All Events

Historical Events on July 8

  • Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-98)

    1592

    Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.

  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police

    1874

    The Mounties begin their March West.

  • St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

    1892

    St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

  • Rugby union

    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.

  • Unidentified flying object

    1947

    Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.

  • United States Air Force

    1948

    The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).

  • Richard Nixon

    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.

  • Iraq

    1982

    Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

  • Israel

    2014

    Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.

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