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 189th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 176 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 25, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 486,648 hours 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 ‘hectaoctacontaenneagon’ 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 224 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 4,582 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 8 Historical Events
- 1283 –War of the Sicilian Vespers: the naval Battle of Malta between the Aragonese and the Neapolitan fleets is fought.
- 1497 –Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
- 1760 –French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
- 1864 –Ikedaya Jiken: the Choshu Han shishi’s planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.
- 1874 –The Mounties begin their March West.
- 1889 –The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
- 1892 –St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- 1898 –The death of crime boss Soapy Smith (who is shot) releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- 1962 –Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crash the Student Movement.
- 2011 –Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
Who were born on July 8?
- 1593 –Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
- 1907 –George W. Romney, American businessman and politician (d. 1995)
- 1933 –Antonio Lamer, French Canadian lawyer and chief justice (d. 2007)
- 1941 –Dario Gradi, Italian-born English football manager
- 1949 –Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
- 1958 –Neetu Singh, Indian actress
- 1959 –Pauline Quirke, British actress
- 1971 –John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
- 1976 –David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
- 1987 –Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model
Who died on July 8?
- 810 –King Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (b. 773)
- 1538 –Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
- 1822 –Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (b. 1792)
- 1930 –Sir Joseph Ward, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
- 1967 –Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
- 1973 –Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877)
- 1994 –Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1999 –Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- 2004 –Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
- 2011 –Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
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