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, 477,888 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 ‘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
- 1283 –War of the Sicilian Vespers: the naval Battle of Malta between the Aragonese and the Neapolitan fleets is fought.
- 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.
- 1822 –Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.
- 1859 –King Charles XV & IV accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
- 1874 –The Mounties begin their March West.
- 1879 –Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
- 1892 –St. John’s, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
- 1912 –Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the Portuguese First Republic in Chaves.
- 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.
Who were born on July 8?
- 1831 –John Stith Pemberton, American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola (d. 1888)
- 1836 –Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)
- 1851 –Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d. 1941)
- 1947 –Kim Darby, American actress
- 1966 –Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor
- 1967 –Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1978 –Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- 1982 –Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
- 1983 –Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
- 1998 –Jaden Smith, American actor
Who died on July 8?
- 901 –Grimbald, Benedectine monk and Saint (b. 827)
- 975 –Edgar the Peaceful, King of England (b. 943)
- 1538 –Diego de Almagro, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
- 1695 –Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist and horologist (b. 1629)
- 1784 –Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
- 1850 –Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)
- 1987 –Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
- 1988 –Ray Barbuti, American middle distance runner and football player (b. 1905)
- 2002 –Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
- 2004 –Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1922)
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