Editing July 8 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1099]] &ndash; Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|siege of Jerusalem]] by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
*[[1167]] &ndash; The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army [[battle of Sirmium|decisively at Sirmium]], forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Showalter |first1=Professor Dennis |title=Medieval Wars 500–1500 |date=16 September 2013 |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |isbn=978-1-78274-119-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vCxAgAAQBAJ |access-date=1 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1283]] &ndash; [[Roger of Lauria]], commanding the [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] fleet, [[Battle of Malta|defeats]] an [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin]] fleet sent to put down a rebellion on [[Malta]].
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Our Lady of Kazan]], a holy [[icon]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], is discovered underground in the city of [[Kazan]], [[Tatarstan]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England]] grants [[John Clarke (Baptist minister)|John Clarke]] a [[Royal charter]] to [[Rhode Island]].
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Peter the Great|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.
*[[1716]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dynekilen]] forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
*[[1730]] &ndash; An estimated [[1730 Valparaíso earthquake|magnitude 8.7 earthquake]] causes a [[tsunami]] that damages more than {{convert|1000|km|mi|abbr=on}} of Chile's coastline.
*[[1741]] &ndash; Reverend [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]] preaches to his congregation in [[Enfield, Connecticut]] his most famous sermon, "[[Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God]]"; an influence for the [[First Great Awakening]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marsden|first=George M.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1npmjj|title=Jonathan Edwards: A Life|publisher=[[Yale University Press]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-300-09693-4|location=New Haven|jstor=j.ctt1npmjj}}</ref>
*[[1758]] &ndash; French forces hold [[Fort Carillon]] against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] at [[Ticonderoga, New York]].
*[[1760]] &ndash; British forces defeat French forces in the [[Battle of Restigouche|last naval battle]] in [[New France]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; The [[Olive Branch Petition]] is signed by the [[Continental Congress]] of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] of North America.
*[[1776]] &ndash; Church bells (possibly including the [[Liberty Bell]]) are rung after [[John Nixon (financier)|John Nixon]] delivers the first public reading of the [[Declaration of Independence of the United States]]. 
*[[1808]] &ndash; Promulgation of the [[Bayonne Statute]], a royal charter [[Joseph Bonaparte]] intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Chippewas]] turn over a huge tract of land in [[Ontario]] to the United Kingdom.
*[[1853]] &ndash; The [[Perry Expedition]] arrives in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]] Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
*[[1859]] &ndash; King [[Charles XV of Sweden|Charles XV & IV]] accedes to the throne of [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden–Norway]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Ikedaya Incident]]: The [[Chōshū Domain|Choshu Han]] [[Shishi (organization)|shishi]]'s planned [[Shinsengumi]] sabotage on [[Kyoto]], Japan at Ikedaya.
*[[1874]] &ndash; The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Mounties]] begin their [[March West]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; The [[Hamburg massacre]] prior to the [[1876 United States presidential election]] results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
*[[1879]] &ndash; Sailing ship {{USS|Jeannette|1878|6}} departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
*[[1889]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' is published.
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] is devastated in the [[Great Fire of 1892]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; The death of crime boss [[Soapy Smith]], killed in the [[Shootout on Juneau Wharf]], releases [[Skagway, Alaska]] from his iron grip.

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro]] leads [[Royalist attack on Chaves|an unsuccessful royalist attack]] against the [[First Portuguese Republic]] in [[Chaves Municipality, Portugal|Chaves]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] reaches its lowest level of the [[Great Depression]], closing at 41.22.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The first [[rugby union]] [[Test match (rugby union)|test match]] between the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies of Australia]] and the [[South Africa national rugby union team|Springboks of South Africa]] is played at [[Newlands Stadium]] in [[Cape Town]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan sign the [[Treaty of Saadabad]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; Reports are broadcast that a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] crash-landed in [[Roswell, New Mexico]] in what became known as the [[Roswell UFO incident]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[United States Air Force]] accepts its first female recruits into a program called the [[Women's Air Force]] (WAF).
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]] is charged with [[espionage]] resulting from his flight over the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Ne Win]] [[1962 Rangoon University protests|besieges and blows up]] the [[University of Yangon|Rangoon University]] Student Union building to crush the [[Student activism|Student Movement]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21]] is destroyed by a bomb near [[100 Mile House]], Canada, killing 52.<ref name="sun">{{Cite news |last=McMartin |first=Pete |date=July 7, 1995 |title=The day the sky exploded: 52 people plunged to their deaths on July 8, 1965, and nobody knows why it happened |pages=B.3 |newspaper=The [[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[List of Kings of Burundi|King]] [[Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi]] is deposed by his son Prince [[Ntare V of Burundi|Charles Ndizi]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement|Chrysler wildcat strike]] begins in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; Israeli [[Mossad]] assassinate Palestinian writer [[Ghassan Kanafani]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; The inaugural [[1980 State of Origin game]] is won by [[Queensland Rugby League team|Queensland]] who defeat [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]] 20–10 at [[Lang Park]].
*  1980   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 4225]] crashes near [[Almaty International Airport]] in the then [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (present day [[Kazakhstan]]) killing all 166 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B-2 CCCP-85355 Alma-Ata Airport (ALA)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800708-0|access-date=2021-06-08|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the [[Dujail Massacre]] over the next several months.
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Island Express (train)|Island Express]] train travelling from [[Bangalore]] to [[Kanyakumari]] [[Peruman railway accident|derails on the Peruman bridge]] and falls into [[Ashtamudi Lake]], [[Kerala]] in [[India]] killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Kim Jong Il]] begins to assume [[List of leaders of North Korea|supreme leadership]] of [[North Korea]] upon the [[Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung|death]] of his father, [[Kim Il Sung]].
*1994   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-65|an international science mission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STS-65 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-65/ |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=NASA}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Sudan Airways Flight 139]] crashes near [[Port Sudan New International Airport|Port Sudan Airport]] during an [[emergency landing]] attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030708-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2J8C ST-AFK Port Sudan|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched in the [[STS-135|final mission]] of the U.S. [[Space Shuttle]] program.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Administrator|first=NASA Content|date=2015-04-07|title=NASA'S Final Space Shuttle Mission Begins With Atlantis' Launch|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-216_STS-135_Launch.html|access-date=2021-07-08|website=NASA|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Israel]] launches an [[2014 Gaza War|offensive]] on Gaza amid rising tensions following the [[2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers|kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-07|title=Three Israelis 'confess to killing Palestinian teenager'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/07/reported-confessions-israel-mohammed-abu-khdeir-killing|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*2014 &ndash; The worst historical defeat of [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] against the [[Germany national football team|Germany]] with a result of 1-7 in the semi-finals of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] that has been dubbed the [[Mineirazo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/2014/07/09/969758|title=Trágico 'Mineirazo'; Alemania destroza a Brasil |newspaper=Excelsior |date=9 July 2014 |language=es |trans-title=Tragical 'Mineirazo': Germany destroys Brazil}}</ref>