] – [[John Pemberton]], American chemist and pharmacist, invented [[Coca-Cola]] (d. 1888) *[[1836]] – [[Joseph Chamberlain]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (d. 1914) *[[1838]] – [[Eli Lilly]], American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded [[Eli Lilly and Company]] (d. 1898) * 1838 – [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], German general and businessman, founded the [[Zeppelin|Zeppelin Airship Company]] (d. 1917) *[[1839]] – [[John D. Rockefeller]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Standard Oil Company]] (d. 1937) *[[1851]] – [[Arthur Evans]], English archaeologist and academic (d. 1941) * 1851 – [[John Murray (Victorian politician)|John Murray]], Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1916) *[[1857]] – [[Alfred Binet]], French psychologist and graphologist (d. 1911) *[[1867]] – [[Käthe Kollwitz]], German painter and sculptor (d. 1945) *[[1876]] – [[Alexandros Papanastasiou]], Greek sociologist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936) *[[1882]] – [[Percy Grainger]], Australian-American pianist and composer (d. 1961) *[[1885]] – [[Ernst Bloch]], German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1977) * 1885 – [[Hugo Boss (fashion designer)|Hugo Boss]], German fashion designer, founded [[Hugo Boss]] (d. 1948) *[[1890]] – [[Stanton Macdonald-Wright]], American painter (d. 1973) *[[1892]] – [[Richard Aldington]], English author and poet (d. 1962) * 1892 – [[Pavel Korin]], Russian painter (d. 1967) *[[1893]] – [[R. Carlyle Buley]], American historian and author (d. 1968) *[[1894]] – [[Pyotr Kapitsa]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1984) *[[1895]] – [[Igor Tamm]], Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1971) *[[1898]] – [[Melville Ruick]], American actor (d. 1972) *[[1900]] – [[George Antheil]], American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Henri Cartan]], French mathematician and academic (d. 2008) *[[1905]] – [[Leonid Amalrik]], Russian animator and director (d. 1997) *[[1906]] – [[Philip Johnson]], American architect, designed the [[IDS Center]] and [[PPG Place]] (d. 2005) *[[1907]] – [[George W. Romney]], American businessman and politician, 43rd [[Governor of Michigan]] (d. 1995) *[[1908]] – [[Louis Jordan]], American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (d. 1975) * 1908 – [[Nelson Rockefeller]], American businessman and politician, 41st [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1979) * 1908 – [[V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao]], Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (d. 1991) *[[1909]] – [[Alan Brown (British Army officer)|Alan Brown]], English soldier (d. 1971) * 1909 – [[Ike Petersen]], American football player (d. 1995) *[[1910]] – [[Carlos Betances Ramírez]], Puerto Rican general (d. 2001) *[[1911]] – [[Ken Farnes]], English cricketer (d. 1941) *[[1913]] – [[Alejandra Soler]], Spanish politician (d. 2017) *[[1914]] – [[Jyoti Basu]], Indian politician, 6th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (d. 2010) * 1914 – [[Billy Eckstine]], American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993) *[[1915]] – [[Neil D. Van Sickle]], American Air Force major general (d. 2019) * 1915 – [[Lowell English]], United States Marine Corps general (d. 2005) *[[1916]] – [[Jean Rouverol]], American author, actress and screenwriter (d. 2017) *[[1917]] – [[Pamela Brown (actress)|Pamela Brown]], English actress (d. 1975) * 1917 – [[Faye Emerson]], American actress (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newcomb |first1=Horace |title=Encyclopedia of Television |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-19472-7 |page=806 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA806 |language=en}}</ref> * 1917 – [[J. F. Powers]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1999) *[[1918]] – [[Paul B. Fay]], American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (d. 2009) * 1918 – [[Irwin Hasen]], American illustrator (d. 2015) * 1918 – [[Oluf Reed-Olsen]], Norwegian resistance member and pilot (d. 2002) * 1918 – [[Julia Pirie]], British spy working for MI5 (d. 2008) * 1918 – [[Edward B. Giller]], American Major General (d. 2017) * 1918 – [[Craig Stevens (actor)|Craig Stevens]], American actor (d. 2000) *[[1919]] – [[Walter Scheel]], German soldier and politician, 4th [[List of German presidents|President of West Germany]] (d. 2016) *[[1920]] – [[Godtfred Kirk Christiansen]], Danish businessman (d. 1995) *[[1921]] – [[John Money]], New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, known for his research on [[gender identity]], and responsible for controversial involuntary [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex reassignment]] of [[David Reimer]] (d. 2006)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/us/11money.html|title = John William Money, 84, Sexual Identity Researcher, Dies|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 11 July 2006|last1 = Carey|first1 = Benedict}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Harrison Dillard]], American sprinter and hurdler (d. 2019) * 1923 – [[Val Bettin]], American actor (d. 2021)<ref>[https://www.forevermissed.com/valentine-john-bettin/lifestory Valentine John Bettin, 1923–2021]</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Johnnie Johnson (musician)|Johnnie Johnson]], American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) * 1924 – [[Charles C. Droz]], American politician *[[1925]] – [[Marco Cé]], Italian cardinal (d. 2014) * 1925 – [[Arthur Imperatore Sr.]], Italian-American businessman (d. 2020) * 1925 – [[Bill Mackrides]], American football quarterback (d. 2019) * 1925 – [[Dominique Nohain]], French actor, screenwriter and director (d. 2017) *[[1926]] – [[David Malet Armstrong]], Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014) * 1926 – [[John Dingell]], American lieutenant and politician (d. 2019) * 1926 – [[Martin Riesen]], Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender (d. 2003) * 1926 – [[Elisabeth Kübler-Ross]], Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) *[[1927]] – [[Maurice Hayes]], Irish educator and politician (d. 2017) * 1927 – [[Khensur Lungri Namgyel]], Tibetan religious leader * 1927 – [[Bob Beckham]], American country singer (d. 2013) *[[1928]] – [[Balakh Sher Mazari]], former prime minister of Pakistan (d. 2022) *[[1930]] – [[Jerry Vale]], American singer (d. 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Antonio Lamer]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (d. 2007) *[[1934]] – [[Raquel Correa]], Chilean journalist (d. 2012) * 1934 – [[Marty Feldman]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 1982) * 1934 – [[Edward D. DiPrete]], American politician *[[1935]] – [[John David Crow]], American football player and coach (d. 2015) * 1935 – [[Steve Lawrence]], American actor and singer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennedy|first=Mark|date=March 7, 2024 |title=Steve Lawrence, singer, entertainer and half of popular stage duo Steve & Eydie, dies at 88 |url=https://apnews.com/article/steve-lawrence-dead-eydie-steve-0d5716adcf8a4fd0a96f3f12854212d5 |work=[[AP News]]|access-date=March 7, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Vitaly Sevastyanov]], Russian engineer and cosmonaut (d. 2010) *[[1938]] – [[Diane Clare]], English actress (d. 2013) *[[1939]] – [[Ed Lumley]], Canadian businessman and politician, 8th [[Minister of Communications (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Communications]] *[[1940]] – [[Joe B. Mauldin]], American bass player and songwriter (d. 2015) *[[1941]] – [[Dario Gradi]], Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager *[[1942]] – [[Phil Gramm]], American economist and politician *[[1944]] – [[Jaimoe]], American drummer * 1944 – [[Jeffrey Tambor]], American actor and singer *[[1945]] – [[Micheline Calmy-Rey]], Swiss politician, 91st [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] *[[1947]] – [[Kim Darby]], American actress * 1947 – [[Jenny Diski]], English author and screenwriter (d. 2016) * 1947 – [[Luis Fernando Figari]], Peruvian religious leader, founded the [[Sodalitium Christianae Vitae]] *[[1948]] – [[Raffi (musician)|Raffi]], Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter * 1948 – [[Ruby Sales]], American civil-rights activist *[[1949]] – [[Wolfgang Puck]], Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur * 1949 – [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], Indian politician, 14th [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] (d. 2009) *[[1951]] – [[Alan Ashby]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster * 1951 – [[Anjelica Huston]], American actress and director *[[1952]] – [[Larry Garner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 – [[Jack Lambert (American football)|Jack Lambert]], American football player and sportscaster * 1952 – [[Marianne Williamson]], American author and activist *[[1956]] – [[Terry Puhl]], Canadian baseball player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Carlos Cavazo]], Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter * 1957 – [[Aleksandr Gurnov]], Russian journalist and author *[[1958]] – [[Kevin Bacon]], American actor and musician * 1958 – [[Andreas Carlgren]], Swedish educator and politician, 8th [[Minister for the Environment (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for the Environment]] * 1958 – [[Tzipi Livni]], Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th [[Justice Minister of Israel]] *[[1959]] – [[Pauline Quirke]], English actress *[[1960]] – [[Mal Meninga]], Australian rugby league player and coach *[[1961]] – [[Ces Drilon]], Filipino journalist * 1961 – [[Andy Fletcher (musician)|Andrew Fletcher]], English keyboard player (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Fletcher obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/27/andy-fletcher-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=27 May 2022 |language=en |date=27 May 2022}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Toby Keith]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Country music legend Toby Keith dies aged 62 |work= BBC News |date= 6 February 2024 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68215639 }}</ref> * 1961 – [[Karl Seglem]], Norwegian saxophonist and record producer *[[1962]] – [[Joan Osborne]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1963]] – [[Mark Christopher (director)|Mark Christopher]], American director and screenwriter *[[1964]] – [[Alexei Gusarov]], Russian ice hockey player and manager *[[1965]] – [[Dan Levinson]], American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader *[[1966]] – [[Ralf Altmeyer]], German-Chinese virologist and academic * 1966 – [[Shadlog Bernicke]], Nauruan politician * 1966 – [[Michael Hite]], American politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/House/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Hite |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov |title=West Virginia House of Delegates }}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Jordan Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer * 1967 – [[Charlie Cardona]], Colombian singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Téllez |first=Robert |title=Charlie Cardona: cinco canciones memorables de su carrera musical |url=https://www.radionacional.co/musica/charlie-cardona-cinco-canciones-memorables-salsa-colombiana |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=www.radionacional.co}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Billy Crudup]], American actor * 1968 – [[Shane Howarth]], New Zealand rugby player and coach *[[1969]] – [[Sugizo]], Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer *[[1970]] – [[Beck]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1970 – [[Mark Butler]], Australian politician<ref name=aph>{{cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=HWK|title=Hon Mark Butler MP|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Sylvain Gaudreault]], Canadian educator and politician<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|gaudreault-sylvain-1001}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Todd Martin]], American tennis player and coach *[[1971]] – [[Neil Jenkins]], Welsh rugby player and coach *[[1972]] – [[Karl Dykhuis]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1972 – [[Sourav Ganguly]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite book|author=Chitra Garg|title=Indian Champions: Profiles of Famous Indian Sportspersons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fq1wdzqhu6kC&pg=PA176|year=2010|publisher=Rajpal & Sons|isbn=978-81-7028-852-7|pages=176}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Shōsuke Tanihara]], Japanese actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japanmusic.jp/tanihara/index_profile.html|title=谷原章介プロフィール|publisher=Japan Music Entertainment|access-date=2008-02-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080203172205/http://www.japanmusic.jp/tanihara/index_profile.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-02-03}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Kathleen Robertson]], Canadian actress and writer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kathleen Robertson |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/355874%7C0/kathleen-robertson#overview |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Hu Liang]], Chinese field hockey player *[[1976]] – [[Talal El Karkouri]], Moroccan footballer * 1976 – [[Ellen MacArthur]], English sailor *[[1977]] – [[Christian Abbiati]], Italian footballer * 1977 – [[Paolo Tiralongo]], Italian cyclist * 1977 – [[Milo Ventimiglia]], American actor, director, and producer * 1977 – [[Wang Zhizhi]], Chinese basketball player * 1978 – [[Urmas Rooba]], Estonian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Mat McBriar]], American football player * 1979 – [[Ben Jelen]], Scottish-American singer-songwriter *[[1980]] – [[Eric Chouinard]], American-Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Robbie Keane]], Irish footballer *[[1981]] – [[Wolfram Müller]], German runner * 1981 – [[Anastasia Myskina]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anastasia Myskina {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130533/name |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Shonette Azore-Bruce]], Barbadian netball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Athlete Profile: Shonette AZORE-BRUCE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6004109-shonette-azore-bruce.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Sophia Bush]], American actress and director * 1982 – [[Hakim Warrick]], American basketball player *[[1983]] – [[John Bowker (baseball)|John Bowker]], American baseball player * 1983 – [[Rich Peverley]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/rich-peverley-8471514|title=Rich Peverley Stats|website=NHL|access-date=11 March 2019}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Renata Costa]], Brazilian footballer *[[1987]] – [[Josh Harrison]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Harrison |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/josh-harrison-543281 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Miki Roqué]], Spanish footballer (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/1216478-former-liverpool-fc-defender-miki-roque-dies-at-the-age-of-23.html|title=Former Liverpool FC defender Miki Roque dies at the age of 23|publisher=Click Liverpool|date=24 June 2012|access-date=24 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627100300/http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/1216478-former-liverpool-fc-defender-miki-roque-dies-at-the-age-of-23.html|archive-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Jesse Sergent]], New Zealand cyclist *[[1989]] – [[Yarden Gerbi]], Israeli Judo champion * 1989 – [[Tor Marius Gromstad]], Norwegian footballer (d. 2012) *[[1990]] – [[Kevin Trapp]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/122280/kevin-trapp |title=Kevin Trapp: Overview |publisher=ESPN |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Virgil van Dijk]], Dutch footballer *[[1992]] – [[Ariel Camacho]], Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1992 – [[Son Heung-min]], Korean footballer *[[1993]] – [[David Corenswet]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mullor |first1=Mireia |title=Who is David Corenswet, DC's new Superman? Here's where you've seen him before |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44366954/david-corenswet-superman-who-is/ |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=7 July 2023 |date=28 June 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Marlon Humphrey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marlon Humphrey |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3126356/marlon-humphrey |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Bryce Love]], American football player *[[1998]] – [[Maya Hawke]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jirak |first1=Jamie |title=Stranger Things Fans Are Celebrating Maya Hawke's Birthday |url=https://comicbook.com/horror/news/stranger-things-fans-are-celebrating-maya-hawkes-24th-birthday-robin-buckley/ |publisher=[[ComicBook.com]] |access-date=7 July 2023 |date=8 July 2022}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Jaden Smith]], American actor and rapper<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/jaden-smith-597322#awesm=~oFYbHe8fITb5ED "Jaden Smith Biography"]. [[The Biography Channel|Biography]]. Retrieved May 24, 2018.</ref> *[[1999]] – [[İpek Öz]], Turkish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ipek Oz {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/321834/ipek-oz |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[689]] – [[Saint Kilian|Kilian]], Irish [[bishop]] * [[810]] – [[Pepin of Italy]], son of [[Charlemagne]] (b. 773) * [[873]] – [[Gunther (archbishop of Cologne)|Gunther]], archbishop of [[Cologne]] * [[900]] – [[Qatr al-Nada]], wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid<ref>{{The History of al-Tabari|volume=38|page=85}}</ref> * [[901]] – [[Grimbald]], French-English monk and saint (b. 827) * [[975]] – [[Edgar the Peaceful]], English king (b. 943) *[[1153]] – [[Pope Eugene III]] (b. 1087) *[[1253]] – [[Theobald I of Navarre]] (b. 1201) *[[1261]] – [[Adolf IV of Holstein]], Count of Schauenburg *[[1390]] – [[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]], [[Bishop of Halberstadt]] and German [[philosopher]] (b. circa 1320) *[[1538]] – [[Diego de Almagro]], Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[Pope Gregory XV]] (b. 1554) *[[1689]] – [[Edward Wooster]], English-American settler (b. 1622) *[[1695]] – [[Christiaan Huygens]], Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629) *[[1716]] – [[Robert South]], English preacher and theologian (b. 1634) *[[1721]] – [[Elihu Yale]], American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649) *[[1784]] – [[Torbern Bergman]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735) *[[1794]] – [[Richard Mique]], French architect (b. 1728) *[[1820]] – [[Octavia Taylor]], daughter of [[Zachary Taylor]] (b. 1816) *[[1823]] – [[Henry Raeburn]], Scottish portrait painter (b. 1756)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/raeburn-henry |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], English poet and playwright (b. 1792) *[[1850]] – [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]] (b. 1774) *[[1859]] – [[Oscar I of Sweden]] (b. 1799)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar I {{!}} king of Sweden and Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]], German painter and lithographer (b. 1805) *[[1887]] – [[Ben Holladay]], American businessman (b. 1819) *[[1895]] – [[Johann Josef Loschmidt]], Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Walter Kittredge]], American violinist and composer (b. 1834) *[[1913]] – [[Louis Hémon]], French-Canadian author (b. 1880) *[[1917]] – [[Tom Thomson]], Canadian painter (b. 1877) *[[1921]] – [[Ellen Oliver (suffragette)]], British suffragette and purity activist (b. 1870)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=Barltrop, Mabel [name in religion Octavia] (1866–1934), prophet and founder of the Panacea Society|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-93402|access-date=20 April 2024|date=2012|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/93402|last1=Shaw|first1=Jane}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Joseph Ward]], Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1856) *[[1933]] – [[Anthony Hope]], English author and playwright (b. 1863) *[[1934]] – [[Benjamin Baillaud]], French astronomer and academic (b. 1848) *[[1939]] – [[Havelock Ellis]], English psychologist and author (b. 1859) *[[1941]] – [[Moses Schorr]], Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874) *[[1942]] – [[Louis Franchet d'Espèrey]], Algerian-French general (b. 1856) * 1942 – [[Refik Saydam]], Turkish physician and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Jean Moulin]], French soldier (b. 1899) *[[1950]] – [[Othmar Spann]], Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878) *[[1952]] – [[August Alle]], Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890) *[[1956]] – [[Giovanni Papini]], Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881) *[[1965]] – [[Thomas Sigismund Stribling]], American lawyer and author (b. 1881) *[[1967]] – [[Vivien Leigh]], British actress (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Edge |first1=Simon |title=Salacious secrets lay behind the glamorous life of Gone With The Wind star Vivien Leigh |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/440670/Salacious-secrets-lay-behind-the-glamorous-life-of-Gone-With-The-Wind-star-Vivien-Leigh |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=2 November 2013 |quote=She died at her flat in London's Belgravia on July 8, 1967 when the TB flared up again. On the night her death was announced, every theatre in central London turned out its front of house lights for an hour.}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Désiré Mérchez]], French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882) *[[1971]] – [[Kurt Reidemeister]], German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893) *[[1972]] – [[Ghassan Kanafani]], Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936) *[[1973]] – [[Gene L. Coon]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924) * 1973 – [[Ben-Zion Dinur]], Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th [[Education Minister of Israel]] (b. 1884) * 1973 – [[Wilfred Rhodes]], English cricketer and coach (b. 1877) *[[1979]] – [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]], Japanese physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906) * 1979 – [[Michael Wilding]], English actor (b. 1912) * 1979 – [[Robert Burns Woodward]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917) * 1981 – [[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)]], Irish Republican Army member (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://republicansinnfein.org/hunger-strike-roll-of-honour/|title=Roll of Honor/Hunger Strikers|date=6 May 2014}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Bill Hallahan]], American baseball player (b. 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Phil Foster]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913) * 1985 – [[Jean-Paul Le Chanois]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909) *[[1986]] – [[Skeeter Webb]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1909) *[[1987]] – [[Lionel Chevrier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1903) * 1987 – [[Gerardo Diego]], Spanish poet and author (b. 1896) *[[1988]] – [[Ray Barbuti]], American runner and football player (b. 1905) *[[1990]] – [[Howard Duff]], American actor (b. 1913) *[[1991]] – [[James Franciscus]], American actor (b. 1934) *[[1993]] – [[Abul Hasan Jashori]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Afaz Uddin, Muhammad|article=Jashori, Abul Hasan}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Christian-Jaque]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1904) * 1994 – [[Kim Il Sung]], North Korean commander and politician, [[Eternal leaders of North Korea#Presidency of North Korea before 1994|President of North Korea]] (b. 1912) * 1994 – [[Lars-Eric Lindblad]], Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927) * 1994 – [[Dick Sargent]], American actor (b. 1930) *[[1996]] – [[Irene Prador]], Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911) *[[1998]] – [[Lilí Álvarez]], Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6893/elia-maria-gonzalez-alvarez-y-lopez-chicheri|title=Elia María González Álvarez y López-Chicheri|last=Riaño González|first=Catalina|website=Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History)|language=es|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Pete Conrad]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[2001]] – [[John O'Shea (director)|John O'Shea]], New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Ward Kimball]], American animator and trombonist (b. 1914) *[[2004]] – [[Paula Danziger]], American author and educator (b. 1944) *[[2005]] – [[Maurice Baquet]], French actor and cellist (b. 1911) *[[2006]] – [[June Allyson]], American actress and singer (b. 1917) *[[2007]] – [[Chandra Shekhar]], Indian lawyer and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1927) * 2007 – [[Jack B. Sowards]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929) *[[2008]] – [[John Templeton]], American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912) *[[2009]] – [[Midnight (musician)|Midnight]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1962) *[[2011]] – [[Roberts Blossom]], American actor and poet (b. 1924) * 2011 – [[Betty Ford]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1918) *[[2012]] – [[Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Gyang Dalyop Datong]], Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1959) * 2012 – [[Martin Pakledinaz]], American costume designer (b. 1953) *[[2013]] – [[Dick Gray]], American baseball player (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Edmund Morgan (historian)|Edmund Morgan]], American historian and author (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Claudiney Ramos]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1980) * 2013 – [[Rubby Sherr]], American physicist and academic (b. 1913) * 2013 – [[Sundri Uttamchandani]], Indian author (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Brett Walker]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1961) *[[2014]] – [[Plínio de Arruda Sampaio]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[John Evans (Idaho governor)|John V. Evans]], American soldier and politician, 27th [[Governor of Idaho]] (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Ben Pangelinan]], Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956) * 2014 – [[Howard Siler]], American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945) * 2014 – [[Tom Veryzer]], American baseball player (b. 1953) *[[2015]] – [[Ken Stabler]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]], American poet (b. 1943) *[[2016]] – [[Abdul Sattar Edhi]], Pakistani philanthropist (b. 1928) *[[2018]] – [[Tab Hunter]], American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Tab Hunter|date=2018-08-10|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Naya Rivera]], American actress, model and singer (b. 1987)<ref>{{cite news|last=Aiello|first=McKenna|title=Naya Rivera Dead at 33: Actress' Body Recovered 5 Days After Boating Accident|website=E! Online|date=July 13, 2020|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1169008/naya-rivera-dead-at-33-actress-body-recovered-5-days-after-boating-accident?source=enewsapp-share&medium=share-icons&content=article-detail-page|access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Alex Pullin]], Australian snowboarder (b. 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/8|title=Famous Deaths on July 8|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Shinzo Abe]], Japanese politician (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/shinzo-abe-japan-pm-collapses-nara-07-08-22-intl-hnk/index.html | title=July 8, 2022 Shinzo Abe shot dead in Nara, Japan | date=8 July 2022 |work=CNN}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Larry Storch]], American actor and comedian (b. 1923)<ref name="barnes">{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/larry-storch-dead-f-troop-1235177225/|title = Larry Storch, Corporal Randolph Agarn on 'F Troop,' Dies at 99|newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = July 8, 2022|accessdate = July 8, 2022|last = Barnes|first = Mike}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Luis Echeverría]], Mexican lawyer and politician (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Luis Echeverría obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/14/luis-echeverria-obituary |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Tony Sirico]], American actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=2022-07-09 |title=Tony Sirico, an Eccentric Gangster on 'The Sopranos,' Dies at 79 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/tony-sirico-dead.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713140504/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/television/tony-sirico-dead.html |archive-date=2022-07-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]: ** [[Abda and Sabas]] ** [[Auspicius of Trier]] ** [[Grimbald]] ** [[Saint Kilian|Kilian]] and [[Saint Totnan|Totnan]] ** [[Peter and Fevronia Day|Saints Peter and Fevronia Day]] ([[Russian Orthodox]]) ** [[Procopius of Scythopolis]] ** [[Sunniva]] and companions ** [[Theobald of Marly]] ** [[July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Armed Forces Day#Ukraine|Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day]] ([[Ukraine]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/8 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=08}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/8 |title=Historical Events on July 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 08}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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