2012年7月8日 · Historical events for the 8th of July. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on July 8.

July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 176 days remain until the end of the year. 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.

2013年7月8日 · First US state abolishes slavery, the opening of Japan, the age of Zeppelins and other important events, facts, birthdays and deaths from July 8.

On this day in 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon with a fleet of four vessels, and he ultimately opened a sea route from western Europe to Asia by way of the Cape of Good Hope, ushering in a new era in world history. Take our quiz about explorers and exploration. The orbiter Atlantis was launched on the last space shuttle mission.

Did you know that July 8 is known as Math 2.0 Day? Here you'll find interesting facts about Jul 8 as well as historical events that happened on this day.

Today in history – which major historical events happened on July 8? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?

On July 8, 1918, Ernest Hemingway, an 18-year-old ambulance driver for the American Red Cross, is struck by a mortar shell while serving on the Italian front, along the Piave delta, in World War I.

July 8, 1621? - April 13, 1695. Jean de La Fontaine was a poet whose Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. La Fontaine was born in the Champagne region into a bourgeois family. There, in 1647, he married an...

2024年6月13日 · July 8 has been marked by pivotal moments that have shaped history. From Attila the Hun’s invasion of Italy in 452, signaling the decline of the Roman Empire, to the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis’s final mission in 2011, closing a significant chapter in space exploration.

July 8th is the 189th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, in the First Crusade, 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem and Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives the first cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox.