Historical events on July 8
JULY 8, 1709
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava.
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire
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JULY 8, 1776
The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding
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JULY 8, 2021
Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
Head of a Bear is a drawing study made by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1480. It is small in scale, measuring only
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JULY 8, 1965
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was a scheduled domestic flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, via Prince
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JULY 8, 2003
Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.
Sudan Airways Flight 139 was a Sudan Airways passenger flight that crashed on 8 July 2003 at Port Sudan. The Boeing 737
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JULY 8, 1962
Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.
The 1962 Rangoon University protests, also known as the 7 July Student Uprising, were a series of marches, demonstrations, and protests against
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JULY 8, 2014
German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements were widely watched on YouTube.
Lars Joachim Mittank is a German man who disappeared on 8 July 2014, near Varna Airport in Varna, Bulgaria. Mittank was on
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JULY 8, 1663
Baptist minister John Clarke (pictured) was granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter, described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed".
Baptists are a denomination of Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches
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JULY 8, 1950
Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North
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JULY 8, 1947
Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.
Military balloon debris recovered in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico, later became the basis for conspiracy theories alleging that the United States
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JULY 8, 1966
King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.
Mwambutsa IV Bangiricenge was the penultimate king (mwami) of Burundi who ruled between 1915 and 1966. He succeeded to the throne on
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JULY 8, 1874
Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West
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JULY 8, 1758
French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British colony of New York.
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the
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JULY 8, 1980
Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.
Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport to Simferopol Airport on 8 July
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