Today is July 8
Video Games Day
Be a Kid Again Day
Liberty Bell Cracked (1835)
Greatest Show on Earth Birthday (Circus)
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in one Omelets Day
Food Holidays – July 8
National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
Chocolate Almond Bark
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Almond Joy Pop Corn
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights July 8
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Abda and Sabas
Auspicius of Trier
Grimbald
Kilian, Totnan, and Colman
Procopius of Scythopolis
Sunniva and companions
Theobald of Marly
In the News
1497 – Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan,Tatarstan.
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.
1716 – Great Northern War: the naval Battle of Dynekilen takes place.
1730 – An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile’s coastline.
1758 – French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
1760 – French and Indian War: Battle of Restigouche – British forces defeat French forces in last naval battle in New France.
1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1933 – The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium inCape Town.
1937 – Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
1948 - 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
1962 – Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
1966 – King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
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.
1982 – Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
1988 – 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.
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.
Movies/Television
1954 - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
Music
1988 - Rockers Jonathan “Chico” & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988 - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
Sports
1898 - Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
1909 - 1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
1918 - Babe Ruth’s blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe’s HR to a triple
1963 - Reports of Charlie Finley’s intention to move KC A’s to Oakland
1970 - SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
Famous Birthdays
1593 – Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)
1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (d. 1651)
1621 – Jean de La Fontaine, French poet (d. 1695)
1792 – Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (d. 1854)
1830 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1911)
1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
1836 – Joseph Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1914)
1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)
1867 – Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (d. 1945)
1892 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967)
1893 – R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (d. 1968)
1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1898 – Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972)
1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959)
1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997)
1906 – Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (d. 2005)
1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995)
1908 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (Tympany Five) (d. 1975)
1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979)
1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010)
1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993)
1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983)
1917 – J. F. Powers, American author (d. 1999)
1917 – Pamela Brown, English stage and film actress (d. 1975)
1918 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman and navy officer, United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009)
1918 – Irwin Hasen, American cartoonist
1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)
1919 – Mickey Carroll, American actor (d. 2009)
1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler
1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)
1924 – Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., American sergeant and judge (d. 2013)
1925 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist (d. 2004)
1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish politician
1929 – Shirley Ann Grau, American author
1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988)
1933 – Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 2007)
1933 – Peter Orlovsky, American poet and actor (d. 2010)
1934 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (d. 2012)
1934 – Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1934 – Alice Gerrard, American singer and banjo player
1934 – Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician
1935 – Steve Lawrence, American singer and actor (Steve and Eydie)
1935 – Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and astronaut
1938 – Diane Clare, English actress (d. 2013)
1940 – Ben Chapman, English politician
1941 – Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
1942 – Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
1942 – Janice Pennington, American model and actress, co-founded the Hollywood Film Festival
1944 – Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
1947 – Kim Darby, American actress
1947 – Janice Kent, American actress, director and life coach
1948 – Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter and author
1949 – Frank De Lima, American comedian
1949 – Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 – Jim Miklaszewski, American journalist
1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian chef and actor
1949 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 2009)
1950 – Mary Ellen Trainor, American actress
1951 – Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1951 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
1952 – Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
1952 – Anna Quindlen, American journalist and author
1952 – Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
1955 – Monty Don, German-English television host
1955 – Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress (d. 2008)
1956 – Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
1957 – Aberjhani, American author, poet, and journalist
1957 – Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter (Quiet Riot and Ratt)
1957 – Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
1958 – Kevin Bacon, American actor and singer (The Bacon Brothers)
1958 – Andreas Carlgren, Swedish politician
1958 – Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
1958 – Neetu Singh, Indian actress and costume designer
1959 – Robert Knepper, American actor
1959 – Billy Kimball, American screenwriter and producer
1960 – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby player and coach
1961 – Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (Depeche Mode)
1961 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dead and Trigger Hippy)
1963 – Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
1963 – Whilce Portacio, Filipino-American author and illustrator
1964 – Linda de Mol, Dutch actress
1964 – Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
1964 – Joe Rogers, American politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (d. 2013)
1965 – Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
1965 – Lee Tergesen, American actor
1966 – Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist
1966 – Shadlog Bernicke, Nauruan politician
1966 – Suzanne Krull, American actress (d. 2013)
1966 – Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Big Idea Entertainment
1967 – Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1968 – Thom Fitzgerald, American-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1968 – Akio Suyama, Japanese voice actor
1968 – Michael Weatherly, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Luna Sea, X Japan, Juno Reactor, and S.K.I.N.)
1970 – Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970 – Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
1970 – Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
1971 – Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
1971 – John Juanda, Indonesian poker player
1971 – Amanda Peterson, American actress
1972 – Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1972 – Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1973 – Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress
1974 – Tami Erin, American actress
1974 – Jeanna Friske, Russian actress and singer
1974 – Rene Reinmann, Estonian politician and felon
1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
1975 – Jamal Woolard, American actor
1976 – Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
1976 – David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter (Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street, and Over My Dead Body)
1977 – Paolo Tiralongo, Italian cyclist
1977 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
1977 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1978 – Rachael Lillis, American voice actress
1978 – Urmas Rooba, Estonian footballer
1979 – Mat McBriar, American football player
1980 – Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
1981 – Iyari Limon, Mexican-American actress
1981 – Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
1981 – Wolfram Müller, German runner
1981 – Dagmar Oja, Estonian singer
1982 – Joshua Alba, American actor
1982 – Sophia Bush, American actress
1982 – Pendleton Ward, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor
1982 – Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
1983 – John Bowker, American baseball player
1983 – Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race car driver
1983 – Daniel Navarro, Spanish cyclist
1983 – Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Alexis Dziena, American actress
1984 – Daniella Sarahyba, Brazilian model
1985 – Triin Aljand, Estonian swimmer
1985 – Jamie Cook, English guitarist and songwriter (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 – Jake McDorman, American actor
1988 – Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1992 – Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter and actress
1992 – Benjamin Grosvenor, English pianist
1998 – Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
2000 – Sophie Nyweide, American actress
Deaths
810 – Pepin of Italy (b. 773)
901 – Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827)
975 – Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943)
1153 – Pope Eugene III (b. 1087)
1273 – Anno von Sangershausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (b. unknown)
1538 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1623 – Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554)
1689 – Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622)
1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629)
1716 – Robert South, English preacher (b. 1634)
1721 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
1873 – Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter (b. 1805)
1887 – Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
1895 – Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
1898 – Soapy Smith, American gangster (b. 1860)
1905 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
1913 – Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
1917 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
1930 – Joseph Ward, New Zealand politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
1933 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
1934 – Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (b. 1848)
1939 – Havelock Ellis, English physician (b. 1859)
1941 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
1942 – Louis Franchet d’Espèrey, French marshal (b. 1856)
1943 – Jean Moulin, French resistance leader (b. 1899)
1956 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)
1957 – Grace Coolidge, American wife of Calvin Coolidge, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
1961 – Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
1962 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher (b. 1897)
1965 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881)
1967 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani surgeon and politician (b. 1893)
1968 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
1971 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (b. 1920)
1973 – Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924)
1973 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician (b. 1884)
1973 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1979 – Michael Wilding, English actor (b. 1912)
1979 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1981 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
1985 – Phil Foster, American actor (b. 1913)
1985 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1986 – Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1987 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
1988 – Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
1990 – Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1913)
1991 – James Franciscus, American actor and producer (b. 1934)
1994 – Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1994 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
1994 – Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
1994 – Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
1999 – Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2001 – John O’Shea, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (Firehouse Five Plus Two) (b. 1914)
2003 – Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (b. 1974)
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2004 – Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
2006 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2006 – Peter Hawkins, English voice actor (b. 1924)
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
2007 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2008 – John Templeton, American-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
2009 – Midnight, American singer-songwriter (Crimson Glory) (b. 1962)
2011 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)
2011 – Mary Fenech Adami, Maltese wife of Eddie Fenech Adami (b. 1933)
2011 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
2012 – Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Lionel Batiste, American singer (Treme Brass Band) (b. 1931)
2012 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917)
2012 – Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Dick Fowler, Canadian politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Martin Pakledinaz, American costume designer (b. 1953)
2012 – John Williams, American football player (b. 1947)
2013 – Chase, American dog (b. 2000)
2013 – Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (b. 1935)
2013 – Dick Gray, American baseball player (b. 1931)
2013 – Dave Hickson, English footballer (b. 1929)
2013 – Edmund Morgan, American historian and author (b. 1916)
2013 – Nadezhda Popova, Russian pilot (b. 1921)
2013 – Claudiney Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1980)
2013 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (b. 1913)
2013 – Sundri Uttamchandani, Indian author (b. 1924)
2013 – Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
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