All Events

Historical Events on July 8

  • Battle of Hansan Island

    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.

  • Declaration of Independence of the United States

    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.

  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police

    1874

    The Mounties begin their March West.

  • Great Fire of 1892

    1892

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

  • Roswell UFO incident

    1947

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

  • Women in the Air Force

    1948

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

  • Ghassan Kanafani

    1972

    Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.

  • Saddam Hussein

    1982

    Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

  • 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers

    2014

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

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