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History Events on July 08

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History Events on July 08

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

#United_States_Air_Force

In 1948

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.

#Richard_Nixon

In 1970

The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.

#Olive_Branch_Petition

In 1775

An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.

#1730_Valparaíso_earthquake

In 1730

British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.

#Battle_of_Restigouche

In 1760

Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

#Francis_Gary_Powers

In 1960

Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.

#Kim_Jong-il

In 1994

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

#Unidentified_flying_object

In 1947

The Mounties begin their March West.

#Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police

In 1874

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

#Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

In 1932

Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.

#Mossad

In 1972

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

#Space_Shuttle_Atlantis

In 2011

Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

#USS_Jeannette_(1878)

In 1879

The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

#Soapy_Smith

In 1898

French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.

#Fort_Carillon

In 1758

Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.

#Ne_Win

In 1962

Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.

#Joseph_Bonaparte

In 1808

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.

#Rugby_union

In 1933

Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.

#Vasco_da_Gama

In 1497

Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.

#Charles_II_of_England

In 1663

Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.

#Roger_of_Lauria

In 1283

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

#Israel

In 2014

Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.

#Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1099)

In 1099

Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.

#Henrique_Mitchell_de_Paiva_Couceiro

In 1912

Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

#Iraq

In 1982

The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.

#Perry_Expedition

In 1853

The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.

#Battle_of_Dynekilen

In 1716

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing all 117 people on board.

#Sudan_Airways_Flight_139

In 2003

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.

#Peter_the_Great

In 1709

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.

#Liberty_Bell

In 1776

Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.

#Our_Lady_of_Kazan

In 1579

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

#St._John's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

In 1892

The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.

In 1988

The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20-10 at Lang Park.

In 1980

The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.

In 1968

King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

In 1966

Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.

In 1937

The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

In 1889

White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.

In 1876

Ikedaya Incident: The Choshu Han shishi's planned Shinsengumi sabotage on Kyoto, Japan at Ikedaya.

In 1864

King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.

In 1859

Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

In 1822

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