8TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST ADRIAN III, POPE; ST RAYMUND OF
TOULOUSE; SAINTS AQUILA & PRISCA OR PRISCILLA; ST KILIAN & HIS COMPANIONS; ST
SUNNIVA & HER COMPANIONS; ST WITHBURGA; ST GRIMBALD; & ST PROCOPIUS OF
CAESAREA." |
| 8TH |
1497 |
PORTUGESE NAVIGATOR "VASCO de GAMA" SET SAIL FROM
LISBON IN SEARCH OF A SEA ROUTE TO INDIA. |
| 8TH |
1799 |
"MATTHEW FLINDERS" SET OUT
FROM SYDNEY TO EXAMINE THE NORTH COAST OF NSW.
HE NAMED IT ‘SUGAR LOAF POINT.’ |
| 8TH |
1851 |
THE FIRST GREAT NUGGET FOUND IN AUSTRALIA, THE KERR
HUNDREDWEIGHT, YIELDING 1,272 oz OF GOLD, IS DISCOVERED ON THE TURON RIVER. |
| 8TH |
1884 |
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN (NSPCC) IS FOUNDED IN LONDON. |
| 8TH |
1889 |
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WAS FIRST PUBLISHED. |
| 8TH |
1891 |
FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT
"HARDING" MARRIES "FLORENCE K. DeWOLFE" IN MARION, OHIO. |
| 8TH |
1904 |
THE STREETS OF SYDNEY ARE LIT BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. |
| 8TH |
1907 |
ZIEGFELD’S FOLLIES OPENED FOR THE
FIRST TIME ON BROADWAY IN NEW YORK. |
| 8TH |
1907 |
"FLORENZ ZIEGFELD" STAGED HIS FIRST
"FOLLIES" ON THE ROOF OF THE NEW YORK THEATRE. |
| 8TH |
1909 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST TAXI CABS
STARTED IN SYDNEY. |
| 8TH |
1943 |
FRENCH RESISTANCE LEADER, ‘JEAN MOULIN,’ IS
EXECUTED BY THE GESTAPO. |
| 8TH |
1950 |
GENERAL, "DOUGLAS MacARTHUR"
WAS NAMED "COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF" OF UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN KOREA. |
| 8TH |
1967 |
"BILLIE JEAN KING" COMPLETES A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE
SINGLES, DOUBLES, & MIXED DOUBLES FINALS AT WIMBLEDON. |
| 8TH |
1968 |
"JUDITH DURHAM" LEFT THE
SINGING GROUP "THE SEEKERS" TO PURSUE A SOLO CAREER. |
| 8TH |
1973 |
3 ITALIAN MOTORCYCLISTS DIE IN A CRASH AT THE MONZA CIRCUIT
IN ITALY. |
| 8TH |
1975 |
EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES OVER 2,000 TEMPLES
IN PAGAN, BURMA, DECAPITATING THE 20 FOOT HIGH SEATED BUDDHA OF THANDAWGYA. |
| 8TH |
1977 |
U.S. DANCER, "SABRA STARR" BELLY DANCES FOR 100
HOURS. |
| 8TH |
1978 |
TWO GERMAN MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS,
‘REINHOLD MESSNER,’ & ‘PETER HABELER,’ CONQUER MT EVEREST WITHOUT
THE USE OF OXYGEN. |
| 8TH |
1986 |
AN ‘AEROBIE FLYING RING’ WAS THROWN 383
METRES BY HAND IN THE USA. |
| 8TH |
1990 |
WEST GERMANY DEFEATS ARGENTINA 1-0 IN
THE WORLD CUP SOCCER FINAL HELD IN ITALY. |
| 8TH |
1993 |
EGYPT HANGED 7 ISLAMIC MILITANTS WHO HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF
ATTACKING FOREIGN TOURISTS. |
| 8TH |
1994 |
"O.J. SIMPSON" WAS ORDERED TO
STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES OF MURDERING HIS EX-WIFE, "NICOLE" & HER FRIEND,
"RONALD GOLDMAN." |
| 8TH |
1995 |
A PRIVATE JET CARRYING SINGER, "ROD STEWART" WAS
FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT , GOTTENBERG, SWEDEN, AFTER A GOOSE WAS SUCKED INTO
ONE OF IT’S TWO ENGINES. |
| 8TH |
1996 |
AN ATTACKER WITH A MACHETTE WOUNDS
YOUNG CHILDREN & ADULTS AT AN INFANT SCHOOL DURING A TEDDY BEARS PICNIC IN
WOLVERHAMPTON, U.K. |
| 8TH |
1996 |
"ALAN BOND" FACES FRAUD CHARGES IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA OVER THE MILLION DOLLAR SALE OF A PAINTING. |
| 8TH |
1998 |
A FEDERAL U.S. COURT APPROVES A
SETTLEMENT OF $3.2 BILLION TO AN ESTIMATED 170,000 WOMEN WHO SAID BREAST IMPLANTS FROM
"DOW CORNING CORPORATION" MADE THEM SICK. |
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