What are the important events that happened on July 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 8 is the 190th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 25, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,673,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneacontagon’ day.
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Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 205 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,217 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 8 Historical Events
- 1099 –First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
- 1663 –Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
- 1709 –Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe.
- 1758 –French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1822 –Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
- 1876 –White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
- 1896 –William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- 1907 –Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
- 1994 –Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
- 2011 –Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Who were born on July 8?
- 1766 –Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842)
- 1941 –Dario Gradi, Italian-born English football manager
- 1961 –Andrew Fletcher, English vocalist and synth and bass player (Depeche Mode)
- 1965 –Lee Tergesen, American actor
- 1968 –Billy Crudup, American actor
- 1968 –Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player (also capped by Wales)
- 1971 –Amanda Peterson, American actress
- 1982 –Sophia Bush, American actress
- 1983 –Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
- 1986 –Renata Costa (Kóki), Brazilian footballer
Who died on July 8?
- 975 –Edgar the Peaceful, King of England (b. 943)
- 1538 –Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
- 1721 –Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
- 1855 –Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
- 1905 –Walter Kittredge, American violinist and abolitionist (b. 1834)
- 1967 –Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
- 1988 –Ray Barbuti, American middle distance runner and football player (b. 1905)
- 1994 –Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
- 2005 –Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
- 2008 –John Templeton, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
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